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• Candidate-ID: 1263

  Creative commercial ideas underpin my success, both as a senior retail buyer (M&S) and consulting for British manufacturers and luxury brands. A unique breath of retail experience from shop floor to boardroom, I can quickly assimilate key business issues and initiate new strategic direction, delivering creative products and solutions to generate sales. Self motivated and tenacious, with the confidence to inspire, I am passionate about high street regeneration and inspiring retilors and local business to seize new opportunities. I developed the M&S beauty brands Formula and Isis amongst others and have specific knowledge of home, beauty, footwear, and jewellery. My consultancy for Asprey and Garrard determined the future of the brands.

• Candidate-ID: 1911

  I have built and run successful retail and wholesale clothing businesses in UK and the USA. I have also introduced licensing deals into the clothing sector. I have immense manufacturing contacts in Asia. My expertise in handling tough trading conditions has enabled me to be in a position to steer companies through the troubled waters of industry. I have been involved with companies that started from a zero start and today have sales in excess of 100 million. I am still able to help businesses grow in this tough market.

• Candidate-ID: 1698

  A uniquely experienced business specialist, focussed on luxury goods brands and premium retail in growth and turnaround scenarios. A self-motivated, intuitive and results orientated Chair/NED/CEO with outstanding inter-personal and team-management skills, backed by a sound track record in strong financial management. A focussed achiever, managing cultural change and delivering tangible results, with a particular specialism in excellence in brand positioning, customer experience and working with founders. Experienced mentor to senior managers.

• Candidate-ID: 1670

  With experience gained from both retail and the supply chain giving me a distinctive understanding of sales management, retail operations product development etc. Skilled at change management, having run a 100m business in administration, and helped launched new ventures. This unique experience has been honed in businesses’ from the large corporates to SME’s. A self-motivated, intuitive and results orientated individual with outstanding inter-personal and team-management skills, with a sound track record in strong financial management. A focussed achiever, who is comfortable with managing change in the most difficult of environments, taking pleasure from delivering tangible results, an experienced mentor to senior managers.

• Candidate-ID: 1669

  Exceptionally conscientious, professional individual,consistently achieves results through the use of dynamic lateral thinking & creative entrepreneurial flair. Wealth of sales/direct marketing experience (commercial & public sector)FMCG, Business Link has resulted in outstanding communication/organisational skills. Awareness of current business issues, grants/funding, local/national business support services developed through active role as business owner/advisor. Significant experience acquisition/ delivery government contracts. Expertise developed with National Skills Academy for Retail - exceptional insight & knowledge supporting retailers to run efficient & successful business in climate of intensive competition.

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