Simon Leebetter

Experience

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  Henri Lloyd

  Apr 2012 - Oct 2015

  Assistant Manager

  Initially coming to Henri Lloyd as a part time Sales Assistant, due to strong sales skills and taking on additional responsibility I was promoted Assistant Manager. I was then selected to assist the closure of the companies Liverpool One store. As an assistant manager in their final months of trading, my role was to manage the existing staff, keep them motivated and drive sales despite the intended closure. All targets were achieved during a successful period, in which I personally headed sales by nearly £8,000. Alongside my current role this project has added considerably to my skill set. As Assistant Manager of Cheshire Oaks, I drove store performance from +1% to +5% on previous years trading. I have also brought a great team ethos, making sure the team were working as a collective rather than individuals. I did this through being an approachable manager, leading by example and setting high standards. This increased productivity, profitability and relationships throughout the store. Individual KPI’s became a major focus in store, with regular 1-2-1’s to monitor performance and staff morale. I have experience in compiling weekly and monthly reports which are communicated to both area managers and senior management team. These contained detail on sales targets, market trends, competitors and action plans. I was responsible for in store marketing which involves a high level of merchandising. This required me to be increasingly proactive as window merchandising changes weekly to reflect current trends and seasonality. My innovative responses to this enabled us to help attract new customers whist retaining regulars. I would then liaise with head office regarding offers and POS to help drive sales of slow moving product. Show less

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  Charles Tyrwhitt

  Oct 2015 - Feb 2022

  - Achieved a 3 star rating from Best Companies for first year of trading. A 3 star accreditation is the highest standard of workplace engagement, representing organisations that truly excel. - Launching and managing the flagship of the north store in Birmingham at 6000+ square feet.- Creating a highly engaged, driven and product educated team. Putting emphasis on employee development through regular 1-2-1’s, personal development plans and personal recognition.- Built brand awareness through targeted corporate partnerships to build relationship within local area. Driving sales through our corporate acquisition offers to increase sales outside of the store through B2B sales. Managing key accounts to further target for event evenings, networking and promotions to maximise sales output.- A KPI driven store with a record of incremental growth in the first year of trading. Implementing a strategy of developing stylist over assistants, to increase performance across all KPI’s.- Structuring a floor plan to be visually impactful with the emphasis on styling, using a creative approach to the traditional layout. Ensuring a see it, like it, buy it process to meet the evolving demands from the modern shopper. Show less Store leader overseeing day to day operations and focusing on the long term goals of the business. A inspirational manager, customer champion and commercially driven. Pursuing new business opportunities and managing, coaching and evaluating employee activities. Delivering and coaching high store standards for company KPI's to increase performance and customer retention. Developing quarterly Business Plans to communicating company goals and objective to employees at all levels. • Awarded Assistant Manager of the year for 2016 in my first year at Charles Tyrwhitt.• Delivered year on year store sales growth and lifts in all company KPI's.• Store awarded Best Store Turnover 2017 in recognition for coaching and developing an incredibly strong team. • On the Operations Project Team to deliver key processes for company operations manual for new store managers.Key areas -Commercial - Analyse sales and reports to give insight into how to improve store performance. Look for opportunities to grow the business and deliver reactive change. Write weekly trade reports to senior management team.Corporate - Responsible for maintaining and developing corporate accounts. Manage the B2B sales process from inception to delivery, working closely with accounts and product team. Show less

  • Store Manager

    Nov 2017 - Feb 2022

  • Assistant Store Manager - Commercial & Corporate Manager

    Oct 2015 - Nov 2017
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  Veloforte

  Feb 2022 - Aug 2023

  National Account Sales Manager

  Responsible for increasing retail and B2B sales growth across both national and international markets. Account managing key accounts and delivering incremental sales increases year on year. Building and maintain a loyal client base through pitching and negotiating distribution contracts into new territories including arranging terms for exclusive partnerships. Launching NPD with key accounts to create synergy on release date and deliver strong product awareness. Monitoring trends across the sector to ensure agility on product focuses and promotional activity.- Won new accounts and project managed their launches into new national and overseas territories (United States of America, Spain, Belgium).- Increase sales through close working relationships with existing key accounts - a highlight included increasing our position from Tier 3 to Tier 2 brand.- Worked to create multi level engagement across the business, to make sure we delivered exceptional customer service and products to our customers. Monitoring sell out rates and forecasting sales trends to make sure we are never OOS.- Bookended launch into the USA market; from sales win, contract negotiation, FDA registration, compliance processing and organising logistics and imports. - Created supply chain into Europe to increase sales and visibility across region.- Partnered with industry trade shows across the UK to promote products and engage new customer activations and presenting at store events.- Analysis and creating a monthly performance review to deliver to senior manager on key account performance and new sales wins. Show less

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  New Balance

  Dec 2023 - now

  Account Manager, Running - North & Scotland