Marcus Wright Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

Canterbury, United Kingdom

Canterbury, United Kingdom

Key Accountabilities:Main Duties• To lead the Hub for Innovation and Enterprise in supporting student and business innovation (www.kent.ac.uk/innovation-hub)• To lead the Employability Points scheme placing students within industry during the summer period in the form of Internships, Work Experience etc…. (www.kent.ac.uk/employabilitypoints)• To engage directly with the business community in order to grow the University’s enterprise income and enterprise portfolio;• To actively develop links with large corporate & SME organisations;• Strategic operational management across a range of activities

Canterbury, United Kingdom

Main Duties• To engage directly with the business community in order to grow the University’s enterprise income and enterprise portfolio;• To champion a specified sector for the University – Security & Defense, including external and internal liaison• To actively develop links with large corporate organisations;• To engage directly with schools and individual academics to identify and develop new enterprise opportunities;• To manage the Business Development Officers;• To co-ordinate the Unit’s marketing activities;

London, United Kingdom

Main Duties• Identification and exploitation of potential business opportunities• Overall management of Business Development, PR and Marketing• Formulate business strategy and development plans including acquisition analysis on future expansion• Build cohesion into the funding strategy to meet the governments agendas • Support the Senior Management Team to realise delivery of enhancement of the company business strategy and goals. • Provide guidance and support in Senior Management meetings to suggest actions to reduce costs and maximise productivity and profitability• Identify potential improvements to ensure the continuous improvement of service levels and adherence to the relevant Quality Standards and Marks• Ensuring maximum business penetration through building strong relationships with existing and prospective clients• Ensuring that the company is bidding for the most profitable contracts within our target markets• Provide weekly reports on all key areas to the SMT or other staff as appropriate

Ashford, Dover, Folkestone, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom

Main Duties• Strategic Lead on the design, development and performance of full cost recovery across the county.• Developing new tendering opportunities and contracts with the SFA / ESF and external companies and stakeholders• Developing strategies and service level agreements that meet both public and private sector demands and requirements.• Leading a team to deliver an annual full cost recovery target of £3m. A new team & strategy implemented when I took up the position. • Planning and implementation of key strategic projects as identified.• Performance management of all full cost recovery administrative staff along with PDR’s, training and appraisals.• Working with heads of curriculum's to ensure correct provision is researched, developed, costed and offered• Implement & maintain Short Course FCR administration system/strategy into the newly merged college & performance managed

Ashford, Folkestone, Dover, United Kingdom

Main Duties• Managing a £2.1m Government fund (Train to Gain NVQ training contract) ensuring performance comes within monthly targets.• Strategic lead for the sales and promotion of Apprenticeships.• Developing new tendering opportunities and contracts with the SFA / ESF and external companies and stakeholders relating to employer engagement• Account manage a portfolio of 1185 employers across Kent maximising income to the college • Developing strategies and service level agreements that meet both public and private sector demands and requirements. Working with Start Up's, Micro's, SME's and Large Corporate's• Operational lead for the implementation, training, development and use of the college CRM system across key staff within the institution.

South East England, United Kingdom

Main Duties• Accountable for the complete running of upto an £18.7m branch• Leading a team of up to 41 staff members• Achieving against KPI’s set for the period / year, ensuring bottom line profit growth and managing stock loss• Performance management including 1-2-1’s, reviews and IPI procedures• Managing all Health & Safety reviews and audits to maintain a safe working and shopping environment• Implementing promotions and deals across the store, maximising customer flow and impulse buys• Developing foot fall into the branch ensuring an increase year on yearInternal Qualifications Gained• SIGMA (Stepping into General Management from Assistant Manager) – DSGi PLC (12m programme)• CATALYST – Senior Assistant Manager Development Programme ( Learning Force – Contracted to DSGi PLC) – Developing to a Senior Assistant Manager (6m programme)• SIM – Stepping Into Assistant Management from Sales Advisor( DSGi PLC – Internal Development Programme) (12m programme)