Jon Powell

Experience

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  Guardian Newspapers

  Aug 2004 - Aug 2009

  Team Supervisor

  Oversaw a team of sales staff and the classified section of the Sutton Guardian; our area’s highest profile publication. Building strong and trustworthy relationships with an existing client base to sell advertising space with local publications. Key Responsibilities• Sole responsibility for ensuring all advertising space within the classified section of the Sutton Guardian is sold on a weekly basis. • Supervising a team of sales staff in the selling of advertising space in various local publications. • Working under high pressure to very strict deadlines. • Keen attention to detail needed to quality assure and proof-read advertisement content before publication deadlines. • Building and maintaining a relationship with a large database of potential clients.• Providing support, advice and motivation for my team.• Arranging team building events and incentives for my team.• Processing advertising specifications for existing clients.• Provided advertising advice and guidance for clients.• Dealing with and overcoming customer complaints and queries.• Heavily trained in sales techniques, promotions and advertising impact & design.• General administration, diary management and warm/cold calling. Show less

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  Cairds Estate Agents

  Aug 2009 - Jun 2011

  Senior Negotiator

  Responsible for promotion and subsequent selling of a domestic property to a potential buyer, whilst building and maintaining a close relationship with both vendors, solicitors and buyers. This was a very disciplined role and required excellent attention to detail and a good ability to manage client relationships and expectations.Key Responsibilities• Building strong and trustworthy relationships with a database of potential buyers.• Identifying buyer’s specific criteria in their property search and recommending properties based on their requirements. • Property promotion to potential buyers, encouraging visits to domestic properties within the area. • Offer extraction to meet vendor requirements and negotiation of the difference between both parties’ expectations with market values using numerical and verbal reasoning.• Conceptual thinking to ensure property acquisitions runs as smoothly as possible through sales progression and overcoming any potential obstacles. • Ensuring the correct market appraisal of various domestic properties to meet vendor’s expectations and achieve a sale. • Negotiating the reduction of a properties price with the vendor to ensure a sale and keep from stagnation. • General Administration. • Acquiring thorough knowledge of location, local schools and facilities.• Marketing of domestic properties on various property search platforms. • Quick thinking and decision making to solve any possible problems arising during the sale of a property. • Successfully renegotiating property sales with both parties when required. • Diary Management for myself and viewing staff. • Consulting and regular liaison with conveyancing solicitors to progress sales. Show less

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  Skill Centre Ltd

  Jul 2011 - Oct 2020

  Project and Training Manager

  Responsible for the successful nationwide delivery of various training projects for a further-education training provider. A varied role incorporating multiple aspects of project management and training delivery. Responsible for the overall success of Skill Centre Ltd, ensuring a quality service is provided in all project delivery. Key Responsibilities• Overseeing all training projects delivery from conception to completion.• Leading a team of in-house staff to achieve the timely completion of various training projects across the industry. • Overseeing a team of assessors, ensuring delivery practices are maintained to a high standard.• Full budgetary management and control including financial forecasting, profit & loss and cost breakdowns.• Ensuring the training and continuous professional development of all in-house staff and assessors is maintained throughout qualification delivery. • Hosting regular standardisation meetings to raise awareness of any industry, compliance or delivery changes.• Point of contact for all funding and delivery partners across the country, building and maintaining excellent working relationships in the process. • Responsible for the company policies & procedures, ensuring they are reviewed regularly and up to date with regulation changes.• Marketing and promoting the Skill Centre brand through various social media sites and campaigns.• Contract management for all awarding bodies and delivery partners. • Quality assurance for the apprenticeship provision, ensuring high standards of compliance and delivery are met in accordance with ESFA and Ofsted ruling. • Overseeing the use of various CRM systems. • Attending webinars, conferences and consortium meetings to stay up to date with industry changes. • Company and organisational requirements including SARs, QIPs and tendering for new funding streams. Show less

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  MOT JUICE LTD

  Nov 2020 - now

  Lead Technical Product Manager

  Leading the product management team and working alongside the development and operations teams to facilitate the creation and maintenance of ground-breaking online learner training and experiences. Key Responsibilities• Contribute and share ownership of product success, strategy and vision.• Develop our product into an awarding organisation through Ofqual accreditation that enables the ability to regulate and govern the delivering of training within the industry. • Produce the integrity, identity, resources and competence obligated to gain awarding organisation status as set out by Ofqual. • Create qualification content, online training, exams and assessment materials to mould a successful and enjoyable learner journey, whilst exceeding the requirements set out by Ofqual.• Ensure compliance and quality assurance are preserved throughout the learner journey.• Maintain and control financial stability to comply and continue with awarding organisation status. • Understand, research and maintain an up to date knowledge of the industry and ensure implementation of any relevant changes. • Meeting regularly with all stakeholders, including product developers, sales/marketing, customer service, and company heads to drive product success. • Assess emerging products and companies to measure their potential value or threat to the company and its products.• Make recommendations on which new technologies to invest in or leverage.• Serve as a product evangelist and subject matter expert to the technical/developer community.• Ensure our product gains and maintains Ofqual accreditation.• Write and maintain company and product policies and procedures, ensuring they fall in line with governing body requirements. Show less