A CIPD level 7 L&D professional with 17 years experience in Retail, Manufacturing, Hospitality and Supply Chain environments.A passionate advocate of embracing a blended approach to learning and creating a culture of continuous learning and personal development in the workplace.An engaging and fun personality who is happy to stand alone and lead and inspire others or to work as part of a larger team to deliver commercial or people focused objectives.Proven experience of starting a training function in two organisations of 800 and 1500 colleagues. Conducting full organisational TNA and embracing customers' needs to create and implement best-fit and rigorous onboarding and development tools and processes for succession planning, talent development, performance management and appraisal alongside delivering e-learning, technical and soft skills training opportunities. From delivering basic induction and onboarding training, development of first line and middle management, through to Senior Management development, I have a natural ability to design suitable people solutions and facilitate colleagues through their career progression.Confident and engaging presenter, always looking for more 'fun' ways to deliver training in the modern world and use contemporary real world scenarios to underpin key messages in learning content.Line management and budget management experience.Comfortable engaging with and working with colleagues from all tiers in organisations from the shop floor through to CEO.... We are all people at the end of the day!