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Adelaide, Sa, Au

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Reporting to the Regional Executive, I am responsible for the overall performance, growth, and development of metro branches in SA. Responsibilities include;• Ensure ongoing risk assessment, compliance and government regulations are adhered to.• Grow the home lending book of the branch and brand market share.• Grow the customer base of the branch through account openings.• Continual training, development and coaching of staff to guarantee targets are met.• High level of communication between many different departments of the business to provide support and the best possible customer experience.• Analysing data for decision making and developing strategies to improve performance • Continual personal development and training to achieve accreditation for lending services.• Ensure a good culture within the branch to reduce staff turnover and increased results.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Scope Global specialises in international education and development. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, I was accountable for development of the diversified business portfolio which included the newly launched brands Roam and Maven in 2019. My responsibilities included:• Develop and maintain relationships with Universities, Government agencies and Corporate organisations.• Discover, build and manage the sales pipeline.• Manage and maintain customer relationship management (CRM) system.• Develop, implement and achieve strategic business initiatives, including report writing for the board.• Presentations and pitches to potential clients.• Staying up to date and informed about government funding opportunities and changes to regulations.• Organise marketing activities, activations and promotions to drive sales and brand awareness.• Conduct digital advertising including; Website updates, e-marketing campaigns, social media posts.• Assist with the development of overseas study programs for Universities.

Sydney, Australia

Geddit is a new brand of the Radio Rentals Group in NSW which opened its first store in April 2017. Reporting to the Chief Operations Officer, I was accountable for the launch, development and growth of the Geddit brand in NSW.• Project Management and Business Development with the opening of 5 new retail outlets and 2 warehouses throughout NSW within the 1st year.• Multi-site management• Sales development and month on month sales growth through the achievement of sales targets, KPI’s and budgets.• Driving traffic into stores through effective visual merchandising and display• Creating a people and business culture that is focused and driven to succeed while maintaining working relationships with internal and external parties.• Strategic development and direction of retail stores through effective leadership.• Implementing procedures and process that will create cost reductions to lower overall expenses.• Preparing reports and presenting historical, current and future direction of the Geddit brand and performance to the Board of Directors.• Recruitment, training, staff development and retention.• WOH&S adherence and enforcement.

Adelaide, Australia

Reporting to the Chief Operations Officer, I was accountable and responsible for the sales growth of our South Australian business with multiple stores reporting directly to me. • Provide effective leadership for a direct team of Store Managers and a wider team of employees.• Strategic development and direction of retail stores• Delivered sales growth through achievement of sales targets, budgets and KPI’s• Provided store profitability through expense control• Conducted multiple store openings and closing in tight timeframes• Provided personnel management, training and development• Staff hiring and retention• Store merchandising and display• WOH&S adherence and enforcement• Customer service and sales

Adelaide, Australia

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, I was entrusted with the analysis of different business areas to determine the ongoing viability, strategic direction and future decisions. I also prepared the Strategic Board Papers (SBP) for the board of directors. Responsibilities:• Writing and preparing the Strategic Board Papers for the Board of Directors.• Conducting market research through focus groups, analysing data and results to transform into understandable and useable information, building strategic business recommendations which RRG based decisions such as; new rental product, advertising strategies and department transformation.• Location scouting for new stores Australia Wide (special attention to NSW).- Analysing customers, suburb and shopping centre demographics, and suitability.- Providing recommendations to the board.Achievements:• Due to location scouting, multiple stores were opened, including the future Geddit• Provided an independent assessment, review and report with recommendations of the internal Technical Service department resulting in a restructure of the department increasing profitability.• Provided a strategic assessment, review and report of our digital strategy with recommendations for improvements in this growth area of retail / finance. This brought about strategic changes to our online business which resulted in significant sales growth.

Adelaide, Australia

Retail Store Manager where I lead a team of 8 employees and drove sales results to achieve year on year sales increase. My responsibilities and achievements included: • Provided effective leadership and running of the store and employees.• Delivered sales growth through target/budget achievement.• Controlled expenses• Merchandising• Customer Service

Adelaide, Australia

Managed the IT product category which is RRG’s most profitable and fastest growing category sold, requiring careful management. Responsible for the I.T range in store including (notebooks, desktops, tablets, smartphones and I.T accessories). Responsibilities:• Analyse customer and market data to assist in product ranging.• High level negotiations with suppliers (e.g. rebates, product pricing, quantity purchases, advertising• support and sell through support).• Presentation preparation and delivery to suppliers.• Increase market share in SA and QLD for I.T products.• Product profitability – ensure margin and gross profit within products and the category.• Assess product performance (e.g. margin, net profit, sell through).

Adelaide, Australia

Managed the advertising department of RRG twice for a total of 3 years. Reporting to the General Manager and at times the Managing Director, I managed the advertising plan, activity and execution in conjunction with our media and advertising partners managing budgets and expense control. Responsibilities:• Tender and review strategic creative advertising agency pitches as well as media agency pitches.• Manage staff and closely coordinate advertising material/activities with outsourced organisations (advertising agency used for creative and our media buying agency) such as; catalogues, radio, TV, online, print and outdoor advertising.• Conduct analysis of advertising effectiveness and ROI based on financial performance, supplier support, customer feedback/response and customer take up.• Manage the advertising activity for multiple store openings and closures.• Conduct multiple customer research and focus groups to gain customer insight and adjust advertising strategies accordingly.• Analyse demographic data to our customer database to determine our core customer and market to them through direct mail, catalogue drops and general advertising such as TV, radio and press.

Adelaide, Australia

I had two stints in this role with the position responsibilities as above.

Adelaide, Australia

I had two stints in this role with the position responsibilities as above.

Adelaide, Australia

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Diploma And Certificate Iv, Retail Management

I was awarded South Australian Graduate of the Year