Development and expansion of Irish and UK markets.Establishing profitable sales channels for our quality Stira folding attic stairs products and services.Marketing the Quality of our Stira brand to consumers, and the construction industry.Consulting with Architects, Developers and Contractors.Establishing contracts: Property developers, Contractors, Partners and Agents.- Manual Stira loft ladder system- Heavy Duty Stira loft ladder system- Semi-Automatic Stira loft ladder system- Fire Rated Stira loft ladder system- Bespoke, made to measure Stira loft ladder systems (up to 4m high ceilings)- Fire Rated Stira loft ladder system- Loft Safety Grabrails and BalustradesFrom construction projects, whether new builds or refurbishments, to new or established homeowners, we provide our customers with our highly experienced consultative service, and our Quality Stira systems, providing the best quality solutions for safe and easy access to any attic space.Measure, Make, Install.........Stira does it all.

Project managed the NPI (new product implementation) and growth of OceanFeed Bovine in the Irish market, acquiring 60 B2B customers, and 25 B2C customers, totalling over 250 end user customers in less than 18 months.Developed business partnerships with national and global organisations.Project managed and developed all aspects of new OceanFeed branding and products.Developed and facilitated training of support and operational staff to meet project objectives.Established profitable sales channels with competitive end user price points. Developed and facilitated product and sales training for agents, distributors and retailers, identifying and continually promoting the WIIFM (what’s in it for me) for them.Project managed and developed high volume B2B bulk opportunities with Dairygold, Cargill (CAN) Ire. & Vietnam, Devenish nutrition GB, GA Petfood partners GB, Trouw nutrition GB with a potential annual yield of €700K+.Problem solved the challenges of acquiring key customers due to limited credibility and product trail information by negotiating and conducting product trials with high profile partners.Project managed the implementation of a company CRM system.

Built a successful NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) 1-2-1 practice in which I help my clients who are neurologically "stuck in a rut", allowing them to embrace change instead of being afraid or resistant to it.Project managed and facilitated a successful pilot of my “Give it SOCS” life skills programme to 183 transition year students in 4 different schools.Presented and engaged in public speaking at events to promote the benefits and value of Change Sessions to potential clients.

Project managed the set up and growth of my own business Lurtel Ltd. to an annual turnover of €300K employing 13 staff.Project managed the development of the products and brands “Schools Websites CMS” a cloud content management website system, and “eChipmunk” a cloud IMS (Information management system) for primary schools.Secured 450 Schools Websites CMS customers and 70 eChipmunk IMS customers.Developed systems and procedures to support company objectives. Developed and facilitated product and sales training for all sales executives.Development and roll out of on-line training videos, and e-manuals for clients.Development and delivery of procedural and acceptance training to staff.Management of sales team: Sales executives (4), telesales/appointment setters (3).Staff motivation, acceptance communication and continual training.Continual product development and structured problem solving.

Project managed and obtained certification to ISO 9001:2000 ahead of target.Developed, communicated and achieved companywide implementation and acceptance of the new quality management system.Developed and facilitated relevant quality training for company employees.Retained certification, increasing employee acceptance and compliance via continual communication of system benefits.Business analysis, structured problem solving, procedure development and new procedure implementation.Developed project programmes (gant charts) and reported on project progress.Managed construction sites to be major accident/incident free.Reported on Quality/H&S compliance to senior managers at monthly project reviews.Supported directors and contracts managers in other aspects of the business.

Building and producing R&D Taxus stent batches.Final inspecting of production Taxus stents.Delivery and control of inventory to production floor.Developed a spreadsheet calculation programme to output the specific flow rate adjustment requirements for new Taxus stent batches. This waste reducing concept was developed into an official piece of software called Statistical Process Management which became part of the companies production process.

Procurement responsibility and inventory management for the key customer account (Ericsson).Exceeded Senior Buyer targets.Achieved cost reductions of 5.5% on €48 Million spend.Managed on time delivery to 97%, Increasing delivery to production floor to 98%. Reduced supplier lead-times.Planning, Vendor management, Inventory management, Cost reduction, Expediting, Structured problem solving.Maintenance of MRP and MRP2 (ERP) systems.

Project managed multiple successful and profitable NPI (New product implementation) projects for Woolworths (who were a major high street retail chain in the UK at that time).Procurement, Sourcing, Inventory management and Cost reduction.