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Flecknoe, Gb

United Kingdom

This includes pro-bono and paid consultancy work for these amazing organisations:Homes For Good - https://homesforgood.org.uk/ - Scotland’s First Social Enterprise Letting AgencySocial Enterprise UK - https://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/ - The leading global authority on social enterprise and the biggest network of social enterprises in the UKExpert Impact - https://www.expertimpact.com/about/ - We support social entrepreneurs to scale, with introductions, mentoring and advice. We want social entrepreneurs to succeed because we believe organisations that operate with positive social or environmental aims are the best way to achieve a more equal and sustainable world.

London, United Kingdom

Belu is an ethical and pioneering business, as well as an award-winning social enterprise. Belu champions and seeks to set the environmental benchmark in its market sector delivered through the principle activities of supplying bottled water, filtration systems, refillable bottles and carafes to the UK's Hotel, Restaurant and catering (HORECA) sectors. The business seeks to trade sustainably and profitably, investing those profits into ending water poverty through passing all profits to our partner WaterAid.Led the Trading team that managed all of our customer relationships and the Supply Chain team leading relationships with our raw materials suppliers, manufacturing and supply chain partnersOver £5m of net profits passed to WaterAid to date, including over £2m during my tenure

London, United Kingdom

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), one of the UK’s leading sight loss charities and the largest community of blind and partially sighted people.- Led the division called RNIB Solutions containing all of the charities commercial activities and many of the most popular services, including reading services, online retail and consultancy- Member of the Executive Team turning around this £130m charity (2017)- Helped turnaround multiple years of deficits (higher expenditure than income), including a £13m deficit in the year to 31st March 2017 to a surplus of £6m in the year to 31st March 2018 and every year since- Restructured the division to deliver greater customer focus, a lower cost base and greater profits to fund charitable activities - Developed new partnerships to deliver improved services for blind people and new revenue streams - Disposed of under-utilised assets to generate income for the charity

Midlands And London

This included pro-bono and paid consultancy work for these amazing organisations:Belu - http://www.belu.org - an award-winning ethical business and leading social enterprise that produces great tasting British natural mineral water, sold in all the best places.The Scout Association - http://scouts.org.uk/home/ - Offering life changing adventure to 450,000 young people aged 6-25 across the UK. We believe in helping young people grow in confidence, learn new skills and reach their potential.The Reader Organisation - http://www.thereader.org.uk - an award-winning charitable social enterprise working to connect people with great literature through shared reading.From Babies With Love - http://www.frombabieswithlove.org - All profits go around the world to help abandoned children.Fond Doux Estate and Plantation - http://www.fonddouxestate.com - A 250 year-old eco-friendly resort and organic plantation nestled in the heart of beautiful St Lucia. Street League - http://www.streetleague.co.uk - Street League is one of the most exciting, dynamic and fastest-growing charities in the UK. We specialise in changing the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds through the power of football. Projects and activities undertaken:- Organisational design and scaling for growth- Candidate sourcing and full-service recruitment- Development and implementation of organisational values- Development and implementation of performance management and personal development processes- Coaching and mentoring - individuals, teams, senior leaders and board members- Commercial strategy and planning - also commercial negotiation training and support- Development of business models and new revenue streams- Board and strategy work and facilitation- Representation in EU markets- Learning and Development projects

Luxembourg

Program Director for several several high impact projects that involved the reviewing and redesigning the organisational structure and operating model of the EU businesses and teams.Directly responsible for developing and delivering training and learning programs for the business teams across all 6 EU locations as EU Director responsible for Training and Learning.Hired a team and developed the programs and content from scratch and co-opted support from the business teams to provide input and to assist in developing and delivery of the programs.Shared our vision, plans and progress with the teams in China, Japan, India and the US with a number of the ideas also becoming implemented in those locations.Supported the broader business through leading recruitment, development and mentoring programs and through being a trainer and facilitator for Making Great Hiring Decisions, Bar Raising and New Employee Induction programs.

Slough

Led the buying, supply chain, marketing, product management and third-party teams in Music and Film (including Digital Music) and then Consumer Electronics and Computing categories. Responsible for revenue in excess of £1bn and a direct team of 48. Heavily involved in the hiring and development of new employees for the UK business, from Graduates to Directors and VPs. Including leading the graduate recruitment and induction programs and becoming a Bar Raiser for the UK business.Led commercial relationships with major multi-national brands and manufacturers for the UK and the European businesses. Developing pan-European ways of working and pan-European commercial terms.Led the analysis and recommendation for a global change in the logic for determining when third-party sellers should appear on the product detail pages and in the Buy Box in Music and DVD categories. Included several senior team reviews and a review with Jeff Bezos. Recommendations were agreed and rolled out globally.M&A activity in the UK and EU, including direct involvement in the LoveFilm acquisition.

Slough

Led the buying, supply chain and marketing teams in the Computing, Office and Accessories product categories. Increased the growth rate and the overall profitability of the categories by improving the relationship with our supplier base and hiring and developing high performing teams. More than doubled the size of the business in less than 2 years whilst also increasing the net profit margin by over 300 basis points.Led the expansion in to new product categories, adding businesses that went on to add over £100m in revenue to the UK business.Significantly improved the automation and adoption levels on key tools and processes through re-focusing the teams on identifying and resolving the root causes and barriers to adoption.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Led the commercial teams for the Video Games, Consumer Electronics and Telecoms sectors.Influenced and improved the business relationships with brands including Samsung, Sony and Canon through visiting and presenting at their headquarters in Japan and Korea on 4 separate occasions. This resulted in improved economics for the business and exclusive products from leading brands.Scoped, developed and implemented the first extended ‘online only’ ranges in Argos to allow the product range to grow beyond what was physically or economically possible to stock in stores and display in the printed catalogues. Now an important part of the product expansion and growth strategy.Instigated new product development and sourcing strategy in several product categories resulting in increased sales and profit from own brand and private label products sourced directly from the Far East.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Led the commercial teams in the Books, News & Magazine and Impulse business units. Responsible for over £200m of turnover.Delivered sales and share growth in mature market segments where a leading position was already held.Development of own brand and exclusive models and products that significantly improved the profitability of the category and drove strategic change in the supply chain.Introduction of a new market segment and new revenue stream with the launch of online and retail magazine gift subscriptions.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Moved from operations role in to a commercial role as a senior buyer in the newspaper and magazine category.Introduced Category Management in to the magazine business in order to improve both the customer proposition and the business economics.Developed strong and mutually beneficial relationship with publishers and distributors.Significantly developed my commercial acumen and my negotiation skills in this role.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Taking the commercial teams strategies and plans and turning them in to workable plans to be implemented in the WHSmith and John Menzies store estates.Representing the stores and the store teams at the central head office and working on all major projects and initiatives that would ultimately impact the stores.Integrating the John Menzies business and teams into WHSmith business. This included cultural assimilation, process change and systems integration. Planned, led and executed the first ever UK wide stores conference, involving over 1,000 people. Working closely with the MD, Board members and senior leadership team on the content of the conference.

United Kingdom

General Manager and Leader of 3 different stores in the South East of England.Full P&L responsibility for all revenues and costs including all facilities and staffing costs.Management of inventory, store layout and planning through a de-centralized business model.Multi-site experience through the joint management (with the Area Business Manager) of 22 stores in the North West of England.