Having built and exited my own business and spent the past year working consultatively across multiple clients, what I am looking for now is a permanent senior commercial role where I can apply the full depth of what I have developed over twenty years within a single organisation. Self-employment was never the destination it was the next stage of a career that has always been defined by progression and the pursuit of broader capability. I achieved that. Now the ambition is to bring everything I have built across commercial strategy, procurement, business development, pricing, product, and marketing into one place and drive long-term transformation that a consultancy engagement simply cannot deliver in the same way.

What makes my experience genuinely transferable is that the commercial principles I have applied throughout my career are not industry-specific. Margin discipline, pricing architecture, supplier negotiation, route to market strategy, team building, and category leadership work the same way whether you are selling tiles, consumer goods, building materials, or something else entirely. The sector changes. The commercial fundamentals do not. I have proven that across manufacturing, distribution, ecommerce, and international trade, and I am confident in my ability to apply those skills wherever the right opportunity exists.

Career & Skills Summary

A commercially driven leader with experience across product-led manufacturing, distribution, e-commerce, and international trade. I have managed large SKU portfolios with £15m in annual buying responsibility, managed my own product business with £1.2m turnover in built and exited , led UK market entry for international manufacturers, and delivered sustained margin recovery across corporate, entrepreneurial, and consulting environments. My career spans national accounts, global sourcing, category leadership, general management, and commercial transformation.

 

LEADERSHIP STRENGTHS

• Leadership and team development across commercial and operational functions

• Training, mentoring, and capability building

• Strategic adaptability within changing business environments

• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder alignment

• Negotiation and senior stakeholder engagement

• Cross-cultural communication within international teams and supplier networks.

COMMERCIAL STRENGTHS

• Commercial Strategy & P&L Ownership
• Pricing Architecture & Margin Recovery
• Product Portfolio & Lifecycle Management
• Vendor & Supplier Management
• Product Development & Range Optimisation
• Supplier Negotiation & Cost Re-engineering
• Business Development & Go-to-Market Strategy
• Commercial Forecasting & Performance Reporting
• Trade, Distribution & E-commerce Pricing Models
• Senior Stakeholder & Board-level Reporting
• International Business

TECHNICAL & SYSTEMS CAPABILITIES

• ERP Systems (bespoke manufacturing systems)
• CRM (Salesforce)
• Advanced Excel for business intelligence and commercial analysis
• E-commerce platforms (WordPress/WooCommerce)
• Digital marketing platforms and SEO
• Google Analytics for data interpretation, forecasting, and pricing modelling