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United Kingdom

Basildon, England, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

• Working alongside the Managing Director for this family owned group of garden & leisure centres.
• Multi-site management responsibilities, including, sales, procedures and staffing.
• Implemented training and procedures with the production of the “Retail Operations Manual”.
• Formalised personal development plans for both managers and team members.
• Implemented computerised stock control and purchasing systems designed to access stocks across the group and shrink… Show more Working alongside the Managing Director for this family owned group of garden & leisure.
• Implemented computerised stock control and purchasing systems designed to access stocks across the group and shrink stock holding values enabling improved cash flow.

• Formerly one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of outdoor furnishings, with trade accounts in the high street & garden centre retail environments. The company also operated a chain of retail outlets in order to clear.
• Responsible for the group’s retail activities, whilst managing a group of key trade accounts.
• Project… Show more Formerly one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of outdoor furnishings, with trade accounts in the high street & garden centre retail environments. The company also operated a chain of retail outlets.
• Project managed restructure of non-profitable retail sites alongside new store openings all completed within deadlines and within budget.
• Designed and implemented EPOS systems to integrate stock records, margin performance, distribution systems, and customer relationship management.
• Responsible for the delivery of financial & manufacturing budgets.

• Provided managerial support to two regional managers with 45 stores in the southern region. Assisting in the management of day-to-day operations, alongside the development and motivation of both managers and team.
• Constructed “Peak Planning” dossier for the region, which has now been formally incorporated into the national DSGI training systems.
• Project managed the regions schedule of re-branding from Dixons to Curry’s Digital.
• Responsible for the regions… Show more Provided managerial support to two regional managers with 45 stores in the southern region. Assisting in the management of day-to-day operations, alongside the development and.
• Responsible for the regions “Right Stock” program. Liaising with group purchasing, national, and local distribution to ensure each outlet was supplied with the right products at the right time to guarantee customer.
• Production of “Security Control Reports” investigating risk areas in both legal and administrative procedures.

• Responsible for day-to-day running and upkeep of this group’s six locations. This was a varied role spanning two key business areas, photographic retail, & facilities management.
• One of the UK’s leading photographic studios, generating £10 million turnover per annum.
• Management of in excess of 250 employees and 6 departmental managers including, Sales, Customer Service, Promotional, Production, Creative, & Telesales personnel.
• Responsible for the day-to-day… Show more Responsible for day-to-day running and upkeep of this group’s six locations. This was a varied role spanning two key business areas, photographic retail, & facilities management.
• Responsible for the day-to-day operations, purchasing and health &; safety, reporting directly to the board of directors.
• Project managed the relocation of our head office and call centre operations to new premises.