Experience

Impact Retail

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Group Sales & Marketing Director

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  I am proud to have re-joined the Impact Group to now head up the Sales and Marketing team across all sectors of the business. Impact group are well known within the industry for their expert knowledge in consumer behaviours, driving brand awareness and delivering standout, creative retail executions in store through quality displays, concessions and store fits. I am excited to lead the Sales and Marketing team to continue to grow this business by doing exactly what we love to do - help more and more brands to grow and thrive within the ever evolving retail landscape.

• Managing Director

  • Nov 2012 - Aug 2018

  To set up and and run the new subsidary company of Impact Creative Partnership Ltd - Impact Retail Ltd. Impact Retail Ltd has been established to manage all permanent display , interior retail design, shop fit and new media projects. Impact Creative Ltd already had a strong foothold in this sector but it realised that in order to maintain steady growth and progress this side of permanent retail and display it needed to branch out and establish credibility and excellence in this marketplace. Impact Retail was established in November 2012 and my responsibilities include managing the day to day running of the company, creating a robust business plan for the launch and for the first 5 years of trading to ensure continued steady growth. Establish strong relationships with existing and new clients and raising the profile of Impact Retail in an extremely competitive environment. Broadening the teams experience and knowledge through training and seminars and by recruiting new members with high levels of experience in all areas on a global stage.

• Permanent Division Manager

  • Sep 2010 - Nov 2012

  Establish the new Permanent Division within Impact Creative and manage the day to running of the department. Develop a sales and marketing strategy for the permanent division that will ensure continued growth with our existing clients whilst identify new areas of opportunity for future development. Work with existing clients to build strategic working relationships and establish robust relationships with new clients. Ensure projects are managed in line with customer timelines and budget expectations. Ensure the departments meets its overal Sales and profit targets each year.

• Special Projects Manager

  • Apr 2006 - Sep 2010

  Support the sales team to manage all large scale projects or projects that require indepth research and stretegic planning. Manage all large scale global launches through the business from brief through design, development, production and rollout for both promotional and display and permanent. Manage all category projects and engage in all research to ensure display and fixture designs challenge current thinking and engage the consumer in the areas most influential to promote purchase.



Gillette Group UK

• Display Manager

  • Aug 2000 - Jan 2005

  During my Product Design Degree Bsc sandwich course at Bournemouth University I secured a placement year working at Gillette managing all Gillette brand display projects for the UK. Gillette Group UK sponsored my final year of university and I started full time employment as Display Executive for Gillette brands in August 2000. After 6 months I was promoted to Display manager and during this role I managed the display launch of MACH3, Venus, Venus Passion, MACH3 Champion and MACH3 Turbo. I then moved roles to become Display Manager for Braun & Oral-B where I managed all Braun and Oral-B display rollouts including the launches of Oral-B Cross Action, Oral-B Triumph & Sonic and Braun Activator amoungst many others. I progress to team leader and over saw the managments of all display budgets for the Gillette Group before leaving in 2005 to travel Australasia and East Asia.