MD, Kingston Consulting, Professional headhunters & Career Management Specialists
Redhill, United Kingdom
MD, Kingston Consulting, Professional headhunters & Career Management Specialists
Redhill, United Kingdom
An experienced IT sales professional and joint founder of Kingston Consulting Limited which was set up over 11 years ago to fulfill the need to provide a quality and effective headhunting service to the IT industry across Europe.
Career Management advice given to senior executives looking to make their next career move.
At Kingston Consulting, we pride ourselves on our professionalism and attention to detail and knowledge of the industry. See our testimonials on our website
www.kingston-consulting.com
These combined skills ensure that our interview to offer ratios are the lowest in the industry at 2:1 – which means for every 2 people we send on interview, one is offered.
- 10 years in head-hunting
- 10 years in IT sales (6 years at Compaq Computer in Major Account Sales &
Channel Sales)
- 3 years prior to this Software Sales selling ERP & CRM solutions.
"PEOPLE FROM I.T, LOOKING AFTER CANDIDATES AND CLIENTS IN I.T"
SALES ROLES (corporate sales, alliance sales, channel sales, account director, sales director, country managers, vice presidents, etc)
TECHNICAL (pre-sales technical, technical account managers, solution architects professional services, consultants, pre sales directors, professional services director etc)
MARKETING (marketing directors, marketing managers, product managers, PR, etc)
SENIOR MANAGEMENT (director level)
Focussed on the UK & European Markets
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
October 1994 — Present (13 years 10 months)
European headhunter working with leading global software & hardware vendors. Specialist in the areas of:-
- Senior Management & 'C' Level
- Sales, pre-sales, marketing & professional services
- US start-ups entering Europe.
Special focus within the Enterprise space including:-
- ERP
- SOA
- CRM
- HCM
- BI
- STORAGE
- VIRTUALIZATION
- SUPPLY CHAIIN
- ANALYTICS
- DAM
- NETWORKING & SECURITY
Etc, Etc.,
Career Management advice given to senior executives looking to make their next career move.
Our interview to offer ratios are 2:1 i.e. for every two candidates sent on interview, one will be offered. This is down to our knowledge of the market, excellent understanding of roles & culture fits & a desire to not waste both our clients or candidates' time.
80% of our new business comes via referals.
The majority of our clients we have worked with for several years & when they move organisations, they take us with them!
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)
1987 — 1993 (6 years)
Channel Sales Manager managing a small number of channel accounts in the City and South of England. Followed by Major Account Manager with a focus on selling to the "Drink & Drugs" sector, including accounts such as Guinness, Whitbread, and Pfizer, Glaxo, Fisons etc.,