LISA CRICHLOW

• Overseeing payroll, invoicing, and procurement to ensure seamless operations.
• Ensured compliance with financial regulations and audit requirements.
• Maximise income generation through grants, fundraising, and partnerships.
• Manage recruitment processes for support staff to maintain workforce quality.
• Coordinate maintenance, security, and health policies for school facilities.
• Contribute to strategic planning and development of the school.

Managed recruitment processes for support staff to meet organisational needs.

• Oversee staff contracts, payroll, and attendance records to ensure compliance.
• Ensure adherence to HR policies and procedures across the organisation.
• Provide expert advice on employment law and employee relations issues.
• Oversee the maintenance and security of the school buildings and grounds.
• Manage health and safety policies and risk assessments.
• Coordinate cleaning, catering, and other site services.
• Plan for long-term premises improvements and capital projects.
• Oversee procurement and maintenance of ICT systems and infrastructure.
• Ensure best value in purchasing school supplies and services.
• Manage contracts and service level agreements (SLAs).

• Ensured optimal learning environment by supervising maintenance activities around school premises.
• Enhanced operational efficiency through streamlined office processes.
• Facilitated staff training sessions to promote effective teaching methods.
• Achieved cost-effective procurement of supplies by leading purchasing processes.
• Oversaw school finances as deputy for School Business Manager, ensuring proper resource allocation.
• Regularly conducted risk assessments, maintaining high safety standards within school environment.
• Motivated teams and directed daily work of 4 employees to surpass objectives.
• Managed adherence to HR policies while coordinating with central HR and payroll departments.

• Worked closely with Headteacher and other SLT members to drive strategic improvements across the school
• Attended governing body meetings, providing necessary reports.
• Advised on school improvement plans from a business perspective.
• Streamlined office processes to enhance operational efficiency.
• Managed school finances, ensuring effective resource allocation.
• Led procurement processes for cost-effective purchasing of supplies.
• Implemented new technologies to improve record-keeping practices.
• Conducted regular risk assessments to uphold safety standards.

• Marketing Manager working with Morrisons to deliver highly personalised rewards and offers to Morrisons loyal base of 5 m More card customers
• Working closely with Morrisons internal Marketing & Trade Marketing teams to build and launch supplier marketing programme to support business growth
• Optimising Morrisons customer analytics tools to inform discussions with key suppliers with confirmed JBP/Supplier agreements
• Development of all sales collateral, presentation material and contact strategy to support programme launch across targeted channels, Coupon at Till, Email and Direct Mail
• Engagement and management of supplier relationships across 200+ strong portfolio
• Manage and facilitate weekly governance meetings with senior stakeholders within the Morrisons business (ie,Marketing Director)
• Manage pipeline tracker and support tools to ensure timely and accurate forecasting of supplier revenue
• Work internally with Centre of Excellence (COE), Solutions Delivery, Analytic, Finance and Legal teams to support day-to-day deliverables and future roadmap

• Managing a portfolio of new and growth accounts worth £3m in commercial revenue
• Focus categories: Beers, Wines & Spirits, Frozen, Dairy & General Merchandise with over 100 contacts
• Delivery of over 30+ commercial channels across the media channel portfolio to identify and recommend the most appropriate shopper marketing solutions
• Utilising Salisbury's and Aimia's customer data [Self Serve] to deliver strategic and integrated campaigns
• Ensuring timely delivery of results to clients, reporting against the individual requirements
• Management of activity pipeline from discussion through to conversion, analysing proposal conversion rate tracking
• Working alongside internal teams such as commercial insights, delivery, customer insights, planning, media operations & analytics to provide a 360 degree approach to all activations
• Financial management of all aspects from forecasting through to invoicing to ensure set targets are achieved
• Management and coaching of an Account Executive by helping to set specific objectives as well as supporting their development plan
• Providing senior stakeholders internally with regular updates and best practice examples of campaigns.

• Implementing and account managing creative solutions across 16 children's titles within the portfolio as well as 3 x websites
• Developing relationships with key licensor's and licensees (Disney, DC, Marvel)
• Generating revenue into 2 lifestyle children's websites & 1 x teenage website
• Servicing portfolio of London agencies and PR agencies
• Face-to-face presentations to key senior personnel at client level.

• Implementation and managing of the day-to-day advertising strategy for Health & Fitness Magazine
• Man-management of two Display Sales Executives and overseeing one Classified

• Managing the day-to-day advertising strategy for portfolio of baby titles
• Managed portfolio of London agencies with accounts totally over £1m annually
• Man-management of three Account Managers, one Display Sales Executive and overseeing two Classified Sales Executives
• Delivering accurate forecasts to Advertising Director
• Regular face to face presenting to key stakeholders.

• Responsibility for delivering online ad revenue to Boots Health & Beauty and Comet website
• Management of small portfolio of London agencies

• Management of portfolio of top-spending core London agencies, ie Mindshare, Carat, Mediacom to deliver advertising revenue for Marie Claire magazine
• Negotiation of contracts across both Marie Claire and Southbank Group publications
• Day-to-Day running of flat plan by working closely with other departments including Editorial, Creative Solutions, Production

• Day-to-day responsibility for driving revenue within Tesco Publications
• Identifying and building relationships with key Tesco suppliers as well as Tesco buying and trading teams