Robert Gall

Experience

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  Cadbury House Hotel, Health Club & Spa

  Oct 2011 - Feb 2012

  Food and Beverage Assistant
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  Bristol City Football Club

  Sept 2012 - Aug 2014

  Turnstile Operator
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  Self Employed

  Dec 2012 - Jan 2016

  Mathematics & Science Tutor
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  Off Beat - Recycled Records (Young Enterprise Company)

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  Managing Director

  Won 5 awards including the national Telegraph New Media Award for best advert.Guest speaker at the Young Enterprise area award finals in 2014.

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  Market Inn

  Aug 2014 - Sept 2015

  Bartender
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  BP

  Sept 2014 - Jul 2017

  BP STEM Scholar

  One of 9 students to be chosen for the BP STEM scholarship at Manchester.

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  Manchester University Barbershop Singers

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2017

  Treasurer
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  Huawei

  Nov 2017 - Oct 2020

  • Led for Huawei Enterprise customer relations in the North West.• Worked across all available Huawei products & technologies including: Wi-Fi 6, LAN, 5G, FTTx, storage, server & power.• Developed fresh business leads during difficult Covid-19 period; utilising LinkedIn Sales Navigator.• Worked alongside product team to develop solutions to meet customer requirements and budgets.• Grew understanding of channel partner ecosystem.• Acted as ambassador for Huawei at multiple events.• Proactive in personal development - arranging senior mentors including Huawei UK CEO and Enterprise Account Managers.• Buddy & mentor for new graduates.• Captain of the winning team in Huawei UK's inaugural dragon boat competition (see link). Show less • Management and accountability of end-to-end delivery of multiple projects totaling £15M+.• Initiated and led the creation of new project governance documents to allow successful project ‘restart’ to UK fibre backbone transmission project. Restored customer confidence as well as internal control over project processes and technical documentation.• Set-up new power project in Northern Ireland and assisted to cross-sell equipment to meet customer requirements & increase business development opportunities.• Bidding: PM responsible for costing and planning associated with new power project tender. Show less Key responsibilities:• Initiating change in DC power rack installation project to reduce time for delivery of equipment and installation.• Tracking all customer and internal requirements, alongside project risks and issues. • Subcontractor management – working with multiple contracted resources; on-boarding new partners & engineering teams, ensuring delivery plans are met, necessary POs raised, and dealing with all variation requests.• Control project finances; working closely with PMO finance specialists to create P&Ls and budget reviews.• Manage customer and business expectations – reporting on KPIs and SLAs internally and externally on weekly and monthly basis.Achievements:• Increased delivery volumes 138% in first full month; leading to deployment increase of 180% and order volume & revenue increase of 90% in H2 compared to H1.• Reduced equipment lead times from 3 months to 3 weeks, creating accurate forecasts for supply chain by analysing historical order data and monitoring equipment from China to Europe and then to UK upon customer order.• Removed legacy issues for projects including missing payments to contractors, missing POs, and internal revenue & billing issues. Show less

  • Account & Business Development Manager - Enterprise Business Group

    Mar 2020 - Oct 2020

  • Transmission & Power Project Manager

    Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

  • DC Power Delivery Project Manager

    May 2018 - Apr 2019

  • Technical Support Engineer

    Nov 2017 - May 2018
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  Freelance

  Oct 2019 - now

  Master of Ceremonies / Event Host

  Strong experience in public speaking and hosting:» Huawei Manchester Office Opening Ceremony - host - ~200 press, customers and local politicians» Huawei UK Christmas Party - host & stage manager - ~600 staff» Manchester City Chinese New Year Celebrations - host - ~3000 members of public» Vodafone UK Partners with Pride Event (virtual) - host & organiser - ~150 suppliers from 50+ organisations

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  Vodafone

  Oct 2020 - now

  Supply Chain Business Partner