Rob Stone Email & Phone Number

Manchester, United Kingdom

Operations Director of Contra Vision and VP Operations of Contra Vision North America with global responsibility for a successful printable substrates supply business, directing product development, manufacturing, warehousing, marketing and sales operations in Europe, Asia, Australasia and North America.Contra Vision transforms glass into opportunities for.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Director of Operations for Contra Vision with responsibility for a successful printable substrates supply business, managing product development, manufacturing, warehousing, marketing and sales operations in Europe, Asia, Australasia and North America.Contra Vision transforms glass into opportunities for advertising, branding, architectural expression.

Bristol, United Kingdom

• Managing European sales and marketing, and influencing product development for US manufacturing company. Utilising skills in Product Development, Sales and Account Management.Part of $10 billion turnover ITW.
• Conceived a new Europeanised product and marketing strategy including joint invention of patent-pending component.
• Recruited and managed a new distribution network targeted to win 25% market share across Europe.

Bristol, United Kingdom

• Spandex was the largest global supplier of equipment and materials to the sign and graphics industry, with sites in 18 countries and sales of US$190 million.Managing $150 million consumables business across 18.
• Successfully built and maintained strong supplier relationships, negotiating cost savings and retrospective rebates of 5% of total global purchases.
• As a member of the senior management team, built and optimised strategic plan concentrating on market trends, potential acquisitions and product mix resulting in improved business focus and a company-wide annual sales.
• Developed and refined country-specific strategies and marketing programmes resulting in >10% sales and profit growth in most territories.
• Assessed prospective target companies in Scandinavia and Australia prior to acquisition as part of the due diligence process and provided support and guidance with post acquisition integration.
• Spearheaded new product introductions to revitalize product portfolio.

Bristol, United Kingdom

• Business Marketing Manager – Consumable Products 1995 – 1998Managing the marketing function of the $20 million UK consumables business. Co-ordinating the international consumables business.
• Effective marketing of existing and new products led to sales and profitability increases in the UK of an average of 10% year-on-year.
• Piloted adoption of best marketing practices across international territories resulting in significant increases in sales and profitability.Business Sales Manager – Consumable Products 1992 – 1995Managing the sales and.
• Managed and motivated a 6 strong field sales team, 4 strong telemarketing team and 15 domestic and export customer service staff resulting in year-on-year sales and profitability increases of up to 15%.Product.
• Built and managed direct and specification sales team which grew the business by over 20% whilst increasing product margin to over 50%.
• Broadened international distribution network to cover 80% of the global economy.Operations Manager 1988 – 1990Assisted the Sales and Marketing Director with product marketing, acquisitions and international.

Bracknell, United Kingdom

Great training ground across customer service, sales and marketing functions with highly regarded multinational.

Ba, Accounting And Financial Management

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