Ben James Smith Email & Phone Number

A seasoned global worker with over 2 decades of commercial experience across 4 countries, 13 years in a travel retail environment. Extended into the NZ tourism industry and building my ANZ network. Connect with me: realbensmith AT gmail.comStarted at Debenhams and Tesco in the UK, emigrated to Australia in 2005 starting with Lagardere in travel retail, sent to Bali Indonesia in 2014 with WHSmith, seconded to help with WHSmith Changi airport 2018. Relocated to Christchurch New Zealand in mid 2019, now permanent resident High level of expertise in airport commercial revenues (duty free, duty paid, services) and Asia Pacific air travel & tourism. Future growth in travel retail will come from large tourist growth out of China, India, Indonesia & other Asian developing middle and upper class passengers. Areas of expertise: Commercial Operations, Building Teams, New Market Development Strategy, International Markets, South East Asia, Convenience & FMCG Retailing, Merchandise Planning Systems, Supply Chain Management, Business Development, Tender Process, Pricing Strategy, Pricing Management, Consumer Research, Shopper Behaviour & Insights, Concept Development, Innovation, Promotional Planning, Product Sourcing, Airports, Social Media Marketing, Tourism, Attraction ManagementBuying experience across a range of retail product categories: books & magazines, souvenir non food & food, confectionery & snacks, drinks & food, travel accessories, electrical hardware & accessories, apparel, toys, stationery, chemist, tobacco and telecommunications. I started several Linkedin Groups where you can connect with like minded professionals

Listed skills include Retail, Marketing Strategy, Fmcg, Business Strategy, and 52 others.