Sam Still Email & Phone Number

London, England Metropolitan Area

Wines sales, consultancy and education.Looking to expand your wine knowledge but not sure where to start? The Wine Demystifier can help. Bored of drinking the same wine? Looking for a change but fearful of making an expensive mistake? The Wine Demystifier Wine Club offers a regular supply of hand-picked quality wines direct to your door. No fuss guaranteed.

London

This role involved managing a diverse Customer Business Support team of ten covering Design, Marketing, Sales Support, Education and Price List Management. Working to effectively prioritise work, maximise synergies and provide day to day cover for all key tasks to ensure a seamless delivery of support to customers. In addition to the people management side of the role I was also responsible for writing creative content for a thrice-yearly promotional brochure for independent retail customers as well as creative content for a monthly e-newsletter, the creation of product sell sheets, customer tasting booklets, budgetary management and providing administrative support to the price list manager for the creation of the Annual Price List. I also worked on a variety of cross department projects covering diverse subjects including GDPR compliance, database management and tender submissions.

London, United Kingdom

RESPONSIBILITIESSkilled at developing and executing strategic business plans to drive growthWorking closely with international offices on the setting of strategies and the writing and delivery of proposals. Identifying key decision triggers for new business opportunities and business growth as well as identifying multiple approaches for planning and implementation of deal negotiations. Researching and maintaining a sales pipeline and generating sales leads and growth.Major contributionsCreation and implementation of new business plansPrice modelling and Strategy resulting in a number of new business wins and client retentionDevelopment of strategic approach for targeting new client opportunitiesWorking with account managers in the organic growth of existing clienteleAnalysis of qualitative and quantitative research findings

London, United Kingdom

Throughout 17 years at IFP, career progressed through a number of promotions: initially as an Account Executive and then heading up the movie division as Senior Account Manager I was involved in the substantial growth of the movie division taking part in numerous successful tender submissions/presentations. Recognised for my strategic and financial strengths, my role developed into International licensing where I was responsible for assessing the viability of new licensing models and strategic planning in order to deliver monetary savings to the client and profit to the company. Role also involved procurement with third party suppliers (Worldwide) and the creation and management of annual budgets for key client accountsMajor ContributionsProcurement – Creation, implementation and negotiation of Group-wide licensing deals which involved financial analysis of client budgets and product slates year on year and the financial impacts of these dealsAccount Management – Highly experienced account manager with strong client facing skills. Role involved multi-tasking and working to a high level of attention to detail Operational strengths – Timeline and delivery management and third party liaison with suppliers to ensure smooth running of accounts and on-time delivery of products.New business and existing business renewal – Creative writing for tender submissions6 month secondment to New Zealand (2002/3) as Account Director of all facets of Air New Zealand account – from programming through logistics and content delivery.

Foundation Degree (Fda) - Distinction, Wine Business, Distinction

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History And Geography Joint Hons

Wset Level 4 Diploma (Dipwset) - Merit

Level 2 WSET distinction Level 3 WSET distinction