Robert Baird

Robert Baird Email and Phone Number

Website Business Owner and Social Media and Marketing and Merchandise @ Leeds, GB
Leeds, GB
Robert Baird's Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About Robert Baird

As a high achiever I am often praised for my ability to overcome any situation using both a logical thought process and my natural gut instincts. Being passionate about providing a high level of customer service and building long -term relationships makes me successful with customers and directors alike. Talent, flexibility and drive help me to achieve my goals as a team player or as an individual. As a Manager and team player I am a very sociable and approachable character and professionalism is paramount to my conduct. I will bring a level of excellence to a company and deliver my very best for each and every task, going above and beyond reproach whenever necessary.

Robert Baird's Current Company Details
The Web Men

The Web Men

Website Business Owner and Social Media and Marketing and Merchandise
Leeds, GB
Robert Baird Work Experience Details
  • The Web Men
    Website Business Owner And Social Media And Marketing And Merchandise
    The Web Men
    Leeds, Gb
  • The Web Men
    Website Business Owner / Social Media / Marketing / Merchandise
    The Web Men Feb 2019 - Present
    South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    We build, and rebuild SME websites. We refresh and breathe new life into your business by giving it a clear presence and get the company branding and message across effortlessly.We overhaul and improve upon your Google position by also working with clever Ad campaigns et al. We also look at your Social side of the business and create adverts to proliferate your targeted audience.We have a section of the business which will cater for up to 250,000 merchandised products for your business.
  • Pharma / Fmcg Experience.
    Business Development Manager
    Pharma / Fmcg Experience. Jun 2016 - Feb 2019
    Yorkshire
    Merchandiser / Website Management
  • Free Rein Ltd
    Digital Marketing Consultant
    Free Rein Ltd Sep 2015 - Jun 2016
    Hadleigh, Suffolk
    Free Rein is a web development and digital marketing agency giving the customer the ability to manage, monitor and take control of websites, email broadcast, online events and much more.We make life as easy as possible, offering a range of digital marketing solutions starting from very simple 'first steps' website, through developing interactive email marketing and powerful content management systems (CMS) to comprehensive campaign and bespoke systems.
  • Thermo
    Business Development Manager / Uk Sales Manager
    Thermo Jun 2013 - Nov 2014
    Harlow
    This is a role I brought many contacts to within the electric wholesale industry (mainly at group director level) where I set up crucial meetings to place large regular orders. Market penetration was vital for this product and I have explored many avenues and have realised its potential into new areas. We made a healthy start into the US market.
  • A4E
    Employment Engagement Consultant
    A4E Sep 2010 - May 2013
    London, United Kingdom
    I was approached by A4e and deployed on their Legacy contract to ‘improve people’s lives’. This involved group and one to one interviews, employer meetings to discuss budgets and employee needs, confidence building and continual mentoring, placing apprenticeships, strategic placement and lecturing large groups with new ideas. Sales targets were 15 to 20 new jobs per month. All targets for placements were comfortably accomplished with sustained employment. Between Jan 2012 and November 2012 I also worked on two temp contracts with Maximus UK and Prevista both of which are government contractors doing the same role with the same strategy and its competitors and linked through A4e.
  • Wa Internet Ltd
    Sales Manager
    Wa Internet Ltd Dec 2008 - Aug 2010
    London, United Kingdom
    As Sales Manager, I controlled their property division within this very successful niche London Digital Agency where I was responsible for the continuation of Property Website business. I headed up many projects involving the websites for KFH, Strutt & Parker, Townends and other large city based agents.I also helped componentize the presentation to help clients decide on their preferred schematic layout for their website.
  • Santander Uk Corporate & Commercial
    Mortgage Consultant
    Santander Uk Corporate & Commercial Dec 2006 - Nov 2008
    West Yorkshire
    This role required retention skills and largely centred around sales to deter clients from impulsively shopping elsewhere in the market. My monthly targets were approx c£14million and I regularly achieved c£40 million. Out of 320 people in the company and same position, I was at the top of their sales league for most of my time here.
  • Blythe Marketing
    Sales Executive / Trainer
    Blythe Marketing May 2004 - Dec 2006
    West Yorkshire
    I began as a Representative and moved swiftly into a training role. I was then responsible for training up other company reps to promote a database web portal for advertising within the engineering sector. The training schedule for Blythe consists of a one-week induction course. The targets were set at 10k per month and always superceded.
  • Digital Image
    Uk Sales Manager
    Digital Image Apr 2001 - Apr 2004
    Yorkshire
    A very exciting role working for a very well placed Interactive Multimedia company who excelled within the FMCG and Pharmaceutical arenas.Researching new drugs coming to market, then training a team of people on the characteristics of the drug in question.The training side of this particular business was crucial as the team were not always up to speed on the various drugs involved. I implemented a structure, which included the use of PowerPoint training sessions, one to one sessions and regular updates to show development of a project and schematic deliveries. It was imperative that I had all my team working together in the creation of multimedia tools, which would be used worldwide by large corporate companies. On most occasions, (as this particular digital media was very expensive), I had to initiate the project and look at its marketable position towards the main competitors and decide if the idea had enough potential to be both viable and tenable.Identifying, following up and closing new sales opportunities for their current range of activities from new and some existing clients.Over achieving projected sales targets.Securing a steady stream of suitable and profitable business.Helping with day-to-day sales and marketing related tasks.Authoring sales proposals, quotations and presentations.Undertaking special projects where appropriate.Understanding and keeping up with new technologies.Achieving targets in excess of £500k per annum. All individual contracts had a vale of c£25k+The work I achieved here was prolific and I initiated the projects for many therapy areas within Pfizer (Xalatan, Detrusitol), GlaxoSmithKline (Intranet Hub including redesign of company logo), Abbott Laboratories, Pharmacia (Bladder Zone Website, Growth hormone drugs database and website (KIGS/KIMS), IMS Health – London (world's largest pharma database), The 4S Study for Simvastatin for MSD, and Reebok, Adidas and other FMCG company sites.
  • Digitime
    Owner
    Digitime Apr 1996 - Apr 2001
    Yorkshire
    Digitime was a digital video production company targeting SME’s and providing multimedia tools for presentations within CD-Rom and DVD media. Whilst self-employed, I experienced very high levels of self-motivation and honed my editing skills with new software platforms on Adobe / Apple. I also gained experience working with many new corporate clients. My bread and butter work was working with school productions, weddings and shooting, editing and compressing mpeg video for websites to make it easier to stream. This was quite a new concept at this time within the web environment. I did work for advertising agencies and the likes of BMW and Khan.

Robert Baird Skills

Sales Management Training Mentoring New Business Development Business Analysis Coaching Business Intelligence Pharmaceutical Industry Web Design Music Production Music Theory Video Production Pharmaceutical Sales Sales Effectiveness Sales Management

Robert Baird Education Details

  • Aireborough Grammar School
    Aireborough Grammar School
  • Novartis
    Novartis

Frequently Asked Questions about Robert Baird

What company does Robert Baird work for?

Robert Baird works for The Web Men

What is Robert Baird's role at the current company?

Robert Baird's current role is Website Business Owner and Social Media and Marketing and Merchandise.

What schools did Robert Baird attend?

Robert Baird attended Aireborough Grammar School, Novartis.

What skills is Robert Baird known for?

Robert Baird has skills like Sales, Management, Training, Mentoring, New Business Development, Business Analysis, Coaching, Business Intelligence, Pharmaceutical Industry, Web Design, Music Production, Music Theory.

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