Simon Edwards Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, Gb

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Edgbaston, England, United Kingdom

Built a customer friendly modern location to provide new and old board games. Offered refreshment with freshly made home cooked gourmet food, including vegetarian, vegan, local beers, and wines. Initiated business from scratch by deploying exceptional expertise from contract negotiation and human resources through to sales and tax.● Sold club after gaining 300% profit within four years of successful business.

Croydon, United Kingdom

Spearheaded a large portfolio of accounts, including Hawk Wargames as business model. Drove operational revenue and significant profit from International and domestic event management. Enhanced personal capabilities of over 30 volunteers around the globe to guide on managing company's booth at various trade shows with proper training. Fostered strong working relationships with distributors and potential customers to negotiate contracts by involving in trade shows globally. Established an international network of customers across UK, Europe, and USA through exceptional services. Engaged with account managers to convince for investment by presenting products and highlighting benefits.● Maximised turnover from £150,000 to over £1,000,000 by expanding business within three years.● Enabled full development of markets and sales via extensive international travel.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Created and operated an event management business, which specialises in strategic gaming. Developed and submitted a business plan to HSBC banking group to obtain finance for the operation. The business plan was accepted, the loan secured and repaid within 2-years.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Worked as a member of the Land Defence marketing team specialising in Asia and Latin America:• Ran workshop on Malaysia, bringing together Thales personnel from multiple regions and disciplines to analyse the current status and develop a future strategy.• Built relationships with UKTI and Defence & Security Organisation (DS&O) to support export sales opportunities and gather competitor and country information.• Helped design standard marketing templates that are now used by the marketing team.• Provided marketing support to the various business units within the division.• Undertook analysis of multiple countries to provide information to assist Thales export sales teams.• Conducted analysis on competitor products to support Thales strategy.• Undertook marketing analysis to determine trends and potential future opportunities.

Crawley

Responsible for supporting the Force Protection, Services and Radio Communications Products business units through marketing and communication activities:• Gathered real market intelligence on Force Protection presence by interviewing competitors, UKTI, DS&O and end users through exhibitions, conferences and meetings.• Produced datasheets and collateral to support the division’s product range. • Provided market intelligence and support for the launch of new and existing capability.• Promoted the Force Protection business unit across Thales UK to ensure strong coordination of capability.• Compiled the Force Protection Strategic business plan that fed into the Thales UK strategic reporting 3-year and 10-year plan cycles.• Provided market intelligence on unattended ground sensor (UGS) capability and presented the capability to various users such as the UK army 11 EOD regiment.• Provided market analysis and intelligence for the sales team to investigate new services business opportunities in the private security sector.