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Altrincham, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the commercial strategy and operations of the football club.Altrincham FC are going through an exciting period of change and development, from becoming a professional club in 2022, receiving local and international investment, to narrowly missing out on promotion to League 2 in 2023. As a team we are looking to build on this momentum by aligning ourselves with likeminded progressive and ambitious partners that want to join us on this journey.

Europe

Responsible for CMSPI's UK and European business. This was a leadership role both internally for our staff and externally for our client base, their supply chain and the payments industry as a whole.Key milestones include; opening up the office in Germany and expanding operations in mainland Europe, steering the business and its team through COVID-19 whilst still achieving revenue and profit targets, and the creation of the companies largest scale global event, the Retail Payments Conference.

Europe

Head of Consultancy across the UK and Europe.Responsibilities include managing a team of consultants to lead projects for clients across Europe. As part of the management team for the International business I am also central to driving the business strategy from product conception, through to sales and marketing support at initial meetings, by presenting webinars and producing articles in our communications. I am also responsible for managing a number of strategic client relationships across the continent.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

CMSPI is a global payments consultancy that works with major international retail organisations such as McDonald's, Exxon Mobil, Sainsbury's, Primark and Marriott.We provide consultancy and software solutions across Europe, USA and the rest of the world which are designed to optimise the process of moving payments from till-to-bank account. This includes solutions to improve cash office arrangements, cash in transit, card acquiring processes and banking charges.As a Payments Consultant I was responsible for leading payment review projects from start to finish. This included managing relationships between clients and suppliers as well as passing on industry insight to highlight potential areas of inefficiency within each companies' payments supply chain.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Responsible for GovNet forming partnerships with various clients including globally recognised brands; right through from lead sourcing to closing contracts with company directors. Achieved consistently high monthly sales figures within numerous teams, dealing with different products.Responsibilities included:Dealing with director level company representatives on a daily basis, both internally and externally.Client communications over the phone and via e-mail to resolve a number of issues.Use research skills to lead source relevant companies and the correct point of contact.Clear understanding of company products and services.Negotiate costs and deliverables to ensure the best outcome for both parties.Responsible for every stage of completing a deal with a client, from lead sourcing to gaining the client confirmation.Created the relevant order forms once a deal was completed, in order to be processed by the finance department.Interacted regularly with our marketing and client relationship teams to ensure we maintained positive relationships with any new clients.Hit personal sales targets and contributed majorly to every team project I have been a part of.Worked as a part of different teams with success across the board from the smaller, through to the larger projects.Asked to share experiences with new starters and to be a point of contact should they require help.

Master'S Degree, International Sport Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics

Leadership Development Programme