Responsibilities & AchievementsI was responsible for opening opportunities for selling climbing walls, caves and Clip 'n Climb centres across the South West and South Wales.I would go out prospecting for new business, carry out site investigations and prepare handover materials for one of our design team. I would then present the design to the prospective client and work with them to establish the final layout of the proposed centre.Upon the sale completion I would then hand over the won order to the project team to deliver and to our finance team to invoice.I was responsible for building £4.3M sales pipeline by actively generating leads and then exploiting them. I managed the leads using a CRM system called Pipedrive. One of my outstanding talents is in building and managing relationships with customers to ensure we deliver the best product at the best price for both customer and our company.I was also part of a multi country project team to produce innovative new climbing and wrap around technologies.

I was the Sales Manger responsible for driving sales and ensuring our customers chose our product over cheaper rivals. This role was entirely office based so my interactions with clients and potential clients was phone based.As well as being responsible for sales I also created all Marketing Collateral as well as managing Social Media presence to ensure that our customers could contact us via whichever means suited them.My friendly approach ensured that our customers constantly praised our availability and product knowledge as well as placing orders.

I was engaged to build the company from start-up as part of a world wide franchise organisation.My primary role was to find solutions for potential customers and then develop them into customers using TNT as our primary delivery partner.My secondary role was that of a logistics technician to ensure that materials we were shipping were secured and protected in transit and that they arrived on schedule.I was also in day to day charge of the retail side of the business and handled cash and card transactions and managed the store front.

I was tasked with creating a reseller network from scratch, which included creating all training materials and support network.I was also a Technical Pre-Sales Manager for virtualisation technologies from VMWare and Microsoft. I was the VTSP for the company and ensured that our installation of a VMWare and thin client solution for the Scottish National Party was a huge success.My role was to find potential customers and then to work with them to find solutions and from there to sell the appropriate technologies and if required to help install and setup these packages.

IT support technician providing support and advice on Green IT and building moves.

Working as a contractor for some of the biggest names in the UK.The National TrustHBOS groupCapitaZurich GroupVarious Government organisationsManufacturing companies