Pete Bernard Email & Phone Number

Diss, Gb

Eye, Gb

Diss, England, United Kingdom

Provision of Interim/Project roles across all areas of L&D/OD, including Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Recruitment & Onboarding and Training Design & Facilitation. Example projects/activities include:• Executive Coaching: Focusing on personal effectiveness/impact, communication skills, development of leadership competencies, delegation and people management. Delivered to Senior Executives/Board Members in organisations such as Airbus, Royal & Sun Alliance, AXA, Swiftcover and… Show more Provision of Interim/Project roles across all areas of L&D/OD, including Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Recruitment & Onboarding and Training Design & Facilitation. Example projects/activities include:• Executive Coaching: Focusing on personal effectiveness/impact, communication skills, development of leadership competencies, delegation and people management. Delivered to Senior Executives/Board Members in organisations such as Airbus, Royal & Sun Alliance, AXA, Swiftcover and Mattel.• Career Development Coaching: Working with hundreds of clients to successfully define their ideal job, generate an effective job search/networking strategy and secure a new role with CV writing and Interview Training services.• Business Coaching to SME owners and Directors focusing on business growth across sales/marketing, finance, people and product/service development; example clients include a hospitality procurement consultancy, an online business documents supplier and a high-end kitchen designer & manufacturer.• OD & Talent Acquisition: Interim project encompassing job design and recruitment strategy for a high growth business in the luxury building renovation sector. Successfully managed the recruitment, directly and through agencies, multiple project managers, interior designers and quantity surveyors.• Training Design & Facilitation: Designed and delivered a commercial skills improvement programme across all aspects of the training cycle into the Insurance sector for 50 Underwriters, Key Account Managers and Commercial staff; incorporating 5 modules in negotiation skills, presentation & personal impact skills, sales & marketing, stakeholder management and account management. Included pre-programme engagement, in-programme embedding of learning with facilitated virtual sessions and post-programme coaching/evaluation. Show less

London, United Kingdom

• P&L responsibility for a profitable, £2m+ t/o 20-person business psychologist-led, Assessment and Development Services business to clients such as Microsoft and Barclays Bank. Services included job analysis, competency framework design, role & person profiling, high-volume assessment centre design and delivery, psychometric profiling, competency-based interviewing and appraisal system design. Proposed and started a new Executive Coaching revenue stream. Developed proposition… Show more • P&L responsibility for a profitable, £2m+ t/o 20-person business psychologist-led, Assessment and Development Services business to clients such as Microsoft and Barclays Bank. Services included job analysis, competency framework design, role & person profiling, high-volume assessment centre design and delivery, psychometric profiling, competency-based interviewing and appraisal system design. Proposed and started a new Executive Coaching revenue stream. Developed proposition, segmentation, marketing and sales activities. Sold as stand-alone service to senior executives and also packaged with other recruitment solutions to corporate clients. Personally delivered Executive Coaching services to senior executives wishing to fast start in a new role, accelerate their success in an existing role, or transition from one employer to another. Show less

London, United Kingdom

• P&L responsibility for a £3m+ t/o business. Set and implemented marketing and business development strategy into target market segments with full; with a focus on executive search, advertised selection and recruitment outsourcing solutions ranging in value from £20k to £1.1million; resulting in increased revenues +81% at improved profitability. • Personally delivered multiple Board-level senior executive search assignments. • Recruited, managed and developed 15 sales & delivery… Show more • P&L responsibility for a £3m+ t/o business. Set and implemented marketing and business development strategy into target market segments with full; with a focus on executive search, advertised selection and recruitment outsourcing solutions ranging in value from £20k to £1.1million; resulting in increased revenues +81% at improved profitability. • Personally delivered multiple Board-level senior executive search assignments. • Recruited, managed and developed 15 sales & delivery consultants and support staff. Designed, developed and delivered bespoke telecoms training course to 60 consultants and staff. Set, and met, stretch KPIs to improve service delivery by focusing on candidate pipeline, interview availability and reference checking performance. Show less

West Sussex, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

A USA based, £150 million global electronics company• Led the company's sales, marketing and business development activities throughout Europe with full P&L responsibility. Achieved 60% revenue growth above target profitability. • Developed and implemented European marketing plan through the recruitment of a sales force and support staff, identifying and developing new products and technologies, managing marketing communications activities (PR, exhibitions, direct mail and… Show more A USA based, £150 million global electronics company• Led the company's sales, marketing and business development activities throughout Europe with full P&L responsibility. Achieved 60% revenue growth above target profitability. • Developed and implemented European marketing plan through the recruitment of a sales force and support staff, identifying and developing new products and technologies, managing marketing communications activities (PR, exhibitions, direct mail and advertising with a budget of £300k) and developing new channels to market via distributors. Also managed USA sales activities, and based in Chicago for 3 months, prior to recruiting a local sales manager Show less

London, United Kingdom

A product division of Philips Electronics • Developed and implemented strategies for significant business growth (zero to £50 million in four years) in the rapidly expanding market sector of mobile communications. Managed a Sales & Marketing team of 8 to identify target customers and collaborate with product design teams to meet the needs of customers.

London, United Kingdom

• Managed the penetration of products from French and German factories into strategic consumer electronics customers across Europe including Sony, Panasonic and Toshiba. Grew turnover by 30% to £23 million pa. Prior to this role, completed an 18-month Graduate Training Programme working in all areas of the business to develop commercial skills

Mba

Certificates In Psychological Testing, Levels A & B

Grad Cipd. Graduate Of Chartered Institute Of Personnel And Development, Hr Strategy

Diploma In Marketing

Bsc (Hons) Physical Electronics