Director - Bedfordshire, UK
Managing Director/General Manager with strengths in Sales, Marketing and Business Development. Excellent all round business knowledge, Strength in Strategic Marketing, Business Planning and Execution
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CV
Highly proficient Interim Managing/Sales and Marketing Director with a track record of achievement and emphasis on winning revenue, team building and motivation.
OVERVIEW:
• Excellent all round business knowledge
• Strength in Strategic Marketing, Business Planning and Execution
• Relationship Builder both internal and external
• An individual with the gravitas to be comfortable at the most senior levels
• Strong Manager and leads by example
• Very effective Business Development skills
• Business Development Analysis and Review
Education Royal Air Force College, Cranwell Graduated as Flying Officer
Sales Trg. Spin Sales
Rackham – Managing Major Sales
Interests Rugby Active RFU Lifetime Coach
Chairman of Local Club
Employment History
(May 2000 & ongoing)
Director
UKA consultancy providing Board support to SME clients and large corporations through the provision of Executive Support and advice in the areas of Sales, Marketing, Executive Management, Revenue Analysis and Pipeline Generation, Marketing Strategy and Sales Process.
Specific Accomplishments
• As Business Development Director and Service Deliverer enabled ABC to maintain growth and profit for 6 consecutive years.
• Acted as General Manager/Sales Director for a Telematics Company - raised “start-up” funding, defined markets, pricing, process and generated initial sales.
• Interim Business Development Manager for UK Group with a wide range of products and services where rationalisation and validation of product streams was required to bring the Group back into profit
• Marketing Director for a Swiss Services provider to the financial markets effectively taking product to market.
(Aug 1995 to May 2000)
Managing Director
Hemmel Hempsted ViryaNet Europe is part of the US Headquartered ViryaNet Group a worldwide, NASDAQ listed $32m Company specialising in Field Service Application Software Solutions and Consultancy for the Hi-tech and Telecommunications market.
Specific accomplishments:
• Signed several major deals including Granada >£3m, NTL >£2m Nortel >£1m and doubled revenues from existing clients
• Developed a strategy and successfully sold into the Telecommunications market throughout the world
• Instigated and implemented a “global” sales and marketing approach for telcos and Hi-Tech manufacturers
• Assisted Group Executive with successful IPO on NASDAQ
(Jul 1991 to Aug 1995)
Director of Sales
Pinnacle Computer Systems Limited, WatfordPinnacle, part of the Star Group is a software company specialising in financial accounting and service management solutions.
Specific accomplishments:
• Signed several major deals including sales outside of the UK which would enable the company to become fully international, countries included Japan, China, Venezuela, Russia (CIS), South Africa & Germany
• Managed Siemens World-wide producing >£3 m over 5 years
• Signed major deals with Olivetti, GPT, British Telecom
(Aug 1986 to Jun 1991)
Managing Director
CIL Limited, Newport Pagnell• Responsible for the sales of maintenance services and second-user systems to the Burroughs/Unisys marketplace. Started as area manager and apart from first 6 months over achieved against quota including sales to Motor Agents Association for >£250k
• Initiated and managed the sale of engineering operations to DPCE Limited
• Led and achieved a MBO of the remaining operation within the Group companies with backing from 3i plc
Education
(Sep 1968 to Apr 1971)
Royal Air Force College
Commission as Flying Officer
Categories & Skills
Management Consultancy
Categories
Skills
- Business Development (Business Consulting)
- Business Integration (Business Consulting)
- Business Plan Creation (Business Consulting)
- Business Plan Creation (Marketing Consulting)
- Business Planning (Business Consulting)
- Business Reengineering (Business Consulting)
- Company Start-up
- Company Turn-round (Business Consulting)
- Competitive Analysis
- Cost Reduction
- CRB (Security Clearance)
- Customer Care (Business Consulting)
- Direct Selling (Marketing Consulting)
- Excel (Microsoft)
- General Management (Business Consulting)
- Interim Managing Director (Business Consulting)
- Interim Marketing Director (Marketing Consulting)
- Large Company - UK
- Marketing Management (Marketing Consulting)
- Marketing Strategy (Marketing Consulting)
- Microsoft
- Negotiation
- New Product Launch (Marketing Consulting)
- Non Executive Directorships
- PowerPoint (Microsoft)
- Profit Improvement
- Project (Microsoft)
- Sales Development (Marketing Consulting)
- Sales Force Management (Business Consulting)
- Small Business Development (Business Consulting)
- SME (Project Consultancy)
- SME Sector
- Strategic Analysis (Business Consulting)
- Tender Appraisal
- Venture Capital
- Word (Microsoft)
Sales/Account Management
Categories
- Account/Client Management
- New Business Development
- Proposals/Bids & Tenders
- Sales Management/Strategy
- Security Clearance
Skills
- Account Management (Account/Client Management)
- Account Planning (Account/Client Management)
- Area Manager (Sales Management/Strategy - Job Level)
- B2B
- Bid Management (Proposals/Bids & Tenders)
- Bid Preparation (Proposals/Bids & Tenders)
- Branch Manager (Sales Management/Strategy - Job Level)
- Client Assessment (Sales Management/Strategy)
- Client Prospecting (New Business Development)
- Client Researching (New Business Development)
- Cold Calling (New Business Development)
- Competitor Analysis (Sales Management/Strategy)
- Country Manager (Sales Management/Strategy - Job Level)
- CRB (Security Clearance)
- CRM User Experience
- European Manager (Sales Management/Strategy - Job Level)
- Excel (Microsoft)
- Head of Department (Sales Management/Strategy - Job Level)
- Job Level (Sales Management/Strategy)
- Meeting Generation (New Business Development)
- Microsoft
- Negotiation
- Outlook (Microsoft)
- PowerPoint (Microsoft)
- Presentation Delivery
- Presentation Preparation
- Product Sales
- Regional Manager (Sales Management/Strategy - Job Level)
- Relationship Building (Account/Client Management)
- RFI Responses (Proposals/Bids & Tenders)
- Sales Director (Sales Management/Strategy - Job Level)
- Sales Manager (Sales Management/Strategy - Job Level)
- Solution Sales
- Tender Preparation (Proposals/Bids & Tenders)
- Word (Microsoft)

