Leigh Dowling

Experience

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  Anite IT Personnel

  Sept 1997 - May 2000

  IT Recruitment Consultant
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  Xansa Recrutiment

  Jun 2000 - May 2002

  IT Recruitment Consultant/New Business Development
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  Amarna Spa at Lythe Hill Hotel

  Jun 2002 - Mar 2007

  Fitness Instructor/Maternity Leave
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  Esdevium Games Ltd

  Apr 2007 - Sept 2010

  Account Manager

  Sourcing, opening and developing new accounts, re-invigorating dormant customers. Promoting new product release, promotions and pre-order products, order fulfilment and returns administration using the SAP system.Liaising with marketing, accounts, operations and field sales team on business remits including stock levels, order status, credit terms, campaigns and diary management. I attended numerous events of behalf of the company.

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  Wind Designs Ltd

  Oct 2010 - May 2012

  Sales and Marketing Executive

  Identify and develop sales opportunities with prospective customers and existing client base. Promoting new products and events, providing support through the order process.Developing and executing marketing strategies and campaigns including email/print and event administration and representing company at large industry events and trade shows, seeking out new customers and reinforcing relationships with existing.

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  Drinxdirect

  Jul 2012 - Sept 2012

  Sales and Marketing Administrator

  Manage and maintain customer database of publicans, order processing, bookings and invoicing.Website content management including social media, communicating industry news, promoting events and training courses. Liaising with regional brewer’s for promotional material to support ad campaigns.

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  AvaniSolutions Ltd

  Oct 2012 - Apr 2013

  Sales and Marketing Co-ordinator

  Customer order fulfilment, managing client accounts, arranging collections and delivery with suppliers. Distribution of marketing literature and organising of client prospect meetings for wholesalers, brewers and publicans for trials and training events.Market and competitor research and analysis and Website content management, creating news articles and client testimonials from questionnaires. Event research and exhibition planning and management for Beer Innovation Summit and SIB Beer X, including resources, logistics, travel and accommodation. Show less

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  Sobi - Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ)

  Jun 2013 - May 2017

  Personal Assistant

  Sobi are a Swedish pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and delivering innovative therapies to improve the lives of rare disease patients. I was the Personal Assistant to the MD of UK and Ireland and responsible for office management of UK operations, and key contact for senior management in the UK and overseas. Key Achievements:• Led successful office re-location within time and budget, including sourcing and determining suitability of new premises.• Proactively researched improved employee benefits provider and successfully offered a better service to UK employees and bought together previously confusing systems.• Created and implemented travel request form to be completed by all UK employees, significantly reducing the amount of the time taken to make and confirm travel arrangements. This made the process smoother for me but also improved the experience of colleagues requesting travel.• Proposed a challenge to raise funds for charity as part of one of our team build events and led logistics and fundraising for the event (climbing Snowden) Not only did we raise substantial funds to donate to two of the rare disease charities that were close to the businesses heart, we really bonded as a team.• For two years consecutively, received nominations and 2 awards for living the company values Show less

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  BRIDGE MANAGEMENT TRAINING LIMITED

  Sept 2017 - Oct 2020

  Executive Assistant

  BRIDGE is a business consultancy firm specialising in leadership, senior team development, facilitating strategic change and transforming organisational culture.Since joining BRIDGE I have worked across several different business functions and currently provide senior Executive Assistant support to the Director of Capability and Head of People.Key Achievements:• Pro-active ownership of associate experience, including implementing an on-boarding process and creating an associate newsletter. This led to the associates feeling more supported and valued, and ultimately built a stronger community.• To ensure smoother handover and more efficient working practices between EAs I created and managed a centralised database to collate documents and consistent ways of working. This was well-received and made covering for others a much smoother experience for all involved.• Identified problems with the SharePoint Business Content Management system, devised improved ways of working and worked closely with our IT Department to implement globally. Show less

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  INUOUS ltd.

  Nov 2020 - now

  Freelance Executive Assistant & Project Manager