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London, Gb

London, Gb

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

A company supplying catering services to events and incorporating an artisan coffee shop/bar. Won contracts for Latitude festival and BBC Proms and quickly earned a great reputation and found its way into many publications and guides.• Built up the business from scratch and grew it to a turnover of 300k.• Responsible for the financial administration for the company.• Generated over £40k per year extra revenue by branching out the business into catering for outside events.• Reduced staffing costs from 35% of turnover to just 23% through extensive process improvement.• Managed end to end project which successfully reduced procurement spending of key main raw material by 26% increasing profits by 4.5%.• Maintained profit margins of over 70% with regular evaluation of product cost and sales prices.

Stamford, Connecticut, Us

An international sound technology company specialising in high end live audio mixing consoles. Managed the export of high value orders to international clients and liaised with banks to ensure the prompt payments of letters of credit orders.• Reduced company spending on transportation by 8% by negotiating a new shipping contract.• Ensured all orders were fulfilled ahead or on time by producing monthly shipping schedule, which decreased the number of orders shipping late to only 1%.• Saved up to 2 hours of work time each week by successfully streamlining the processing of Letters of Credit.• Designed and implemented a plan to move all records and documentation into digital format making it quicker and easier for the team to access them and work collaboratively.

Watford, England, Gb

A manufacturer of electrical components specialising in circuit breakers. Was the first point of contact for clients in SE England and managed all international imports and exports to and from the USA and Far East.• Established relationships with freight forwarders to open up shipping lanes from new suppliers in India.• Created a system to decrease lead times on popular items whilst minimising cash tie up with careful inventory control.• Reduced spending on shipping by devising and implementing a scheme to make checking of shipping invoices simple and fast.• Liaised with suppliers and clients to ensure all parties were up to date with lead times. This helped reduced late deliveries and increased overall customer satisfaction.• Initiated a project with software engineers to increase efficacy of the SAP system. This gave us better reporting options and decreased the time spent on order processing.

Bachelor’S Degree, Music Technology

Management