
Experienced Business Professional and Manager
Reading, United Kingdom

Experienced Business Professional and Manager
Reading, United Kingdom
An experienced business professional and manager with a wide range of readily transferable business and management skills, primarily gained within a leading multinational high-technology company.
Possesses well developed analytical skills with applications across a variety of functions. Has proven management and coaching skills demonstrated through continuous staff and team performance improvements.
- Several years of people management and coaching experience
- Excellent analytical skills gained in a variety of functions
- Strong problem solving skills leading to process and effectiveness improvements
- Providing solutions to business problems
- Building business partner relationships with internal and external customers
- Influencing skills on stakeholder and management level
- Very good software skills including Microsoft Office applications
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Telecommunications industry)
November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
Sales and performance reporting and consolidation for the International Retail and International Wholesale regions, encompassing EMEA, APAC, Canada and LATAM. Developing, implementing and improving processes and analysis related sales performance.
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Individual & Family Services industry)
September 2006 — November 2006 (3 months)
After more than 11 years with Intel I'm currently looking for a new challenge to apply my readily transferable skills to drive and grow business in a modern and growing company.
I started working in Finance, then moved on to operational roles in sales & marketing. My skills are varied: I have well developed analytical and business insight skills, allowing me to provide solutions to business issues and problems. I have also developed management and coaching skills over the last 6 years.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Semiconductors industry)
January 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 8 months)
Own and drive Sales Out Reporting and Distributor Business Management for the EMEA Reseller Channel Operations (RCO) group
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Semiconductors industry)
January 2003 — December 2004 (2 years )
Transferred from Finance to Operations to strengthen use of analysis in business operations and drive cross functional business partnering
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Semiconductors industry)
July 2000 — December 2002 (2 years 6 months)
Managing Finance Operation of $300m Intel Inside® Program (cooperative marketing program) incl licensee administration, reimbursements and compliance
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Semiconductors industry)
February 1995 — June 2000 (5 years 5 months)
Provided accounting, analysis and reconciliation while ensuring controls are in place to maintain compliance with company and regulatory requirements
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
March 1993 — October 1993 (8 months)
Ensured smooth back office administration of two bus tours with twice weekly departures and provide ad hoc customer support during busy tourist season
Masters (Diplom-Kaufmann) , Business administration, law , 1988 — 1994
Studied a combination of Business Administration and Business Law, finishing with a Masters degree (Diplom-Kaufmann). While not compulsory I decided to take almost a year out for an internship, which I spent in Los Angeles working for AmericanTours International (see under experience).
Abitur , English, Chemistry, Maths, Politics , 1984 — 1987
Hillwalking, in particular Scotland. Webwriting, I run a number of successful websites, mainly with travelogues and photography
AIESEC