Experience

Pulse Merchandise Solutions

• Australia
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Jun 2017 - Present

• Managing Director

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2022


Australasian Promotional Products Association
• Australia
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee
• National Exhibitions and Administration Manager

  • Jul 2013 - Mar 2018

Enware Australia Pty Limited
• Australia
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Buyer

  • Oct 2012 - Jul 2013


Penline

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Production Manager

  • Oct 2005 - Oct 2012

  Production: Managing production for promotional orders – ordering, design briefing, artwork, print management, scheduling, dispatch & invoicing within deadlines. Key Accounts: Managing over 2,000 accounts. Key Supplier Accounts: Managing relationships with key local & overseas suppliers. Ranging, forecasting, sales analysis, ordering, paying & securing competitive pricing. New product development: Controlling process for all new promotional lines - concept, design, sampling, development & pricing of custom merchandise.Inventory and stock management: Forecasting and buying promotional lines, ensuring on-time distribution, negotiating pricing structures, liaising with customs brokers.Team Management: Managing staff - recruiting and training new staff, maximising productivity by utilising individual strengths.Trade Marketing: Developing & activating B2B promotions for product launches, production of catalogues, coordinating attendance at major industry trade shows (APPA) including stand design and set up, equipment, point of sale, uniforms and travel arrangements.eCommerce / Digital Marketing: Overseeing construction of websites - briefing, designing, testing, uploading & maintenance. Responsible for online quoting, ordering, bulk emailing.Accounts: Casual fill in for Finance (payroll, international transfers, paying suppliers, banking) Show less

• Production Assistant

  • Oct 2003 - Oct 2005

  Supporting the Production Manager in the day to day operations of Penline’s promotional division. Handling artwork requirements, organising art proofs and liaising with printing, engraving and packing staff. Checking that all jobs ran efficiently and to very high standards. Delivering high levels of customer service. Trade show activations, including stand setup, client meetings, travel arrangements and attending related functions.



Purple Elephant Promotional Products

• Merchandise Coordinator

  • Apr 2002 - Oct 2003

  Managing and overseeing the entire merchandising process for three Account Directors including * client management, * liaison with suppliers, * sourcing and quoting local and international merchandise, * working to tight deadlines, * sourcing leads and general administration duties including booking couriers, * quality control, * paperwork. Managing and overseeing the entire merchandising process for three Account Directors including * client management, * liaison with suppliers, * sourcing and quoting local and international merchandise, * working to tight deadlines, * sourcing leads and general administration duties including booking couriers, * quality control, * paperwork.



Creative Field Marketing

• Mexico
• Entertainment Providers

• NSW Events Coordinator - Pepsi Taste Challenge

  • Aug 2001 - Mar 2002

  Role included sourcing and securing venues and events to stage taste testing challenges throughout NSW. This included recruiting, training, rostering and managing staff and post-event data analysis and presentation of findings to Pepsico senior management. Role involved relationship management with key partner companies such as Sanity, Fox Studios, KFC and Timezone.

• Field Promoter

  • Jan 2000 - Aug 2001

  Field work representing premium brands including Nescafe, Pepsi, Cadbury, BP and Sanitarium – distributing samples, conducting consumer surveys and supermarket sampling. Achievements - Promoted to NSW Events Coordinator