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Madrid, Spain

• Mygym is an integrated solutions provider to the Health, Sports & Fitness Industry.
• Provided strategic direction to all functions of the business with specific focus on strategic sourcing and sales, thereby ensuring quality product is procured for sale.
• Managed a strong team of 30 highly motivated employees with different disciplines and qualifications facilitating strong multi-market penetration and consequent business growth through exceptional customer service.
• After searching for and identifying a variety of product lines, managed to negotiate sole distribution rights for most of the products for Spain and Portugal.
• Regular launches of new products / initiatives into the market have helped us to expand our product offering and deliver leading edge customer service.
• Designed and developed sports installations from reduced gym areas to major sports complexes including athletics tracks, football pitches, and racket sports courts.

International

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Abuja, Nigeria

• Cubic Homes is an Italian System Building Construction Company using Reinforced Galvanised Steel Mesh Polyspan Panels and projecting concrete on site, based in Abuja Nigeria.
• Joined a start- up company which built and sold low cost homes into the Nigerian market. Included the management of a bespoke factory with 150 employees.
• Set up a team of qualified Architects to Engineers.
• Sourcing raw materials both locally and International.
• Negotiating with government and private enterprises.
• Won major contract for 5000 unit Bungalows for low cost housing estate in Abuja.

Madrid, Spain

• Gervasport is a manufacturer of gym equipment based in Madrid with an annual turnover of 50M€.
• Responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing of products in both national and international markets.
• Set up the International Operations Department for the company completely from scratch.
• Sourced Distributors worldwide.
• Organised and set up Trade Shows throughout Europe, Middle East, Africa and North and South America.
• Achieved high pentration levels in short periods of time in many world wide countries. i.e generated 1.5 M€ sales in the first 12 months of trading in the UK market.

Madrid, Spain

• Fitness Vision ran 2 Sports Clubs, one with 1,000 members and the other with 5,000 members.
• Sole responsibilities for the promotion of all gym activities. This involved ensuring an influx of new members, retention of current members, developing and implementing sales promotion strategies.
• Responsible for the management, control and procurement of all new equipment and sportswear for retail.
• Extensive experience in planning and controlling Health and Fitness-related exhibitions and events all over Spain.
• Successfully recruited and designed training programs for four sales representatives, as a result of company growth.
• Weekly presentations to key staff members, summarising sales outlooks, sales accounts, promotions and other challenges and opportunities.

London, UK

• Reporting directly to the Managing Director, responsibilities included the marketing of a wide variety of raw materials, such as fibreglass, polymers and paints to international customers.
• Carried out market surveys in Europe and the Gulf States to establish market demand, contracts, promote company products and win orders.
• Increased sales in various countries by designing and executing strong sales drives and working closely with agents and distributors.
• Negotiated with both suppliers and customers in order to maximise profits and provide the most efficient service. Extensive logistics scheduling and planning skills developed using Microsoft Excel.

London, UK

• (Member of the Mount Charlotte Thistle Hotels)Duties included recruitment, training, wages and salaries, budget preparations, employee relations, discipline and duty management.
• Designed training and development courses for management and staff in all areas. As a direct result we measured a marked increase in customer satisfaction and occupancy rate.
• Acted as duty manager and as one of three roster managers for a total of 90 staff with varied skills.
• Modernised the Personnel Department, replacing a manual system with a computerised one.

Mba, European Business

Management, Hotel & Catering