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PETER STUART

Newcastle,Tyne and Wear

Summary

Dynamic Sales Leader and Channel Partner Manager with a track record of accelerating sales growth and market penetration. Specialize in building, optimizing, and leading high-performance sales teams and strategic channel partnerships, consistently achieving significant year-over-year revenue increases and expanding competitive advantage

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1996
1996
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Business development manager/Channel Sales Manager

LamasaTech
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
02.2024 - Current
  • Led transformative expansion and optimization of global channel partner network, successfully onboarding new partners to significantly enhance market footprint across the UK, US, and EMEA regions, driving a remarkable increase in year-over-year revenue.
  • Secured and managed strategic partnerships with key industry leaders, significantly enhancing market penetration and brand recognition.
  • Formulated and executed comprehensive global business development strategies, identifying and capitalizing on emerging market opportunities to drive growth.
  • Cultivated and maintained robust channel partner relationships, fostering collaborative growth and ensuring alignment with company objectives and sales targets.
  • Championed negotiations and successfully closed high-value, transformative deals, including a pivotal role in £2 M+ Co-op digital signage roll-out across 2000+ stores.

HEAD OF SALES DIVISION/GENERAL MANAGER

New Horizons Training & Baltic Training Services
Newcastle Upon Tyne
10.2014 - 03.2017
  • Evaluated performance evaluation reports of staff to gauge productivity and develop key performance goals
  • Oversaw daily operations, identified problems, and devised strategic solutions
  • Recruited, trained, and coached team to develop communication skills and raise standards
  • Researched market trends to maximise potential for company and employees
  • Developed clear reporting structures and expectations for each role
  • Motivated team to embrace and embody company vision and mission
  • Worked with Operations on new programs and implementation of Salesforce
  • Grew market share to become UK's 3rd largest IT training/Apprenticeship provider, previously 7th
  • Grew UK footprint by launching 3 new territories - London, Thames Valley & West Country
  • Personally won HP's full training budget,
  • Collaborated with account managers and staff to develop techniques for client retention
  • Therefore reducing retention rate by 19%

SALES MANAGER (1 YEAR CONTRACT)

Xfiber
Stavanger, Norway
06.2013 - 06.2014

Company Overview: ISP

  • Achieved 123% of the company's target for 2014
  • Implemented effective sales monitoring strategies that led to year-on-year growth
  • Attended annual major account customer networking events to identify new business opportunities and increase customer base
  • Led, motivated, and measured the performance of the Sales and Marketing team, exceeding individual and team targets by an average of 19%
  • Sought and continuously developed information about competitor activity, pricing, and tactics, and reported back to the sales team
  • Prepared reports for management outlining sales performance and emerging client trends
  • Recruited, trained, and evaluated department staff
  • Boosted team morale to enhance service quality

UK SALES MANAGER

Citrix
Dublin
05.2011 - 06.2013
  • Achieved 157% annual team target 2011
  • Achieved 156% annual team target 2012
  • Top growth team for UK & Ireland 2011
  • 2nd Top-performing European sales team for 2011
  • Trained and developed sales team to manage 360-degree sales cycle
  • Spearheaded monthly sales planning and strategy report for management
  • Built network across UK to create healthy sales pipeline
  • Understood complex concepts and translated into communications and plans
  • Trained and organised staff teams according to individual strengths
  • Performed employee recruiting, interviewing and hiring tasks
  • Analysed and optimised marketing campaigns for increased ROI
  • Managed relationships with external partners and customers, negotiating with wide range of people at varying levels of seniority to establish terms

UK & IRELAND SALES MANAGER

Oracle
Dublin, Ireland
03.2009 - 05.2011
  • My team secured Oracle's 1st ever financing hardware deal.
  • Achieved top UK hardware sales across both commercial and public sectors
  • Achieved 109% on annual team target - Team target £9.8 million per year - Achieved £10.7 million in 2010
  • Achieved 112% on annual team target in 2011
  • Boosted team morale to enhance service quality
  • Prepared accurate budgets, receivables reports, and profit and loss reports
  • Improved team efficiency by training and mentoring individuals and setting achievable performance goals
  • Led projects and analysed data to identify opportunities for improvement
  • Applied skills and knowledge to accomplish set performance goals
  • Managed project to meet budget and timeframe constraints and oversaw project staff schedules
  • Used software tools to boost productivity and efficiency in operations

Education

SPORTS SCIENCE - Sports And Sociology

Highbury College

Skills

  • Sales Division Leadership
  • Sales Strategy Design
  • Performance Metrics
  • Cross-functional Team Management
  • Channel Partner Management
  • Customer Service
  • Sales Proficiency
  • Long-term Sales Strategy
  • IT Sales
  • IT Apprenticeship Sales
  • Software Sales (SaaS)

Timeline

Business development manager/Channel Sales Manager

LamasaTech
02.2024 - Current

HEAD OF SALES DIVISION/GENERAL MANAGER

New Horizons Training & Baltic Training Services
10.2014 - 03.2017

SALES MANAGER (1 YEAR CONTRACT)

Xfiber
06.2013 - 06.2014

UK SALES MANAGER

Citrix
05.2011 - 06.2013

UK & IRELAND SALES MANAGER

Oracle
03.2009 - 05.2011

SPORTS SCIENCE - Sports And Sociology

Highbury College
PETER STUART