Anna Marie Reed MCIPD

Experience

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  OyezStraker Office Supplies Ltd

  Apr 2003 - Jun 2004

  Sales Executive

  • Working with Anglia Sales Team maintaining sales with existing customers and prospecting and developing new business including cold calling both via telephone and face to face • Achieving, maintaining and exceeding sales targets • Training both the sales team and customers the online ordering systems, therefore increasing sales and cutting costs for the company • Implementation of cost saving initiatives in many blue chip companies including liaising with a variety of employees from senior management to shop floor level Show less

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  Badenoch & Clark UK

  Jun 2004 - May 2005

  Recruitment Consultant

  An international consultancy, we have more than 30 years’ experience of placing senior professionals into roles across the public, private and professional sectors. • Working as part of the Commerce and Industry Temps team• Cold calling prospective clients and developing new business opportunities with organisations• Managing client requirements on a preferred supplier basis• Achieving team and individual targets• Screening and interviewing temporary candidates• Managing whole recruitment process from initial cold call through to placement of temporary staff Show less

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  Red Recruitment

  Jun 2005 - Jun 2006

  Recruitment Consultant

  Red Recruitment began by offering both temporary and permanent office staffing solutions to businesses throughout the South Wales region. Within such a competitive marketplace, red quickly established itself as a market leading, independent consultancy and was subsequently recognised by being awarded several accolades including runner up in Welsh small business of the year 2004 and 5th fastest growing company in Wales 2005.• Working within an independent consultancy on the Business Support and Customer Service permanent desk• Dealing with the full life cycle of the recruitment process• Interviewing prospective candidates both over the phone and face to face• Liaising between candidate and client throughout placement process • Working to specific SLA’s as set by clients• Developing new business opportunities with prospective clients• Attracting candidates by advertisements, open days and exhibitions• Working to monthly and quarterly sales targets Show less

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  Martin McColl

  Jul 2006 - Sept 2015

  HR Business Partner

  About McColl's McColl's Retail Group is the leading neighbourhood retailer in the independent managed sector running 1,317 convenience and newsagent stores. We operate 804 McColl’s branded UK convenience stores as well as 513 newsagents (includes our larger variety stores) branded Martin’s, except in Scotland where we operate under our heritage brand, RS McColl. We have more than doubled our number of convenience stores over the last eight years, which now accounts for over half of the estate.• Facilitating regional branch recruitment and HR issues• Acquisition/ divestment management including TUPE transfer and staff liaison• Regular consultation with external HR managers regarding staff transfer and contract negotiation• Sourcing and interviewing managerial candidates including psychometric assessments• Updating and liaising regularly with Senior Management• Consistently updating on-line recruitment system• Developing and initiating recruitment campaigns• Organising advertising, open days and candidate attraction events• Ongoing expansion of succession planning • Consistently updating employment legislation knowledge• Devising individual training plans for internal development• Regular nationwide travel Show less

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  Environment Agency

  Sept 2015 - now

  HR Business Partner
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  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  May 2023 - now

  Lead HR Business Partner