Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
Interests
Timeline
BusinessDevelopmentManager
Alan Barrie

Alan Barrie

Cold Ash,Berkshire

Summary

Motivated Individual with many years of progressive experience. Energetic self-starter and customer focused. Navigates high-stress situations and achieves goals on time and in a calm and mature style. Firmly believes that the customer is king, but not necessarily always right :)

Work History

Owner Principal

Montagne Sports
Newbury, Berkshire
  • Oversaw day-to-day retail operations, maintaining high standards of customer service and operational efficiency to provide skiwear and accessories via our online platform and retail store.

Owner Principal

X5 Limited
Newbury, Berkshire
  • Cultivated business relationships across Europe with sellers, buyers, and stakeholders to introduce bamboo-based clothing and a unique anti-slip domestic crampon, holding the UK patent.

CEO

FFP Limited
Newbury, Berkshire
  • Created strong industry relationships to trade globally in the sale of mobile phones and accessories.

Director

Vodafone Ltd
Newbury, Berkshire
  • Spearheaded creation and launch of Vodafone's prepay mobile phone business.
  • Directed global procurement strategies for handsets, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives.

VP UK & Ireland

Brightpoint Mobile Phone Distributor
Stoke on Trent

VP Europe - Accessories

Cellstar Global Mobile Phone Distribution
Manchester

General Manager

Caudwell Communications
Stoke on Trent

Various roles

British Midland Airways
  • Regional Sale Manager, Business Development Executive, Sales Executive
  • Customer Service Agent, Load Controller at LHR
  • Customer Service Agent at GLA

Education

Aeronautical Engineering

University of Glasgow
Glasgow

Economics & Marketing

University of the West of Scotland
Paisley

Skills

  • Customer relationship management
  • True understanding of being 'the Company's face'
  • Team leadership
  • Mature and calm
  • Genuine interest in people
  • Understands processes and procedures easily
  • Intelligence, experience and initiative to handle issues and problems as they happen and create a win/win result for all parties

Interests

  • Skiing, Hiking, Rugby/Football (Spectating only now),
  • People watching
  • Dog walking & training

Timeline

Owner Principal

Montagne Sports

Owner Principal

X5 Limited

CEO

FFP Limited

Director

Vodafone Ltd

VP UK & Ireland

Brightpoint Mobile Phone Distributor

VP Europe - Accessories

Cellstar Global Mobile Phone Distribution

General Manager

Caudwell Communications

Various roles

British Midland Airways

Aeronautical Engineering

University of Glasgow

Economics & Marketing

University of the West of Scotland
Alan Barrie