Simon Barwell

• Administered multiple Consumer & Group Private Medical schemes effectively to meet company objectives.
• Improved employee benefits packages by conducting regular market reviews.
• Delivered comprehensive benefit presentations to SME's, promoting awareness and understanding.
• Managed relationships with benefits providers, ensuring optimal results.
• Negotiated contracts with insurance carriers, obtaining cost-effective rates.
• Ensured compliance with regulatory standards in all aspects of benefit administration.
• Cross selling of other protection products & services.

Assisting the Company in bringing the first to market autonomous solution to natural turfcare to a number of market places within the turf care industry across the whole of the UK; allowing prospective clients to improve the health and durability of their outfields, as well as streamlining operations with typical cost savings of between 15 and 50%.

• Responsible for developing the strategy, direction and tactics at national level and regional levels
• Leading the project from end to end, including providing live demonstrations of the service and its capabilities
• Actively leading in the planning of the sales strategy to deliver significant sales and profits
• Identifying and pursuing new business opportunities
• Building networks and representing the Company at trade shows and exhibitions
• Monitoring and measuring customer satisfaction and service
• Liaising with national and local governing bodies including the FA, IOG, ECB and RFU with relation to their respective pitch improvement programs.

Assisting with the growth of the Company, brand and market share to become one of the market leaders in the supply of fridge water filters. With overall effective delivery of new business and product development creating a first rate track record of performance and commitment, which includes;

• Actively planning and implementing a customer service strategy, including understanding and meeting customer needs
• Design and implement a customer retention strategy through various media channels, including the development of newsletters and blogs
• Analysing and understanding market trends, including relevant strategies to increase company growth, including evaluating competitor activities and new products and services coming to market
• Proactively identifying and creating new revenue streams by utilising all platforms available
• Providing analytical and structured reports on performance to the Board of Directors
• Implementing sales plans which deliver against strategic objectives and targets, including proactively seeking out new sales and business opportunities within targeted marketplaces and monitoring and managing department and team performance
• Forming and maintaining key stakeholder relationships, including external customers
• Managing the procurement of new products and services, including the project management of propositions from end to end and ensuring costs are kept to budget
• Performance managing teams to increase skills, capability and sales revenue, including feedback on dept and individual achievements to increase productivity, keeping internal stakeholders updated with developments
• Assisting with the recruitment and retention of new employees, including training
• Developing metrics to monitor performance against sales target and service

Managing sales and maintaining key stakeholder relationships across the UK and Europe in order to win new business, growing the accounts year on year and increasing the revenue on existing accounts.

• Identified opportunities and areas to increase revenue on key accounts
• Identified and managed new business developments, product marketing and sales strategies
• Evaluating competitor activities, including new products and services coming to/emerging in the marketplace ● Monitoring and reporting on customer service
• Proactively seeking opportunities for new sales/business opportunities
• Seeking out and building upon new/existing networks to building new and strengthen existing relationships
• Attending Exhibitions as a Company ambassador
• Monthly analytical review of all accounts
• Maintain accurate and up to date CRM database
• Delivering significant sales and profits
• Team leadership and communication
• Liaise between all departments to achieve all goals and targets