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🌟 Experienced Head of Partnerships | Strategist | Growth CatalystAs the Head of Partnerships at HY Education Solicitors & HY Solicitors, I drive strategic initiatives, forge partnerships, and propel our legal practice forward. Here’s how:🚀 Key Responsibilities:• Strategic Vision: Crafting growth roadmaps, aligning business goals, and expanding our market presence.• Client Engagement: Nurturing relationships with existing clients, understanding their needs, and ensuring exceptional service.• New Opportunities: Identifying leads, managing referral networks, and leveraging industry intelligence.• Networking Maven: Maximizing networking opportunities and exploring new referral sources.• Brand Amplification: Shaping our narrative through marketing campaigns and thought leadership.• Innovation Advocate: Embracing tech trends and adapting to evolving legal landscapes.• Leadership Mentor: Guiding colleagues toward excellence.#BusinessDevelopment #Leadership #StrategicPartnerships #MarketExpansion #ResultsDriven #ClientSatisfaction #Innovation #BusinessStrategy

In my role as a Business Development Manager at Rochdale Development Agency, I played a pivotal role in steering the AMPI project towards significant growth and market prominence.🚀 Key Achievements:✓ Market Expansion: Led initiatives that resulted in a significant expansion of our market presence, strategically identifying and securing new business opportunities within the machinery sector.✓ Strategic Partnerships: Established and nurtured strategic partnerships with key stakeholders, fostering collaborative relationships that enhanced AMPI's position as an industry leader.✓ Client Relationship Management: Applied a client-centric approach to understand and address client needs, resulting in a high level of customer satisfaction.✓ Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborated seamlessly with cross-functional teams, fostering synergy between sales, marketing, and operations to streamline processes and optimise overall business performance.✓ Innovative Solutions: Spearheaded the implementation of innovative solutions, staying ahead of industry trends and positioning the company as an agile and adaptive player in the market.🔍 Responsibilities:• Conducted market research to identify emerging trends and opportunities.• Developed and executed strategic business plans to achieve organisational objectives.• Regularly interfaced with partners to communicate business development strategies.🌐 Industry Expertise:Demonstrated deep knowledge and understanding of the machinery sector, allowing for the development of tailored solutions and proactive responses to market trends.🔗 Let's Connect:If you are seeking a proactive and results-oriented Business Development professional with a proven track record, I would welcome the opportunity to connect. Let's explore how my expertise can contribute to the success of your organisation.#BusinessDevelopment #Leadership #StrategicPartnerships #MarketExpansion #ResultsDriven #ClientSatisfaction #Innovation #BusinessStrategy

I manage key growth clients across GM with ambitions to grow by 20% or more during the next 12 month's.There is a significant amount of fully funded support available to businesses, and I support these key accounts to access the right service and support for them.This support can include improvement in resource efficiency, accessing finance, support around manufacturing processes, websites and digital marketing, developing a growth strategy or accessing new markets over -seas.If you are based in GM and are set to grow significantly then please do get in touch.

The Growth Service is a unique resource designed to help businesses across Greater Manchester realise their true potential and grow to exceed expectation. The service covers the whole spectrum of businesses, from start-ups to organisations with multi-million pound turnovers. The key factor for business inclusion is a commitment to growth.As a Growth Advisor I provided a highly personalised and tailored service which was backed up by an excellent all round knowledge of business support and the type of funding available. As well as helping companies grow, I helped to create jobs. By helping companies find new investment or by providing bespoke support in a specific area, such as sales and marketing, recruitment or change management. Realising potential and nurturing growth is not something that can happen over-night. It needs to be on-going, long-term and comprehensive. I provided a personalized approach to our services and helped across all areas of business: Sales and marketing Operations Change management Recruitment Innovation New product development Creative and digital media Finance International trade Skills and management development

Worked in the divested Corporate team (part of the RBS Group being sold as part of the EU Commission sale) looking after and focusing on North West clients with a turnover of up to £25m.RBS Corporate specialised in the following key areas:* Business finance (Working Capital / Capex / Investment)* Deposits (Instant access & fixed rate investments)* Asset Finance* Invoice Finance (Factoring & ABL's)* Clearing * Merchant Services* International trade* Insurance* Private banking

As the Senior Role above, however the clients were smaller in terms of turnover, lending requirements and complexity

This role involved supporting a Relationship Manager who looked after a portfolio of Commercial Businesses. Tasks included setting up meetings on behalf of the Manager, producing lending and security documents. Assessing and keying management information and year end accounts. Completing various reports and lending applications. Dealing with correspondence and general day to day queries.

My role involved the underwriting of all personal, student, graduate and professional loans up to a value of £25,000 for the banks customers in the North West. Any loans that failed the banks credit process or affordability criteria which the system 'referred' or 'declined' were passed to me to make the final decision.

My role involved dealing with inward correspondence from private customers of the bank. This included complaints, ordering cheque books, setting up and cancelling standing orders, probate and general queries.