Edward Dempsey

Experience

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  British Telecom

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1997

  Payphone engineer

  1994 – 1997 Resource Controller• Allocation of incoming work (by geographical location, engineer skill set & job size)• Point of contact for engineers• Planning & scheduling of all ongoing training for engineers• Technical support for the office1991 – 1994 Maintenance Engineer• Maintenance of private, commercial & public telephone lines1989 – 1991 Workshop Supervisor• Repair & testing to component level of payphone equipment1987 – 1989 Installer• Installation of private, commercial & public payphones Show less

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  Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training)

  Aug 1987 - Mar 2012

  Senior instructor B Cat

  Senior instructor with the Air Training Corps, teaching Air Cadets to fly the Vigilant ( Grob 109). The age range for these students varies from 16 to adult with various skill levels. Class room lectures are required as part of the sylibus as well as one to one in the aircraft. Also gained My commision within the RAF VR (T) to the rank of flying officer.

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  The Blind Spot Ltd.

  Jan 1997 - Feb 2006

  Commercial Director

  • Maintenance of existing commercial & private business• Development of new commercial business• Updating of company image (shop layout & point of sale to corporate clothing & vehicles)• Manufacture, fitting & selling of blinds• Managing projects• Controlling installation teamsSucessfully won numerous projects, one being £50K new build special need school

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  Soltech systems

  Mar 2006 - Aug 2007

  Sales manager

  • Development of new business• Maintenance of existing clients• Working to and beating sales targets • Selling of commercial blinds • Working closely with architects/specifiers on projects

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  Arena sun control systems

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  Regional sales manager

  • Responsible for 300+ trade accounts• Working to and beating sales targets, sales target of £3m• Development of new trade accounts• Selling of m2m blinds and wholesale components

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  Stevens scotland

  Mar 2009 - Sept 2010

  Regional sales manager

  regional sales manager, managing 300+ accounts sales value £1.7m per year• Maintenance of existing trade accounts• Responsible for 300+ trade accounts• Development of new business• Working closely with key accounts within customer base• Selling of m2m blinds to trade accounts

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  Smarter blinds

  Sept 2010 - Oct 2011

  Owner

  supplier of made to measure window blinds, shutters and awnings to the domestic and commercial markets. specialising in anti ligature for NHS hopitals. also child safetey devices. With 15 years experience in the industry from retail, commercial and dealing with the trade. I have covered most aspects and products from simple domestic blinds, fully electric and syncronised systems to writing the specification for the window blinds at terminal 5 Heathrow airport.

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  Parcel route

  Oct 2010 - Oct 2011

  Section supervisor

  • Processing of external parcels and post • Arrangement of external parcels/post as per weight band• Packaging of external parcels/post for delivery throughout the UK and Internationally

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  Volvina ltd

  Oct 2011 - Jun 2017

  Area Sales Manager

  Development of new business• Maintenance of existing clients• Working to and beating sales targets • Selling of commercial blinds • Working closely with architects/specifiers on projectsproject management on larger orders received. this would typically include dealing with the customers individual requirements, queries. managing the installation team onsite, ensuring products installed correctly and properly.put together the company product information manual for architects/specifiers.Selling of silent Gliss product within the commercial sector and healthcare. Specialising in cubicle rails both anti ligature and standard rails. Show less

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  ILe Solutions

  Jun 2017 - now

  iLE can offer you a standard commercial specification or and advanced bespoke solution, we are certainly the go to contractor in the city for solutions that may not be the norm!To give you some confidence in what we do, I have listed some projects or buildings that are prominent in the London architectural world. - Top floor Walkie Talkie building- Various floors Cheese Grater- 15 floors for Amazon- Alzheimer’s Society National rebranding- SSE over 800 blinds- 4 Pilot schemes for Battersea Power station- Multiple National locations for Bupa- National roll out for Hugo Boss- Sky Central Products and services:All types of Blinds, including motorised and integrated building control/AV systemsAll types of Curtain Tracks, including motorised and integrated building control/AV systemsAcoustic fabric panelsStretched ceilings, bespoke framing and LED lightingWall graphicsWall talkers (writable and magnetic options)Glass film and graphicsSignage Show less

  • Pre-Contracts Manager

    Jan 2020 - now

  • Pre Contract Manager

    Jun 2017 - now
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  Royal Air Force Air Cadets

  Jun 2020 - now

  Commanding Officer

  Commanding officer ,1365 (Aylesbury) Sqn RAFAC