Rob Rowse Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• I have full ownership and responsibility for the Gaming Software category. I am accountable for all supplier negotiations; including product ranges and pricing, all terms and conditions, and all investments in our.
• Creating a viable, profitable new business area within its first year.
• Training and developing a colleague into a highly demanding role.
• Increasing Sales
• Increasing £Margin
• Increasing bottom line Trading Account

London, England, United Kingdom

• Assistant Retail Buyer with two years’ experience working within the Gaming Team at Dixons Carphone. Responsible for driving growth and increasing market share in an area of the business. I have a solid understanding.
• Responsible and accountable for improving the Console software range, both in-store and online.
• Implementing a new process to allow stores to order inlays direct from Newark, improving compliance.
• Negotiating 200 TVRs from Nintendo across 3 weeks, driving incremental value for the business.
• Project managing the implementation of the Upcoming Game releases page, improving SEO.
• Assistant buyer responsible for developing a highly diverse product portfolio at Toys UK.

London, United Kingdom

• Section Manager in Foods, responsible for leading a team of 37 to drive profitability and seek out new opportunities to increase growth.
• Key achievements: Elected Customer Service Champion by improving customer service response stats and hitting our target of 100 per quarter, which was set out by the company.
• Sales: Strengthening relationships using the Power of 3 and liaising with food traders, SRD planners and store performance manager to maximize sales growth by 110%.
• Service: Customer Service Champion responsible for collecting customer feedback and driving performance improvement throughout our store. Incentivizing and motivating colleagues to achieve our customer service metrics.
• People: Leading and managing a team of 40+ employees and taking full responsibility for the coaching and development of direct line reports, along with the training of new starters in our store. Personally upskilling.
• Costs: Overseeing the waste reduction process to ensure our OPT KPI target of 90% consistently met and exceeded expectations. Recently assisting the management team with a ‘process improvement implementation’ plan to.

Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom

• Kingston University is triple-accredited by the global Association of MBAs.
• Grade achieved: Distinction.
• Individual MBA project: Retail consulting project assessing the role and value of benchmarking in improving retail business performance for a UK SME.
• Course included study periods in Russia, Germany and India.

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

• Toys-UK is an independent retailer consisting of six outlet stores, offering a wide range of quality products at a competitive price. My role as Area Manager was to manage operations across the six branches and achieve.
• Key achievements: Achieving a 30% increase in profits for three consecutive years and playing an integral role in leading the company’s expansion into six new locations.
• Buying/Negotiating: Creating a balanced portfolio of stock to give wider choice to customers whilst diversifying profit margins and leading to a significant rise in turnover and profit. Strengthening relationships and.
• Team leadership: Leading and managing six teams. Taking responsibility for the hiring and coaching of 12 managers in all core operations, which included stock management, merchandising, customer service, purchasing.
• Business & operations management: Maintain a thorough understanding of the costs, margin and P&L for the stores. Set and introduced KPIs that contributed to operational improvements and business growth.
• Strategy: Developing new ideas and direction, to help develop ways to improve performance and increase growth.

Thame, Oxfordshire

• Connells Estate Agents is a well-established British estate agency, consisting of over 500 branches throughout the UK. My role as senior sales negotiator was to take on new business and to hit sales targets.
• Responsibilities: Conduct property valuations, taking properties to market, arranging mortgages, upselling services, recommending solicitors, as well as managing overseas property transactions.
• Key achievements: One of the top five sales negotiators for six consecutive weeks on the company’s leader board, averaging six property sales per month. Highest number of house sales was eight in February 2009 with an.
• Client relationship building: Developing strong working relationships with home owners that allowed us to charge 3% instruction fees compared to our closest competitor that charged 1%. Achieved 80% market share within.
• Organisation: Developed strong organizational and multi-tasking skills by dealing with a large number of potential buyers; house hunters and property developers along with sellers; including new homes sites and.