An ambitious, pro-active, commercially-astute and customer focused Sales/Business Development Professional. Holding an outstanding record of performance, achievement and success earned in diverse senior management and director roles, combining an impressive portfolio of business know-how, management and team leadership skills, with an appetite for challenging work and personal accomplishment. Fields of Special Competence Strategic business planning and development – finance, operations, personnel, resource management, marketing and business development Delivering strategic change – articulating, communicating and delivering objectives and action plans Business process analysis, improvement and turnaround – refocusing effort, resources and accountability Interim management; business restructuring; defining short and long term goals Business relationship management – building rapport, credibility and trust with stakeholders at all levels Major sales and contract negotiations Incisive analytical, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills Accomplished listening, questioning, negotiating and influencing skills Implementation and management of robust financial control and monitoring regimes Strong planning and organisational skills – good eye for detail Facilitation – empowering, motivating and developing individuals and teams Accomplishments Substantially growing and leading businesses together with their teams - enabling both to prosper Successfully selling two businesses on behalf of its directors – better securing the future of the business and its employees Forging strong teams from fragmented beginnings. Developing an open, forward-looking and entrepreneurial company infrastructure and ethos to foster creativity in every area of the business Setting strategies and action plans to reverse ailing businesses, into profitable, fast growth and some into multi million pound organisations – showing a fourfold growth in three years
Listed skills include Business Planning, Business Strategy, Business Development, Management Consulting, and 40 others.