Robert Redman Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

Weybridge

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

The improved portfolio functions were re-integrated into the wider Business Finance department, enabling me to focus on residual value and related asset risk activities.Primary responsibilities include residual value reviews and fleet revaluations.

Managing a team of 4.Responsible for portfolio-related activities, including financial early terminations, evaluation and negotiation of insurance losses, financial contract pricing and resets and detailed evaluation of sale and leasebacks financial transactions.Reactive and proactive - responding to customer requests, but also identifying opportunities to improve the pricing and asset risk status of the funded fleet. Residual value-related activities including policy and procedure recommendations, developments both at strategic and tactical (operational) levels specifically - RV reviews, fleet revaluations, pricing impacts and evaluation toolsResponsible for the RV setting and provisioning elements of both internal and external audits.Providing pricing and finance support and consultation to other areas of the business including significant customer tender and manufacturer negotiation involvementActing as pricing and asset risk Subject Matter Expert for the development of the new Masterlease (worldwide) Group back office and quotation system.Other pricing and risk related activities such as customer meetings, etc., plus regular contributions to fleet and leasing publications.Contributes to Management Accounting & Budgeting process

Produced and predicted residual values for Interleasing, Vauxhall Leasing and Saab Contract Hire.Responsible for a team of 3: one RV Analyst, plus two Data Controllers who maintained the databases for our quote systems.Developed and trained one of the Data Controllers to support RV activities. Full time member of the Strategic Pricing Group. Comprised of the UK Directors plus the Head of Business Finance and myself, this group set pricing and risk policy for the UK businesses.Member of the Pricing Committee, which debated pricing-related issues and submitted policy proposals to the SPG for approval. Also a member of the Campaigns Steering Group.Involved in the development of the Masterlease RV model, which has since been rolled out across the rest of the Masterlease Group countries.Played a key part in the development of various pricing policies, many of which have also formed part of the blueprint for pricing policy across the Masterlease Group.Worked on the specification, implementation, and ongoing development of the Autofutura forecasting system which provided an initial competitive market advantage.Participated in the development of the Autofutura Sale and Leaseback module, resulting in Masterlease being first to market (with a six month exclusivity).Represented the UK pricing team at customer and prospect meetings.Participated in due diligence activities relating to potential acquisitions. Involved in the biggest single fleet acquisition in the history of the company.Represented Interleasing/Masterlease UK at new vehicle previews and other manufacturer meetings and forums.Formed and maintained strong working relationships with the key vehicle manufacturers.From September 2006, reporting directly to the Group Head of Pricing and Risk, I increased my involvement in asset risk management for the global group, plus UK SMR and Used Vehicle Remarketing.

Member of the Business Risk Analysis Team, monitoring and updating residual values, plus any other risk related activities as required.Member of the Risk Management Committee.Seconded to Interleasing in 2001 to participate in the integration of Masterhire (and Saab Contract Hire) into Interleasing.

Field-based sales consultant, selling electricity and mains gas supplies to businesses.

Showroom sales of new and used Jaguar cars.

Sourced used cars for trade and retail stock.Attended auctions and underwrote part exchanges for other retailers.

Production and updating of residual values for the GE Capital Fleet Services Group (Avis Fleet Services, Cochranes, Leasecontracts, and later BRS Car Lease).Involved in the GE European Pricing Initiative, which sought to create a unified pricing policy for all European GE Capital Fleet Services companies.Assisted with other pricing and risk activities as required.Member of the due diligence team for the purchase of BRS Car Lease.

Production and updating of residual values for the Leasecontracts quote system.Valuation of vehicles for Sale and Leaseback quotations.Support for the vehicle disposal team when required.

Inspection and valuation of vehicles returned for disposal.Dealing with auctions, trade buyers, etc.Provision of valuations for early termination quotes.Handling of insurance total losses.Provision of residual values as required.Helped to establish, and subsequently ran, the Blue Chip disposal process, selling retail-prepared vehicles direct into the franchise dealer network via a fax-based bidding system.Stood in for the Trade Sales Manager when required - acted in his stead when he was on extended sick leave.

classic car restorerWorked with a local classic car restorer, learning the trade.General service work for local clients.Vehicle maintenance and preparation for a local used car retailer.Worked in the showroom at the weekend.