Experience

The Technology Doctors

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • 2018 - Present

  ► Providing Communications Services for hundreds of Small Businesses and Consumers across London, The South East and nationwide. ► Unlimited 5G/4G connectivity in your office, in your home or when you're travelling anywhere in the UK, Europe or Worldwide ► Unlimited Full Fibre or Leased Line Broadband services and solutions ► Extend the WiFi coverage to all areas of your office, business premises, home, garden or annexes with Access Points or Mesh WiFi Systems ► Extensive voice solutions for your business or home office - 5G/4G Smartphone, VOIP Landline Phone and traditional PSTN Landline Phone services Show less



Shop Direct

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Buying Director

  • 2016 - 2018

  ► Lead and develop a team of 25 colleagues across both Buying and Merchandising functions. ► Reporting to the Product Director and responsible for the overall product proposition to our 3.5m active account customers across the Electrical division generating gross demand of circ. £700m per year. ► Delivered over 7% category growth in the 2018/19 FY (v Total Company growth of 1.7%) and Christmas Trading growth of 16% in 2017 (v Total Company growth of 6.3%) ► Led and defined the supplier strategy to ensure that the “Strategic” and “Development” supplier base were fully engaged and understood who our customer is, the unique proposition that Shop Direct Group offers in the market and how we can maximise the sales opportunity for their brand. Show less



HP

• Azerbaijan
• Online Media

• Channel Sales & Marketing Director

  • 2014 - 2016

  ► Lead and develop a team of over 50 colleagues, both Full Time employees and Agency Based staff. ► Reporting to the Managing Director and fully responsible for delivering sales of $2bn from the UK and Ireland markets, for all our Print Hardware, Supplies and Personal Systems product groups. My responsibility covered both the Commercial and Consumer markets. ► Member of the Senior Management team that led the UK&I region which comprised of 500 people. ► Lead and develop a team of over 50 colleagues, both Full Time employees and Agency Based staff. ► Reporting to the Managing Director and fully responsible for delivering sales of $2bn from the UK and Ireland markets, for all our Print Hardware, Supplies and Personal Systems product groups. My responsibility covered both the Commercial and Consumer markets. ► Member of the Senior Management team that led the UK&I region which comprised of 500 people.



Samsung Electronics

• South Korea
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Manager

  • 2011 - 2014

  ► Lead a team of 20 colleagues with direct reports covering all disciplines including Sales, Product Management, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain and Service. ► Reporting to the Vice President and fully responsible for UK and Ireland sales of $400m for Computing, Tablets, Accessories, Memory Cards, SSD Drives and Storage product groups into the Consumer Retail, Commercial Reseller and Distribution customer segments. ► Delivered over 60% YO2Y growth in 2013 Calendar Year and turned a double digit loss making business in 2011 into a positive profit contribution to the UK and Ireland subsidiary in 2013 by ensuring the team deployed vastly improved Business Planning and Customer Engagement practices on as consistent basis. Show less



Dixons Retail Ltd

• Category Director, International

  • 2005 - 2010

  ► Reporting to the Group Commercial Director, I was responsible for leading the UK teams for initially the Computing and subsequently the Consumer Electronics categories, for both supplier and own label products, each generating sales of over £1 billion pa. ► The requirements of the role and the team included the negotiation of commercial terms, selection of product ranges, defining instore and digital marketing plans and leading the relationships with our key supplier partners. ► In addition to our UK responsibilities we also worked with the local teams in France, Spain, Italy, Nordics, Greece and Central Europe to improve cash profit of £10-15m by leveraging the scale of the Group in both the UK & Europe Show less


Elkjop Nordic AS (Part of Dixons Carphone plc)
• Purchasing Manager, Nordics

  • 2003 - 2005
• Category Marketing

  • 1997 - 2003