Seller 254995 - Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK

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I am a business consultant with considerable commercial and managerial experience. I am equally at home in SME, corporate and public sector spaces. Enthusiastic and proactive business manager, proven success delivering results through effective leadership and innovation. A strategic and practical leader, able to clearly define a business strategy, create deliverable goals and successfully deliver the benefits on time and to budget. I am a self-starter and can work alone or as part of a team, as either a senior member or as team leader.

I am innovative and have a understanding of the strategic significance of CRM, internet/intranet and data management technologies and presenting them in the context of their benefit to business at senior executive and operational levels.

Having built and ran two businesses from scratch, I understand the commercial realities and constraints placed on a business from conception to growth through to exit. As such, I have good experience of P+L and employment and business contracts.

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I am a business consultant with considerable commercial and managerial experience. I am equally at home in SME, corporate and public sector spaces. Enthusiastic and proactive business manager, proven success delivering results through effective leadership and innovation. A strategic and practical leader, able to clearly define a business strategy, create deliverable goals and successfully deliver the benefits on time and to budget. I am a self-starter and can work alone or as part of a team, as either a senior member or as team leader.

I am innovative and have a understanding of the strategic significance of CRM, internet/intranet and data management technologies and presenting them in the context of their benefit to business at senior executive and operational levels.

Having built and ran two businesses from scratch, I understand the commercial realities and constraints placed on a business from conception to growth through to exit. As such, I have good experience of P+L and employment and business contracts.

Functional Areas of Expertise

General Management
Financial / budget / P&L control
Business development
Information Technology
Forecasting / planning
Stock and inventory control
Credit control
Account management

Employment History

(Jan 2007 & ongoing)
Management Consultant

Currently working as a business consultant on several projects amongst others, a feasibility study on the viability of a franchise network for a parts distribution company, this is now been taken to the next stage I am working on the business plan and rising finance. I am also working with start-up and early stage companies, this involves assistance in business planning, raising funds and providing on-going strategic advice.

(Feb 2000 to Dec 2006)
Managing Director

Started two business from scratch the second was a move into a different product area.
Developed budgets and forecasts. Negotiated with landlord, banks, invoice financing and VC’s for funding.
Planned all the marketing campaigns, web site and the literature.
Responsible for all IT services in the company, including Email, Web site and web access, system, backups and applications. Developed accounts system and whole paperwork process.

(1973 to Jan 2000)
General Manager
(National Distribution Company)

Development of franchise network, working with and coordinating all relevant internal staff and external contributor i.e. Solicitors in the whole development process.
Franchisee set-up and office base and ongoing on site traning.
Development of software for a franchise network in conjunction with a software house
Financing – negotiating with banks and factoring companies
Developing various marketing strategies

(1987 – 1993)
General Parts Manager
(National Motor Group)

Instrumental in turning around two poorly performing parts operation. I developed a internal operation manual relevant to the parts departments for the computer system used throughout the group and was used as the training manual when the system was roll out through the group branches.

My responsibilities included:
Strategic planning
Business development
Marketing
Staff training and recruitment
Stock profile

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