Jonathan Venables

Jigsaw24 - the UK's No.1 Apple Authorised Enterprise Partner

• Qualifying/upselling extensive inbound enquiries via the B2B Sales phone lines and the website LiveChat function
• Exceeded first years' targets for FY21, progressing into managing/developing 100+ SMB corporate accounts
• FY22 figures of £1.2m in revenue (at £143k GP margin) in FY22, resulting in promotion to the Enterprise Sales Team as a New Business Account Manager
• Seized the opportunity to utilise my skills in new-logo acquisition and prospecting to build up a base of profitable customers (primarily in Sport/Retail sectors) resulting in increased FY23 figures of £1.7m in revenue (at £206k GP)

• Driving GP growth through cold-calling in the on/off-trade markets across South Yorkshire/East Midlands (2017-2018)
• 2018 - promoted to lead sales operations/strategy in London/SE England. Most notably, the National P&L management of our Premium Retailers (Harrods, JLP and Harvey Nichols)
• Successfully driving NPD sales/managing P&L in Regional and National wholesalers (including Amathus, Bookers, Speciality and Venus)

• Role developed from part-time retail assistant in flagship store to field sales activity, representing the business across the UK
• Key responsibilities: promotion of the Slingsby brand at shows/events (specifically building brand awareness with consumers/trade) Took a lead role presenting the unique ‘gin experience' events held both on and offsite

• English A
• History B
• Psychology C

1 A*, 5 A´s 2 B´s 2 C´s ⦁ (Including A B C in English, Maths and Science)