Experience

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  None

  • Business Development Manager

    • Sep 2015 - Present

    Made redundant on 18 September and currently unemployed

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  St John Ambulance

  • United Kingdom
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Key Account Coordinator

    • Jul 1995 - Present

    My role within St John Ambulance Commercial Training combines Elements of Business Development with Customer Support. I talk and meet with existing clients and potential new clients. My role isn't to sell it's to build a relationship and help clients to identify their training needs and work with them to provide solutions to those needs. Should clients choose to use the services of St John Ambulance Commercial Training, I will be their point of contact for enquiries, problem solving etc. I provide a 1 stop shop on behalf of St John Ambulance for Client's training needs relating to First Aid and Health & Safety.My aim is to make choosing courses and, working with our Customer Service and Training Teams, booking courses and receiving training as straightforward and pleasant an experience as possible.

  • County Training Manager , County Durham

    • 2000 - 2007

    Managed the Training Team for County Durham. Increased business and customer base 3 fold in that time

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  Pieroth UK

  • Gateshead and NE England

  • Wine Advisor

    • Nov 2015 - Apr 2016
    • Gateshead and NE England

    Making appts to deliver wine tastings in people's homes and selling quality wines on a Business to Customer basis (direct sales)

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  Dept For National Savings

  • Durham

  • Executive Officer

    • Dec 1971 - Jul 1995
    • Durham

    Joined National Savings from leaving school and carried out a variety of admin and clerical roles. On promotion to Executive Officer in 1979 (one of the youngest in the Department) I migrated to IT - first on mainframes (programmer and database administrator) then to PC Systems (installation of N...