Co Founder And Director
Purepots Ltd
Bath, United Kingdom
Pursued entrepreneurial ambition and founded PurePots Healthy foods. Having tested the product at festivals, acquired seed capital and took it to the high street with two outlets employing 19 staff. Secured our second site in the heart of a new multimillion pound sought after development in the centre of Bath, which broke even in year one turning over £120,000. Setting up a business, especially in the economic climate of the time, was both challenging and rewarding. My roles within the business allowed me to develop a very strong and varied skill set, they included: Project Managing shop fits, managing supply chains, developing and monitoring a large portion of our operation procedures at all levels,Working with a graphic designer and programmer to create and develop our brand and its surrounding collateral (website, packaging etc.) with innovative marketing solutions to help us stand apart. Implementing information flow systems across all aspects of the business to ensure that, as directors, we had the data needed to make decisions and plan ahead.As a Director of a limited company I have had exposure to P&L, cash flow management, budgets, company reporting and board meetings. I have also had the opportunity to take responsibility of numerous ideas and project managing them from concept to implementation, while assessing their scope to obtain their impact on the business and then collecting data to monitor their progress.