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Matthew West

High Wycombe

Summary

I started my working life at Sainsbury’s as a service assistant and progressed to a team leader, this was ultimately not what I wanted to do long term but I still made the most of it and learned a lot along the way. Whilst working at Sainsbury’s full time I started at my current employer PChelp4U as a workshop assistant to learn the basics of PC repairs. After impressing I was offered a full time role and have now been at the company for 9 years. I started off training and working in their repair workshop and then progressed to move over the Sales team. I started off as a sales engineer and moved up the sales team positions to be a manager. I am now the general manager of the company and run the day to day operations. I am looking for a new challenge as feel I have progressed as far as possible with my current employer and look forward to giving my all to a new company that I hope I can grow with.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education

Work history

General Manager

PChelp4U
Long Crendon
03.2022 - Current
  • Identify new revenue streams for the business
  • Manage the day to day running of the business
  • Implemented an improved marketing strategy to drive brand awareness and traffic to the website
  • Negotiated with vendors to reduce costs and improve margin
  • Monthly performance reviews with managers
  • Utilised sales data to identify areas of poor performance and set up a plan to improve this
  • Interview and recruit new staff

Sales Manager

PChelp4U
Long Crendon
04.2017 - 03.2022
  • Managed a team of sales engineers, providing guidance and support to ensure targets were met
  • Managed key accounts, building and maintaining strong relationships with clients
  • Train new staff to ensure they are comfortable and confident when dealing with clients
  • Have weekly and monthly reviews with sales staff to go over their performance and set new personal targets
  • Renew and increase key contracts for the business

Software Sales Engineer

PChelp4U
Long Crendon
01.2015 - 03.2017

• 1st and 2nd Line remote support – receiving calls/emails from clients and rectifying their problems using ISL/Logmein remote support systems

• Visiting clients and quoting for new office set ups, confirming costs and monitoring each job to make sure the client is happy up to and post completion

• Selling, installing and configuring security systems for clients – ESET internet security, ESET Endpoint security

• Onsite support – installing NAS drives, software and hardware installations

• Selling support contracts to clients

Team Leader

Sainsburys
Flackwell Heath
04.2014 - 12.2014

• Organising rotas

• Managing incoming customer calls and queries

• Cashing up tills and self-service tills at the end of each shift

• Completing the weekly safe count and entering into excel

• Training and supporting Sales Assistants

• Locking up/Opening the store

Service Assistant

Sainsburys
Flackwell Heath
10.2013 - 03.2014

• Working in a team of up to 10 people

• Taking over the legal side of the store, making sure all processes were complete on time

• Completed a first aid course

• Motivate and organise staff to help the store run more efficiently

• Replenishing and restocking the store throughout the day

Education

A-Levels - Business Studies

Henley College
Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
09.2011 - 06.2013

Skills

  • Customer rapport
  • Account management
  • Superb time management
  • Excel proficiency
  • Business development

Timeline

General Manager

PChelp4U
03.2022 - Current

Sales Manager

PChelp4U
04.2017 - 03.2022

Software Sales Engineer

PChelp4U
01.2015 - 03.2017

Team Leader

Sainsburys
04.2014 - 12.2014

Service Assistant

Sainsburys
10.2013 - 03.2014

A-Levels - Business Studies

Henley College
09.2011 - 06.2013
Matthew West