Tom Chatfield Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

We’re a passionate collective who invest our hands, hearts and minds in to having businesses develop long term, purpose-led culture and make more money.We bring a holistic approach to combine our experience in commerce, culture and community to help you develop organisations where your team and your bottom line can thrive.

Devon, England, United Kingdom

We represent some of the finest European cheeses from lesser-known dairies around Europe & Switzerland to grow their markets into the UK, USA and Europe.Some of our rockstar products include Flat Mansh by the Güntensperger dairy, as well as OG Kristal from T’Groendal and Vorderfultigen Gruyere from Gourmino; winner of the World Cheese Awards ‘22/23

Www.Quickes.Co.Uk

One of three in the Senior Management Team at Quicke's. Responsible for all aspects of sales, marketing and commercialisation of world class cheese and dairy products both domestically and in export markets. During my tenure, reversed declining sales in a loss making enterprise, effected a full rebrand and remapped the sales channels of the business, latterly expanding foodservice and D2C domestically as well as developing key export markets such as the USA, Europe and Australia. I developed a lasting team, brand and commercial legacy for the posterity of the business.

Exeter, United Kingdom

noun: slow food; plural noun: slow foods1. food that is produced or prepared in accordance with local culinary traditions, typically using high-quality locally sourced ingredients. "the slow food movement"

Exeter

I was invited to return to SAS to act at first as a Project Coordinator to progress a number of key tasks that the General Manger needed help with due to increasing workload, including pursuing product certification, rebuilding the company website, producing technical datasheets and drawings, among others. This required diligence, a high level of inter-personal skills and familiarity with the products.Thereafter, I became the driver of product development and key account sales to bring innovations to market, particularly the ProWall offering. I engaged face to face relationships with clients such as Linden Homes and Midas Construction to gain repeated sales on large scale developments of multiple unit housing, hotels and student accommodation. The responsibility for product development allowed me to define the value and brand placement of SAS’ offering in the marketplace and deliver media from brochure design to in-house training. I also oversaw the BBA certification process to achieve the first 60-year durability cert on the market for our product category.This role necessitated working groups from every team in the business from warehousing to board of Directors. The broad mix of tasks required tact, vision and decisiveness.

South America

Career break, principally involving travelling in South America, during which time I became an advanced Spanish speaker. I made use of temporary work roles in and around this period, which gave me insight into further industries such as outsourcing (Client Logic) and export.

Exeter, United Kingdom

One of three managers in a startup in which I played a pivotal role in the progress of the business. I was tasked with creating process and best-practice methodology according to stringent codes of practice as defined in the security industry. This initially focused upon the product and its installation and as the company developed progressed to managing stock and sourcing of all technical equipment, along with asset tracking and purchase ledger.Key support was required in the role to support sales, ranging from composition of tender documentation to customer training. I was also intuitively involved in pacification of (historically) high attrition accounts by creation and review of SLAs; in many cases proceeding to upscale installations and maintenance revenues. Ownership of key national accounts including Autologic Holdings Plc, Devon County Council, Cornwall County Council and Sunlight Services Group Plc (now Berendsen).