Experience

South Coast Sales

• Ireland
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Administration Support

  • Nov 2011 - Present



Cro Bar Construction Ltd

• Cork

• SHEQ,Purchasing,Plant & Transport Manager

  • Dec 2006 - Nov 2011

  Cro-Bar Construction Ltd are leaders in the field of drainage and underground plant installations undertaking all aspects of civil engineering, from initial site investigation through to completion and final handover As the company SHEQ manager I was responsible for the implementation of our SHEQ management system and procedures. Plant & Transport: Ensuring weekly plant and transport check sheets are submitted by the various gangs on site and these details are then entered on an overall stock check system. Ensuring appropriate licences, tests, insurances are up to date for plant and vehicles used on the public roads Ensuring equipment is correctly maintained, calibrated, and is safe and fit for use and that only competent persons operate it. Ensuring all accidents, incidents, dangerous occurrences, near misses, defects, non-conformance, complaints, etc. are reported and dealt with in accordance with SHEQ procedures. Ensuring statutory tests, examinations and inspections are carried out and that certificates, registers and records and kept up to date. Ensuring appropriate Personal Protective Equipment is available, issued as appropriate and its use monitored. Purchasing I was the main point of contact with all qualified suppliers for both materials and plant hire. In advance of any projects being carried out I am responsible for contacting qualified suppliers in the local area and pricing all materials and plant required to carry out the works. This information is then passed onto the relevant project supervisor who will deal directly with the supplier for the duration of the works, the supervisor will hand all delivery dockets to my office for filing on a weekly basis. Where the company is tendering for a project, I was involved in the whole process, from reviewing the documents and pulling together all required information for any pre-qualification questionnaires and if successful the pricing of materials, plant, welfare facilities etc for the tender.



Allied Foods Ltd

• Food Service Sales Representative

  • Apr 1996 - Dec 2006

  My responsibilities as a sales representative for Allied Foods were establishing new business and developing business into existing customers. I covered the entire province of Munster except for Co Cork. My sales were reviewed on a weekly basis and the onus was on myself to organise deals in order to reach budget. I was also responsible for debt collection, dealing with customer complaints and keeping up to date with competitor activity

• Sales Executive

  • Apr 1996 - Dec 2006

  A National Frozen and Chilled Foods Distribution company. It delivers to the 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland servicing both the catering and retail industries. Some of its main customers would be Dunnes Stores, SuperQuinn, Four Star Pizza and Abrakebabra. I joined this company in April 1996 and held four positions within the company; Administration/TelesalesI currently have two roles within Allied Foods. My telesales duties include Debt Collection, Customer Service, dealing with complaints, pricing and of course collecting orders from my client base.I also work closely with our National Sales Manager in that I assist her with various reports and projects that are required for either presentation to the Board of Directors or for Tenders to establish new clients. I am also responsible for collecting national sales figures and compiling them into a monthly analysis report. Using my computer skills and using mostly Excel I assisted the Sales Representatives with presentations used to target prospective clients

• Telesales Office Manager

  • Mar 2000 - Jun 2000

  I moved to our Dublin Office for three months to cover maternity leave.I was in charge of the day-to-day running of the sales office and dealing with staff and customer queries.