Martin Batchelor Email & Phone Number

New start up specialising in installing electric blinds in B2C and B2B market.

Surrey

Having left the complex and murky world of large corporate entities behind me, I ventured into the Senior Management team of a successful local blinds and awnings business leading the technical and operations unit of the business.I have been involved in many complex installations of electric blinds and have been known to advise many blind manufactures of the strengths and weaknesses of their products and suggested improvements which they have taken on board

New business generation in the South in the corporate B2B market.• To identify and win profitable new contract hire business and hold negotiations at board level to businesses with vehicle fleets of 20 to around 500 vehicles in the south of England.• To present detailed written or PowerPoint proposals to key decision makers at an individual or a group level clearly explaining the options and benefits of using Lex Autolease on a partnership basis.• To identify additional “value added” services to create additional profitability for the business.• Responsibility to undertake successful and structured business implementation timescales by working with key stakeholders across the business and to ensure handovers to Customer Relationship Management teams are completed without impact on the new customer.• To work closely with the Lloyds Banking Group Regional Directors to identify introductions within their customer portfolios • Responding to tenders and writing detailed proposals and taking responsibility for their timely submission.• Creating pricing and credit papers to relevant departments to ensure the commerciality of new accounts is balanced and conforms to the parameters set out by Lloyds Banking Group.• Responsibility for accuracy of data and recording of information and emails in internal CRM database

Providing long term structured asset finance to Local Authorities across the UK. A specialist niche player involved in the provision of operating lease finance for “fixture type” assets such as gas central heating systems, street lighting, kitchens and bathrooms in the local authority market. The role also included writing marketing literature and developing vendor type relationships with suppliers.

Providing advice and asset finance to B2B mid to large corporate sectors in the South from a new business perspective.• Working closely with Barclays Bank to promote leasing and operating leasing to their major customers.• Sourcing and negotiating additional accounts with an aim in the medium term of introducing them to Barclays and other sister companies within the group.• Ensuring that these accounts ran smoothly, developing the relationships in order to be considered as the primary source of lease finance.• Understanding the financials of the business in order to be able to write a detailed report on their operations and customer base to ensure that the credit team have a thorough understanding of the credit risk involved with this company.