CV, Business Development Manager Seeking Work In Dubai

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Skills keywords: account manager, business development manager, sales manager

Current location:  England, United Kingdom - View on map

Nationality: British

Spoken languages: english

EMPLOYMENT

October 2013 – Present:
Misco UK Ltd (Wellingborough, Northampton)
UK Business Development Manager – Higher and Further Education

Responsible for driving sales and Account management. Critical elements of the role include: developing new accounts and putting in place Framework agreements, managing the customer relationship, internal account management and sales forecasting and managing vendor relationships specific to my sector.

Key Achievements:

Winning Misco’s first National Desktop and Notebook Agreement (NDNA) HE – desktop deployment contract complete with services – £250K

Supplying and deploying over 1000 x notebooks into a London University

Growing Misco’s HE business from £1M to £10M pa

Doubling Market share on the IT Peripherals and Accessories (ITRAP) contract year on year

Microsoft Champion for HE/ FE Team – Licensing accreditations including O365.

Bid writing – successfully wrote Misco’s response to join National Education Print Agreement (NEPA). This framework is work £10M annually.

July 2012 – October 2013
Misco UK Ltd (Wellingborough, Northamptonshire)
Higher Education Account Manager

I joined Misco as part of their first graduate intake and was selected to join the HE team, as an Internal Account Manager, with responsibility for; telephone generation of new opportunities, sales pipeline management, processing orders, negotiating with distribution/ vendors and customers and working to KPI’s/ targets.

Key Achievements:

Turning a non-spending account into a £300K a year customer

Selected as the Dell infrastructure specialist for the HE team

Recognised for achieving the most customer facing meetings/ events in the team

Promotion to BDM after 1 year 6 months

June 2010 – June 2011
Lifestyle Aesthetics (Shrivenham, Oxfordshire).
Marketing Assistant – Placement.

During my third year of study, I completed an industrial placement working for the MeMeMe Cosmetics brand owned by Lifestyle Aesthetics (LA).

I gained experience in a variety of different departments, in particular marketing and sales.

NPD assistance, in-store merchandising management, cosmetic stand management and international sales assistance.

Primary contact for Superdrug Stand Managers regarding re-invention of stand projects.

NPD challenge – Successfully competed against a colleague to create a new product for the brand, which the company launched into the UK and global market place during April 2012. Received a letter of commendation from the group CEO in recognition of my success and efforts. My commercial awareness enabled me to explore the wider environment and suggest new routes to markets.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

September 2008- May 2012
University of Gloucestershire
International Business and Marketing (BA); Graduated with 2.1

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

I am a very active person who enjoys competitive sport, traveling and socializing. I play rugby at a high level and have represented the school, college and university 1st teams, gained county colours with Hampshire and played Dubai Rugby 7’s winning the International Bowl competition.

Also I am a keen scuba diver who has competed over 50 dives across 3 continents and with ambitions to complete more qualifications. I also enjoy films, music and going out with friends.