Steve Rooke Email & Phone Number

15+ Years in manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, logistics and retail growing businesses and people at state and national levels.Passionate about leadership, mentoring and training of sales executives and developing high-performance teams with collaborative leadership style. Disciplined and detailed execution of tasks with a strong sense of ownership and autonomy and natural disposition to nurture relationships.Responsiveness to pressure, delivers agile and inventive solutions.Highlights:*Increased sales & profitability for Bedshed, WA from $7m - $13m within 3years*Awarded Supplier of the Year award - 3 consecutive years*State Manager, improved state sales by 20% in year one - increased sales by 15% year on year for 11 years*Generated $5m of new sales revenue in Snooze, WA*Managing, leading, training, developing up to 35 staff - sales teams, product trainers, buyers, warehouse staff, regional managers*Conducted induction & continuous training on products, retail selling techniques, business development, relationship building, customer service, pricing, profitability and brand awareness. *Negotiated & launched new exclusive international bedding brand nationally, for Bedshed. *Accountable for restructuring of 2 businesses in WA. As a State Manager, achieved regional revenue growth of 80% over 5years*Successfully reduced manufacturing and logistic costs for the entire state by 50%*Managing logistics, production budgets, P&L and implementing head office pricing and brand strategies. Produced daily and weekly sales reports, monthly business reviews to individual store owners and staff management, delivery of DIFOT reporting. Managing KPI performances, staff improvement programs and performance reviews for staff and regional managers*Identifying, structuring & implementing strategies to target and develop new business opportunities. Setting objectives, managing progress, performance, growth and milestones-achieving corporate revenue growth objectives.