Richard Walker Email & Phone Number

Wellington Region, New Zealand

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Having relocated to the beautiful Wairarapa, close to Wellington. I took some time away from the workplace, to be the primary carer for my son.

Auckland, New Zealand

Responsible for the Retail Channel sales team and also the development of new products to improve efficiency within the last mile of a supermarkets supply chain

Auckland, New Zealand

Looking after the Foodstuffs contract for both North and South Island for the Yoplait yoghurt and Vitasoy categories

Auckland, New Zealand

Part of the team responsible for the Foodstuffs North Island contract. I managed the $80m Block and Speciality cheese categories, as well as our recently launched premium baby formula, Anmum.

Auckland, New Zealand

Having relocated to Auckland, New Zealand, I took some time away from the workplace, to be the primary carer for my son.

Sydney, Australia

As a member of the senior leadership team, I held responsibility for sales, marketing, customer service and e-commerce, with an overall team of 60.In my tenure, I rewrote the sales strategic plan to realign our sales and customer service teams onto a national template, whilst redistributing our sales effort to be more cost effective, refocusing our activity on future growth opportunities within the commercial channels, away from the declining newsagent sector. I achieved 110% of my EBIT target over my time with the business.

London, United Kingdom

I held overall responsibility for the National Account portfolio with a turnover of £65m, managing a team of 4, working to CEO level negotiating complex contracts up to an individual value of £25m per annum.My primary objective was to introduce a change programme to restructure all customer contracts to minimise current risk and then optimise for sustainable future growth. Over this period, I was fortunate enough to win Spicer’s ‘Top Sales Region’ award, every quarter for 3½ consecutively years between 2009 – 2012, and also secure Spicer’s ‘Pan-European Incentive’ for 2010.

London, United Kingdom

I held overall responsibility for the South West region with sales of £55m and a team of 6. My main goal was to significantly improve the incumbent team culture by introducing a greater commercial focus, through improved accountability and a more strategic approach to account management.

London, United Kingdom

Managing a team of 6, I oversaw sales of £60m within the South East region. I was promoted to Regional Sales Director after 8 months.

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for a team of 5 sales people and associated support staff, specialising in NSW Government contracts with an annual sales budget of A$45M. I managed all tenders and contract negotiations and the servicing of over 400 accounts within this preferred supplier agreement. The NSW state government contract is the largest office supply agreement in Australia.

A Level & Btec Onc, Business Studies Combined, Pass

5 'O' Levels, Inc English And Maths