David Wood Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Guiding business owners to systematise and enhance their commercial operations, my approach empowers them to scale with certainty, eliminate uncertainty, and devote more time to strategic business development rather than daily operations.Together, We Achieve:Enhanced performance and revenue growth.Efficient scaling alongside cost reduction.Operational.

London Area, United Kingdom

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

West Sussex, United Kingdom.

• Provide coaching, mentoring and consultancy services to businesses and individuals in F&B and hospitality.
• Assist businesses to implement robust systems to drive significant growth & profitability utilising well-tested tools & processes, build winning teams with strong values & ensure inclusive & positive cultures.
• Analyse client company aims and objectives to identify opportunities and construct effective strategies.
• Utilising latest technologies to provide scalable training courses to enhance Individuals Accountability, Goal Planning, Execution and Productivity.

West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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Chichester, England, United Kingdom

• Held responsibility for the vision, strategy, customer experience/service, KPI's, coaching senior management and developing a winning team culture. Grew revenues from £12M to £31M and led the successful exit.
• Drove a significant turnaround and transformation that resulted in the private sale to a UK market leader who wanted to extend their reach into specialist markets. The sale was at a significantly high EBITDA multiple.
• Provided operational leadership of the business with an in-depth involvement with the senior management team and commercial activities, sales, purchasing, operations to drive the business forward and deliver on.
• Held full P&L accountability, exercised reasonable skill, care, compliance, and due diligence reporting to the Board of Directors.
• Devised the new route to market structuring resulting in significantly improved market penetration, distribution and overall recognition of the company's brand
• Introduced innovative customer-focused solutions to deliver targeted revenue growth and profitability.

Chichester, England, United Kingdom

• Analysed company aims and objectives, metrics/KPIs, to identify opportunities and devised and implemented effective commercial strategies to drive growth and deliver on targets and repositioning.
• Was asked to re-join 2 years after leaving to affect a significant turnaround and redirect commercial efforts.
• Led negotiations on prices and quality with suppliers, liaised with purchasing departments and senior management teams to resolve any issues.
• Worked closely with stakeholders up to CxO level, ensuring that joint business objectives were met.
• Developed and grew strategic relationships with key partners up to and including at C-Level to ensure continued growth and stable relationships.
• Held overall sales and marketing responsibility for Global commercial and business development, quarterly business performance reviews, and annual business plan achievement.

Chichester, England, United Kingdom

Chichester Bond was founded to provide services such as storage and distribution of Duty and Tax-free goods to the Travel Retail, Duty-Free and Military sectors. The business serviced esteemed clients and owner-operators such as Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Emirates, Royal Caribbean, Carnival Cruises and the US military and worked with global brands.

Chichester, England, United Kingdom

• Led the start-up, rapid growth, and exit (through a PE sale) of a specialist F&B business, within FMCG, Travel Retail, Duty-Free and UK Domestic Markets, winning multiple Blue Chip clients and enviable market reputation.
• Led the day-to-day running of the business, including, sales and purchasing, identifying business opportunities, and delivering on strategic growth plans along with core values based on Quality of Service, Honesty and.
• Held full responsibility for financial management and P&L, oversight, and corporate governance.
• Recruited, developed, motivated and mentored an outstanding team, encouraging them to take ownership and accountability, leading to above budget sales and exceeding the EBITDA targets.
• Developed and grew relationships with key partners and ensured continued growth and stable relationships.
• Negotiated extraordinary terms with international brand owners, including exclusive and route to market agreements.