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52 xxxxx, xxxx Road, xxxxxx SAxx xxx
Telephone: xxxxxx Mobile: 07899 xxxxxxx
E-mail: xxxxx@ntlworld.com
I am a successful innovative senior management professional with excellent financial skills and a proven track record to gain funding for new product developments and produce effective business plans to manage any project. Now looking to fully utilise my business expertise and links in the UK, China and Europe as a Consultant or Non Executive Director for SMEs across Wales and the UK.
· Son of innovative and world leading technical professional in the small excavator marketplace, who has gone on to develop a series of innovative products manufactured and sold worldwide.
· Awarded a 75% SMART grant to enable ‘New Product Development’ for an innovative and unique towable chassis and sourced a Chinese manufacturer to produce it before assembly in the UK.
· Designed and developed innovative products to serve niche markets worldwide, which won the Wales Young Business Achiever of the Year, sponsored by the Western Mail and successfully gained development capital from the Princess Trust, Welsh Office and Midland Bank.
· Gained Press releases at the xxxx show 2009, PHE and Earthmovers magazines.
· Awarded SMART grant that enabled me to produce a feasibility study full time looking at worldwide competitors and sourced Chinese manufacturer to make the towable excavator which I developed from scratch.
· Ensured quality and costing after visiting various Chinese manufacturers before making selection, linking with excellent Chinese interpreter who I am still in contact with to further develop other business relationships in the future.
· Identified and liased with Welsh factory to assemble trailer kits to my high standards and have an office base in their premises.
· Recently filed a patent and designed a new, improved towable excavator that will again be produced in China and assembled in the UK.
· Successfully troubleshooted connection problems associated with Internet access via email and premium telephone support for both dialup and cable modem access.
· Respected by my technical colleagues for my quick thinking and reputation for winning customer satisfaction through effective advice to solve technical issues quickly (some 50 customers daily).
· Highly adept at a range of computer operating systems and software to quickly identify the right areas to solve customer problems effectively and meet company solution timeframes.
· Setup new company and developed/patented 2 innovative products from initial design to prototype.
· Created a comprehensive business plan to incorporate product costing, RRP for products, and financial forecasting models.
· Successfully sold to a specialist manufacturing company my Intellectual property rights for these products.
· Ensured the management of financial resources, both effectively and efficiently from cost control to profit and loss, cash flows and budgetary forecasting using a computerised forecasting model as the company grew at its height, in the region of £3million turnover.
· Successfully demonstrated and sold our machines at industry exhibitions as part of company sales team at SED in the UK, BAUMA in Germany and also in Budapest, Hungary.
· Started working on shop floor assembly, learning every aspect of the machines before managing the spares department.
· My father founded the company and was CEO until it was sold in 1992 to the Japanese. He designed the world’s first self trailering mini excavator in 1981 and I joined the business in 1987
· Decided to re-evaluate my goals and future direction. During this time I acted as a freelance consultant to SMEs in the compilation of both business and marketing plans, as well as explain the importance of financial control, profit and loss, cashlflows etc to ensure SME business success and advise on additional fundings available from grant applications to loan negotiations and venture capital discussions (late 1998 – early 2000).
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Post Graduate Certificate
in Management from the University xxxxxxx specialising in
Managing People, Information, Finance and
Operations. (1993 – 1994).
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Gained entrance to the
Institute of Supervisory Management (1993/1994).
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Successfully completed
education at xxxxxxx gaining qualifications in CSE Mathematics,
English and Physics (1992 – 1987).
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Completed Sage Line 50
Accounts Level 2 course over 2 days during 2007.
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Awarded Audit Training
Certificate after successfully completing course run by
Hunte and Foxley.
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Developed excellent
financial skills ranging from Book-keeping to Sales, Estimation,
Budgeting, Forecasting, Profit and Loss, Cash Flow and General
Business Management over a 7 day course and then on-going training
on a one-to-one basis with financial consultant Brian Phelps on on
the site of xxxxxxx for several months (1991/1992).
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Good MS Word skills used in
correspondence, report generation and putting together successful
applications for funding or opportunities for business promotion.
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Excellent financial skills
in MS Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 to budget, plan, control costs and
effectively manage a multi-million business to ensure financial
profitability and cost control, as well develop financial planning
models to win additional funding for business product development.
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Strong MS PowerPoint skills
to create powerful presentations from promoting new products to
inform and persuade the adoption of new products to marketplace or
gain greater market share.
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Excellent Email and
Internet skills to communicate and source research information
including worldwide communication for International collaboration
and success.
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Other software expertise
includes AutoCAD and Sage Line 50 Accounting.
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Enjoy keeping fit and
facing that challenge through surfing and coastal walking.
· Keen interest in furthering professional development through local courses and research.
· Passionate about photography and a regular member of the xxxxxxx Camera Club.
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Date of Birth:
38 years old.
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Nationality:
British.
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Licence:
Full Clean Driving Licence.
References supplied on request.
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