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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. • Provided consultancy services for major multi-million euro projects, including retirement complexes, hotels, hospitals, bungalows and sports and spa facilities.• Liaesed and adviced architects and engineers in major construction projects.• Provided consultancy and support to Spanish Olympic Committee during the 2012 & 2020 Madrid Olympic.• Assisted in organising Deporte Total. (Total Sport) with sports national newspaper Marca. Geared to motivating the general public towards practising sports. • Founding member of the Organising committee for the Fitness Madrid Trade show. Subsequently organized 10 successful events all covered in multiple Media: TV. Newspaper.• Frequent negotiation for government tenders which resulted in sales growth.

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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.• Supervising diverse projects in Lagos and Abuja.• Regular meetings with Ministers and Ministry technical staff once a month to navigate around barriers and challenges. • Attended major International construction shows.

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.• Competed for and won exclusive distribution rights for a variety of leading brands and products.

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