Simon Douglas Email & Phone Number

Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

London & Somalia

St. Albans, England, United Kingdom

In my positions as Owner.I direct all facets of new projects from conception to completion, including operational management and strategic planning and execution, while ensuring delivery prior to deadline and within budget.I provide effective support to various SME's in developing and implementing new business plans to optimise operational efficiency, generate business revenue and improve customer experience.Following are my key achievements: Successfully managed project of closure of jMe Homewares, including the sale of '000's of units of stock, warehouse closure and the sale of fixtures and fittings, while consulting at Jamie Oliver. Increased business revenue by 10%, reduced business expense by £500k per annum by devising and implementing effective three year business plans for brand repositioning, while consulting at Fonehouse. Played a key role in establishing and successful trading, and sale while serving as investor and non-executive director at Emkado.

South East

In my positions as Co-founder/Shareholder.I spearheaded development and execution of business plans by collaborating with co-founder to enhance business profitability, while handling overall sourced funding.I led overall operations of company's major areas, including shop floor, customer experience, events, inventory management, finance and payroll.Following is my key achievement:Successfully increased sales to c£1m and achieved various awards, including Best Beer Shop;, twice, Muddy Stiletto Best Independent Wine Retailer and, Best independent Retailer Newbury by utilising comprehensive customer service and sales experience.

St. Albans, England, United Kingdom

Member of the Board of Directors at Radio Verulam Community Radio, the company operating a community radio service on FM and online, aimed at the community in St Albans and West Hertfordshire.

Milton Keynes

In my position as CEO.I directed overall business operations of company as per UKLA rules as well as managed overall P&L, while serving as a part of PLC board.I planned, developed and executed various business strategies to achieve operational excellence and improve customer experience.I designed and applied effective solutions to resolve strategic issues by collaborating with all stakeholders.Following is my key achievements:Successfully halite dates decline of profits by efficiently dealing with strategic and operational challenges.Sales improved from -30% to -4% by spearheading various initiatives.Increased spend per head from £15 to £16 through execution of various initiatives.Enhanced our data base of active users from a few thousand to c1m by streamlining all aspects of online and social media activities.

Hertfordshire

I interacted with various landlords to negotiate advantageous property deals securing several 'pop up' stores as well as securing stock to deliver exceptional returns on investment.

London, England Metropolitan Area

In my position as CEO.I energised and inspired colleagues with focused vision for the business.Following is my key achievements:Successfully rebranded all 130 stores.Improved conversion rates and increased like for like sales by 11%.Launched zavvi.com.Implemented head office move and improved profit by £14m.Successfully introduced new products, clothing, memorabilia and tech. Increased market shares in CD, DVD and games.

London, United Kingdom

In my position as Managing Director.I designed and implemented effective and profitable improvement plans to enhance profit by £25m.Following are my key achievement:I participated in meetings with business partner to successfully negotiate and complete the MBO of Virgin Megastores Europe, creating Zavvi.

London, United Kingdom

Worked with the board to deliver department and company key activities.Instrumental in delivering outstanding financial results over the 3 year period including increasing revenues from £600 to £900m and improving EBITDA by £40m.Established and motivated a new divisional team of 5 and a regional management team of 15. The team managed 170 stores and 4000+ colleagues.Responsible for central operations, improving working practices, reducing tasks in stores to allow colleagues to focus on product and the customer.Also responsible for inventory, store development, new stores department and warehouses.Develop new store opening model leading to quicker and more successful openings. 50 stores where opened with record breaking payback, on average 16 months.Improved store layouts to support the expansion of DVD delivering a market-leading 25% share whilst also improving music and games shares.

London, United Kingdom

Managed HMV's 3 flagship stores - Oxford Circus (turnover c £45m), Oxford St (£37m) and Trocadero (£20m) and the South East (£100m).Implemented a raft of retail standards across the stores in particular focusing on colleagues, service, range, merchandising and standards.