Ryan Payne

Experience

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  Virtek Systems

  May 2012 - May 2013

  Sales & Marketing Apprentice

  Virtek Systems is rapidly growing company based in High Wycombe. They specialise in IT solutions such as Virtualisation and Data Storage but also deal with a whole host of other IT requirements including hardware and software. Being a vendor agnostic company allows Virtek to provide a tailor made solution for each of there unique clients.

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  TGL Sports

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

  Co-Founder / Director

  TGL Sports was a local sports coaching company offering a broad range of activities for children.TGL offered courses and activities for all occasions. Our coaches were all FA qualified, CRB checked and first aid approved. We mainly worked within schools offering after school multi-sports sessions and sport specific sessions, all with qualified coaches. We ensured that as well as a great session in terms of sports specific learning and progression, the sessions were fun filled. The coaches worked hard to maintain the correct balance of fun and discipline which resulted in very successful sessions! I decided to take a break from TGL after completing my first full academic year of coaching in Wendover Junior School. My reason for this was to focus my time on working towards my ongoing degree. However I am very appreciate of how much I have learnt and the experience I have gained from running my own business; from top to bottom. I will take this knowledge and experience forwards with me. Show less

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  DW Sports Fitness

  Apr 2014 - Dec 2014

  Sales and Retention Manager

  As Sales & Retention Manager my key duties included; Pushing the club to grow on a month to month basis (based on number of live members). Hitting quarterly sales targets set by head office along with passing sales audits. Creating and implementing sales strategies and establishing the most effective ways to boost membership sales. Moulding the team together in order to create an efficient and totally competent team who are all highly motivated by success. Dealing with all issues, queries and complaints from current members and ensuring that they are all resolved in the most effective way possible while maintaining a happy relationship with the member who will promote us further through word of mouth and recommendations to continually progress the growth of the club. Covering Duty Manager shifts and duties which include opening/closing the club, cashing up the tills and dealing with day to day maintenance issues and deliveries. Show less

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  Fusion Lifestyle

  Dec 2014 - Feb 2015

  Team Leader

  I was recruited by a previous manager for an exciting new position at the Wycombe Rye Lido, operated by Fusion Lifestyle.Fusion Lifestyle is a highly experienced sports and leisure management organisation. They work in partnership with local authorities, schools and colleges, and other public sector organisations, to provide recreational sport, health and fitness activities to local communities.Fusion Lifestyle is a registered charity, which means that all their incoming resources are used to improve and develop all our facilities and activities.As a Team Leader my main duties included the safe running and management of the centre and ensuring that company practice and procedures were correctly and efficiently completed. There is a strong sales focus at Fusion which is why I enjoyed working as a team and focusing on the success of the centre. Show less

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  A-Plan Insurance

  Mar 2015 - Mar 2021

  Insurance Consultant

  I was recruited to join the UK's leading independent Insurance broker and train to become a qualified broker with them, an opportunity I could not turn down!Buying Insurance has become a very impersonal experience. Call centres 'process' callers and comparison websites expect you to do all the work - you input all your information and try to make sense of all the policy terms and conditions, and if the cover doesn't meet your needs....There is another way.We have been providing a personal service to our 500,000 clients since the 1960s through over 80 High Street branches.We believe in making ourselves accessible - no telephone scripts and automated call management systems, no complicated online forms to fill in and definitely no jargon filled pages of website to trawl through.We are proud that so many of our new clients come to us from the recommendation of our existing ones.Call us today on 01296 398398 - we answer the phone in no more than 4 rings, test us! Show less

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  Howden Insurance Local UK

  Mar 2021 - now

  • Branch Manager

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Assistant Branch Manager

    Mar 2021 - Dec 2023