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England, United Kingdom

Bolton, United Kingdom

Q-Lab Corporation is a global provider of material durability testing products since 1956. We design and manufacture standard test substrates as well as weathering, light stability, and corrosion testers. In addition, contract test services which include accelerated laboratory testing are available at Q-Lab Florida, Q-Lab Arizona, and Q-Lab Deutschland. Outdoor exposure testing for weathering, lightfastness and corrosion are available at Q-Lab Florida and Q-Lab Arizona. Our weathering products and services are used by material scientists and technicians in numerous industries including: additives and colorants, adhesive and sealants, automotive, building materials (such as roofing and siding), fabrics/textiles, food and beverages, graphic arts/inks, paints and coatings, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, plastics and packaging, and renewable energy (such as solar).

The Impact Association represents Automotive Importers, Manufacturers and Traders in the UK Aftermarket

Chester, United Kingdom

A business and marketing consultancy providing services to the Automotive and Horticultural business sectors.• Increased turnover by 25% for Retail Horticultural business by introducing new systems and processes, launching a CRM system, and creating and designing a full e-commerce website• Improved Export sales from zero to £3m for Automotive hard parts firm through targeting key distributors at trade shows in Europe, identifying best routes to market, and developing new infrastructure

Preston, United Kingdom

Key achievements:• Overhauling the Bosal UK external sales force bringing in a range of new personnel• Developing new pricing strategy for U.K. aftermarket leading to incremental business increases with buying groups• Successfully negotiating a 3 year emission control contract with leading national chain with a sales value of £10 million per annum • Securing new level 1 distribution contracts with 2 key national wholesalers further increasing turnover of U.K. aftermarket division by £6 million per annum• Doubling the turnover of Bosal Towing products from 3% to 6% UK market share by implementing revised pricing strategies, cross selling, training, advertising, increased marketing to acquire new customers• Representing Bosal at the inaugural Professional Motor Factor Conference in 2012Responsibilities:• Playing a key role as a member of the senior management team with full responsibility for Bosal (UK) Ltd with a current staff of 182 employees• Responsible for day-to-day management of the sales and marketing activities for the entire portfolio of Bosal Emission Control, Bosal Towing products and Bosal Commercial Vehicle products together with tube manufacture and distribution throughout the U.K. and Ireland• Supervising production of reports for external field sales force, internal customer service and telesales department, technical support and helpline, pricing, product management and marketing for the U.K and Ireland• Planning and executing the business strategy and production for the UK and Bosal Worldwide while overseeing the supply chain, union compliance, quality control and product development• Serving as Vice Chairman of the Impact Association which represented the automotive aftermarket manufacturers, importers and traders operating within the UK• Representing Bosal with the National Trailer and Towing Association (NTTA) and at the European Buying Groups and Associations such as Group Auto International, Clepa and ATR

Warrington, United Kingdom

Key achievements:• Successfully realigning the business structure from performance orientated products to new aftermarket focussed products which emerged as the top selling product category resulting in consistent year-on-year above target sales growth of more than £250,000 per year and transforming the business from loss making to £400,000 profit in 3 years• Developing multi-conceptual national advertising campaigns for trade and consumer markets • Restructuring current UK business including discounts, pricing and category management• Effectively directing key wholesale distributors to facilitate the product distribution to the installer, including parts alliance, IFA, GAU and ECP, and introducing the brand into this UK market segment for the first time, gaining increase in sales from £0 to £400,000• Integrating the whole EMEA supply chain into UK Distribution CentreResponsibilities:• Responsible for the sales and marketing of the UK division (Global Sales of $160 million) reporting to the Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa• In charge of the day-to-day running of the UK sales operation worth £3.5 million per annum• Developing short and medium term strategies to diversify the business away from core retail products to the longer term objective of catering for the much broader opportunities within the UK Automotive Aftermarket• Representing K&N on various forums, ranging from industry associations to government events such as the Green Travel & Transport Initiative

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Won promotion to Manager of Car Brite’s British Car Auction ‘Smart Repair - Vehicle Restoration and Re-marketing’ business (worth €1million across EMEA region)- Managed key multi-level business accounts- Effectively managed the supply chain, which involved working with global multidisciplinary teams to achieve consistent supply lines thus avoiding penalty payments- Worked with other divisions of Valvoline’s parent company, Ashland, on technical transfers of production from the USKey achievements: - Streamlined the product range to reduce stock levels required by 50%- Identified opportunities for synergies across Ashland Group (resulting in €150k revenue)- Developed, reformulated and field tested 10 technical transfers from the US to production in UK- Achieved Board approval for ‘BCA Technical Featuring Valvoline Professional Series’ concept- Developed and introduced Car Brite Valeting Process training programmes for BCA users

Mba, Masters In Business Administration

Cms, Certificate In Management Studies