David Gould, CPIM 🇺🇦

Experience

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  Micro Warehouse

  Sept 1993 - Dec 2001

  Merchandising Director

  • The commercial management & development of all products and vendors c. £180m• Includes management of product marketing, supplier relationships and inventory• Direct reports of 5 Divisional Business Managers and a Purchasing Operations Manager• The Product Merchandising Group consisted of 44 people

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  MicroWarehouse

  Sept 1996 - Sept 1998

  H/W and MacWarehouse Business Manager

  • Full Hardware Business management for the company (~£100M)• Full Product Marketing responsibility for all Hardware products• Increased Hardware Business with 25% year on year growth in 1999• Responsibility for the Mac Warehouse brand as previous role• Key managed vendors include: HP, IBM, Compaq, Toshiba and Apple

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  DSGi Business

  Jan 2002 - May 2008

  Commercial Director

  Responsible for a number of functions during my tenure incl. Marketing, Buying, Warehousing, Logisitcs and Supply chain management with revenues climbing within my tenure from £150m to over £400m

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  BT plc / Dabs.com

  Jul 2008 - Jan 2010

  Director

  • All Buying, Product management, Product marketing, Supply chain management and Customer services within a £200m revenue business• P&L responsibility for Gross margin, Net margin (Contribution) together with shared responsibility as a member of the Dabs.com plc board for Net profit contribution• Balance sheet responsibilities for trade creditors, supplier funding debt, stock provision and shared responsibility for free cash flow• Customer advocacy and Right first time Customer service measures, as part of the Dabs board and Fix first time within the Customer services function• All supplier/vendor/manufacturer relationships• Product profitability and services penetration (mix management)• Supplier funding and inventory management• Leveraging synergies, as part of the Dabs board, with BT Group plc (both as a channel to market and from a capability perspective. Also deputising for C.E.O. Dabs,com plc Show less

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  Insight

  Jan 2010 - Sept 2013

  Managing Director

  Responsible for Insight Germany (country business with ca. 260 employees and €130m turnover plus EMEA shared services based in Munich)

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  CR Worldwide

  Jul 2014 - Sept 2020

  CEO

  Leading a team of performance improvement experts passionate about building programs that get outstanding results. - Is your reward and recognition program engaging and motivating your employees? - Are you getting enough ROI from your sales or channel incentive programs? - Are you tired of the same old events to inspire your audience?Talk to us: +44 (0)1789 404020 or Email: enquiries@crworldwide.comCR Worldwide - Engaging People | Shaping Culture | Driving Performance

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  Incentive and Engagement Solution Providers (IESP)

  Feb 2018 - Jul 2020

  Vice President of the Incentive and Engagement Solution Providers (IESP), a Strategic Industry Group (SIG) of the Incentive Marketing Association (IMA). Board member of the Incentive and Engagement Solution Providers (IESP), a Strategic Industry Group (SIG) of the Incentive Marketing Association (IMA).

  • President

    Aug 2019 - Jul 2020

  • Vice President

    Jul 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Board Member

    Feb 2018 - Jul 2018
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  Incentive Marketing Association

  Aug 2019 - now

  Board Member
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  360insights

  Sept 2020 - now

  Managing Director, Europe
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  The Incentive Research Foundation

  Jan 2022 - now

  Board Trustee
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  IMA Europe

  Jun 2023 - now

  Board Member “At Large”