Connector - Collaborator - Community Advocate and Local Strategist committed to building capacity and connecting community through collaborative local projects that build social cohesion and local economyAccomplishments include: -Founding a social enterprise to build local cohesion and local economy - this includes building a coworking community - peer to peer support network and an innovative collaborative marketplace platform-Initiation and development of a new business from scratch to 10 retail outlets including a head office and central manufacturing and distribution centre in 3 years.-Consolidation of centralised procurement, manufacture and distribution function for 100 retail outlets, realising a further 30% (15m USD) increase in profitability for the Fast Foods division by achieving maximum efficiencies.-Lead Management teams and managed workforces up to 236 people in a multi site retail environment -Communication, leadership and management skills are second to none and I have identified and managed talent and trained individuals and teams and put into place successful succession planning. I can and have effectively managed change and implemented change strategies (economic change, political upheaval and hyper-inflation environment). -Built collaboration of Independent Retail model, managing 23m marketing budget across 3 Channel marketing Groups and State Board and been involved in campaign management and measurement utilising fully integrated marketing plans across all pillars and all mediums.-Responsible for the implementation of an in-store integrated marketing strategy with income potential +$8m per annum, initiated the model for supplier buy in, creating a full time role for a dedicated Trade Marketing Manager.Successfully managed Promotional Sales Budget of $402m whilst maintaining retailer promotional gross profit margin