S BROWN

Experience

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  Countrywide Estate Agents

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2002

  Managed multiple staff and ran development and training programme for BranchManagers, Sales Advisors and Mortgage Consultants. Working between Sussex andHampshire in various offices for the Managing Director to increase business inproblem branches. This included team building, improving and reorganising offices.Branch marketing. One to one roll-plays in building confidence, professionalism,assertiveness and chasing techniques. Overall marketing of the Countrywide EstateAgents Southern Division.o Grew net sales in the Countrywide South East division from being last ingroup of 30 branches to top performing.o Record breaking conversions of contracts.o Highest number of properties available for sale ever achieved at ParkGate.o Problem branches showing all-round improved performances Show less 1998 - 2001 Branch Manager, Mann & Company, Estate AgentsPortsmouth.Managing the day to day running of Mann & Company’s flagship office in Hampshire.Achieved the ultimate goal of regaining the position as the undisputed marketleader in the Portsmouth area by inspiring the team to deliver and over achieve ontargets.o Through leadership staff organisation and training generated significantimprovements in net business and contacts in comparison with theprevious annual figures.o Increased level of instructions, financial services, appointments andassociated income.o A top individual in Mann & Company South East for booked and attendedfinancial services appointments.1997 -1998 Branch Manager, Mann & Company, Estate Agents-Chichester Office.Hands on management role with the aim of building a successful team andpromoting Chichester to a division one office.o Significantly increased the number of viewings, diary appointments.instructions, for sale boards, exchanged contracts and financial servicesincome.o The target for the year on Estate Agency contracts was exceeded.o Promotion gained within a year.1994 -1996 Senior Negotiator, Mann & Company Estate Agents-Chichester Office.Assisting the Branch Manager with the daily running of the office through bookingand attending market appraisals, booking and accompanying viewings, closing sales,referring clients to the financial services advisor, organising canvassing, assist withthe pipeline, customer care.o Eight times top sales negotiator for East Hampshire and Sussex.o Top negotiator for financial referrals.o Company car target achieved within six months.o Recognized for my strengths and promoted to Senior Negotiator incharge.o Successfully completed all in-house training courses. Show less

  • Business Development and Marketing Manager, Austin & Wyatt

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2002

  • Senior Branch Manager

    Jan 1994 - Jan 2001
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  Your Move Estate Agents

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2005

  Valuation Manager

  Working as part of a sales team with a role to interact valuation leads and gainfinancial services appointments. Attend all valuations. Sign up instructions to sellvendor properties. Control marketing and canvassing in the Chichester, Selsey andBognor Regis area. Support other branches in West Sussex by carrying outproperty valuations.

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  Cubitt & West

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  2005 - 2007 Senior Branch Manager- Cubitt & West-Arundel Office 2006- 2007

  Residential house valuer and instruction taker. Pipeline chaser. Relaying betweensolicitors and property owners and converting chains to exchanges andcompletions. Organising viewings and converting them through residential sales.Motivating sales team and guiding them through to their targets. Promoted to theposition of Senior Manager which entailed taking full control and responsibility ofrunning the Arundel branch.o Record breaking conversions of contracts for Chichester office.o Highest number of properties available for sale ever achieved atChichester office.o Stabilised problem office at Arundel, gained all-round improvedperformance. Show less

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  Regional Sales Manager of Chain Break & Part Exchange -Quick Move

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Regional Sales Manager

  Working closely with the Operations Director, the Chain Break & PartExchange team in residential house purchase & sales.Working with a professional & pro active approach to building new & developingexisting relationships with a focus on sales opportunities mainly with Estate Agents,Land & New Homes Departments, Developers & Financial Advisors.

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  The Broadgate Property Group

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  National Account Manager

  Acquisitions Manager Broadgate residential Investments – LondonSpecialising in the discounted purchasing of mainly new build residentialproperty & selling property investments on to individual investorscreating a successful high yield producing rental property portfolio for each client.

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  Linden Homes Southern

  Jan 2011 - May 2014

  Sales Team Leader

  2011 – 2014 Sales Team leader – Linden Homes Southern. Successfully completing sales at Tapestry in Fishbourne, Reflection in Chichester. St Michaels Place in Waterlooville. Organising property launches, marketing campaigns, specific sales campaigns, introducing & coordinating legal transactions with conveyance solicitors, introducing financial services, organising upgrade additions from the agreed sales package, reporting site figures & recommendations to Sales Director, arranging weekly Analyst reports from other new build developers within the development area. Show less

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  Sequence UK Ltd incorporating Barnard Marcus - Brown & Merry - Fox & Sons - William H Brown

  Jun 2014 - Oct 2015

  Land & New Homes Regional Manager

  Regional Land & New Homes Manager – National Estate Agent (Southern). Prospecting land acquisitions & new build residential opportunities, developing relationships with developers to acquire land & investment, assisting with sales & marketing for these investments through a national estate agent within the south coast & up to the M25 corridor. Prospecting & winning new developers to grow the business within the Land & New Homes division. Finding land development opportunities, arranging and configuring analyst reports for pricing new build sites, assisting developers with pricing for tender dates to help win new business for the developer & effectively for the New Homes Estate Agency. Show less

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  Henry Adams New Homes

  Oct 2015 - Mar 2018

  New Homes Account Manager

  Sales & new instructions.

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  Gascoigne Pees

  Apr 2018 - Dec 2019

  Senior Branch Manager

  Property Management - Sales - Rentals .

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  Southernbrook Lettings and Estate Management Limited

  Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

  Business Development Manager

  I enjoy my role as 'Business Development Manager' for 'Southernbrook Lettings and Estate Management Limited' which utilizes many of the skills I have learnt in my career of over 25 years in Estate Agency, New Homes Sales, Property Block Management and Estate Management, Residential Letting and Valuing, where I am able to demonstrate my skills in many areas within the company providing my support, advice and skills, including be able to part of an amazing property specialist team as the 'Leading Residential Letting Agent in the local area for successful residential let properties.''Southernbrook Lettings' are the proven statistical market leader on Rightmove, achieving the highest successful 'Let Properties' in the Chichester and surrounding areas so far in 2020, I am fortunate to work within in an amazing professional and productive team, where we continue to grow our business in Residential Property Lettings and Block/Estate Management and are proud to achieve extremely good quality reviews on our Google and Facebook pages. Show less

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  Simon Brown Property Landlord

  Nov 2020 - now

  Director

  Providing a friendly and professional property residential rental services.