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Liverpool, United Kingdom

Crown Commercial Service play an important role helping the entire public sector to save time and money when buying common goods and services and currently manage more than £15 billion of spend every year across the wider public sector - schools, universities, hospitals, housing associations and charities - and for central government departments.Working with Local Government, the NHS and Universities to drive more spend through CCS to achieve our aim of being the 'go to' provider of common… Show more Crown Commercial Service play an important role helping the entire public sector to save time and money when buying common goods and services and currently manage more than £15 billion of spend every year across the wider public sector - schools, universities, hospitals, housing associations and charities - and for central government departments.Working with Local Government, the NHS and Universities to drive more spend through CCS to achieve our aim of being the 'go to' provider of common goods and services for the entire public sector and benefiting the UK economy as a whole. Show less

Weston, Cheshire

Senior Commercial Interim, Management Consultancy, and Project Management providing business focused outcomes for organisations aspiring to grow, improve and transform.

Chorley, Lancs

Part of the $3.2Bn Constellation Software Inc. Primetics are the market leading supplier of ERP Software Solutions to the Agri Food Business. Working with the commercial arm of the business to develop the strategy, structure and commercial capability to sustain the long term growth of the organisation.

Winsford, Cheshire

Engaged to review the commercial operations of this privately owned £15m business manufacturing specialist beds, mattresses, furniture, soft furnishings and flooring to the Healthcare Sector.- Significantly grew both sales and profitability of two of the companies biggest customers - Secured Multi-Year Contract extensions and Price Increases in both customers.

Slough, Berkshire

KP Snacks is part of the €1.3Bn Intersnack business from GermanyRecruited to drive positive transformational change in the business relationships with the Co-op and Morrisons accounts now worth over £32m. Original 3 month contract extended to 27 months.A fantastic opportunity to be involved in the integration of 3 companies into one with all the challenge and upheaval this brings in keeping stakeholders, customers and employees aligned and motivated.

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Leading a 6 month commercial project of transformational change for the Customer Records Management (CRM) function of the largest bank in the Middle East.A 240 strong function in need of modernising to meet the demanding regulatory banking requirements in the Region. Leading the project to:- Develop a commercial strategy and business case for a £20m Project to create a world class CRM function supported by best in class archiving and scanning technology. - Introducing the… Show more Leading a 6 month commercial project of transformational change for the Customer Records Management (CRM) function of the largest bank in the Middle East.A 240 strong function in need of modernising to meet the demanding regulatory banking requirements in the Region. Leading the project to:- Develop a commercial strategy and business case for a £20m Project to create a world class CRM function supported by best in class archiving and scanning technology. - Introducing the digitalization and electronic storage of over 700m banking transaction and customer documentation images in under 3 years.- Formulating a strategic proposal to centralise 3 archive warehouses into one Supa-warhouse consolidating almost 65 years of archive documentation into one central archive with associated bar-coding, indexing and scanning operations to support 28 banking functions. Show less

Cheshire

After 1 month Management Consultancy project to investigate and make recommendations on the turnaround of this loss making legal practive, I was engaged as Managing Director to transform the business in preparation for sale. Implemented a restructuring programme that took it from a loss to a significant profit in 1 year. Evaluated, proposed and executed an office relocation programme that reduced office leasing costs by over 40% with knock on organisational benefits.Re-developed… Show more After 1 month Management Consultancy project to investigate and make recommendations on the turnaround of this loss making legal practive, I was engaged as Managing Director to transform the business in preparation for sale. Implemented a restructuring programme that took it from a loss to a significant profit in 1 year. Evaluated, proposed and executed an office relocation programme that reduced office leasing costs by over 40% with knock on organisational benefits.Re-developed, re-branded and relaunched a full marketing programme with two new websites and took online business from 3% to 20% in 6 months and re-negotiated all supplier contracts to reduce like for like marketing costs by over 50% Show less

Developed a strategy to target McDonalds and other foodservice clients as a key supplier of fresh Salad products.Co-ordinated the retention of the business’s biggest customer for 2 years.Identified potential key accounts and developed a strategy for new business.

Responsible for Managing a team of Sales Professionals for the £40m Co-operative Account. Responsible for the integration negotiations for the Co-op acquisition of Somerfield.

Management Consultancy & Sales Training Solutions

Managed all Top 4 Retail Grocers, as well as a Business Unit and the £100m Convenience & Impulse Channel as well as time in Capability, Management & Leadership Development.

Classical introduction to FMCG Sales, progressing through the ranks to NAM: Asda

2Nd Class Honours, History & International Politics

Activities and Societies: NLP Master Practitioner

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