Ross Andrews

Experience

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  Manchester United

  Jun 1996 - Jan 2003

  Football Player
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  ABPM Recruitment Ltd

  Jul 2003 - Jan 2006

  Recruitment Consultant

  Junior consultant through to senior consultant rolesTop performing consultant in a 55 person brand 2 years runningLaunched the business into Rolls Royce, JCB, Capital One and several other large market playersSurpassed all set targets and financial and operational

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  Hewitson Walker

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  General Manager

  • Responsible for 6 billing consultants year 1, increasing to 9 consultants and 1 administrator year 2• Key “Lead from the front” biller with personal revenue of over 250k both years• Sole responsibility for growing H & W Midlands market presence and profitability reporting directly to the Group CEO• Creating a new client database from scratch establishing a reputation through effective cold calling and outstanding service delivery • Management responsibility for sales tendering and bid negotiation• Responsible for delivering 4 Ftse100 companies negotiating preferred supplier status • Monthly profit and loss whilst directing budgets and office expenditure • Responsible for maintaining 3 National sole supply contracts and delivering cross networking opportunities to Medical, Retail, Event and Scientific recruitment units across the Carlisle banner under the direct direction of the group CEO Show less

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  Metroclean Restaurant Services

  Mar 2008 - Jun 2013

  CEO

  • Designed and launch the business from a blank canvas• Commercial services contractor to restaurants providing cleaning related services• Responsible for all day to day running, staff, sales, operations and market development• Grew the business to $250,000 in first year revenue profit• Positioned the business for merger with a direct competitor in December 2010• Achieved growth in the business post merger of 50% in first year• Responsible for the planning and execution of 750+ night crew jobs per month• Management of upwards of 690 staff• Operational control and management of 1000+ ongoing monthly customer accounts• Nominated for the Houston Better Business Award in 2009• Runner up for young entrepreneur of the year• Positioned the business to $7.6 Million turnover with profit margin of 38% close of 2012 Show less

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  Adecco UK

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2015

  Business Development Director

  • In my role as Director of Business Development for the UK market the challenge I am tasked with is to deliver our service solution to both new and current service lines.• The role provides me the opportunity to grow our business and to continue to out perform our competition and to be the vendor of choice for savvy companies.• Directed all elements of the sales process from initial pitch through to on boarding and delivery.• Created bid and pitch material to maintain consistent sales delivery into prospective clients• Responsible for UK sales across a 4-office branch network• Strong delivery knowledge of: PSL, ASL, RPO, RFI, Face to face sales pitch & delivery.• Created, developed and nurtured a sales pipeline of £5m in attainable revenue in a very short time period.• Won sole supply status for major Tech business with expected spend of £2.4M Temp and £600k Perm• Won 2 major multi-million revenue PSL accounts within the first 5 months. Show less

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  The Andrews Consulting Group

  Jun 2015 - now

  Consulting with growth aspirated companies:5 Star Wellness Retreat - Contracted to launch the business from a standing start.implement the business plan post acquisition. Develop operational plan. Hire & implement staff, Source & operationally manage construction and site improvement personnel. Create marketing plan anf materials. Launch the resort to market (guests) Create and implement a financial plan and budget and price the location according to the Manuel Antonio area and competition. Lead purchase of all resort items.Marketing - Build the website & social media platforms, create all marketing imagery & video platforms. Set up and launch the brand across all of the mainstream travel platforms.Create a network with travel partners and targeted organisations.The owner was totally hands off during this project being that he ran a company in the Far East and hence he needed someone with the skills to manage and direct initial business operations prior to the hiring of the resort management team.The assignment was for performed for a period of 5 months from which I launched a mainfraim booking system fed out to 19 external web systems driving guest traffic and bookings. Upon leaving the resort the management team took on a site with an average 87% booking rate for the following 6 months. All financial and operational targets successfully achieved.Coconut Product Company - Complete overhaul and rebrand of a Coco Product business based in Costa Rica. I delivered operational, financial and sales strategies, broke the company down to what was viable and achievable and drove expansion through the products that delivered high revenue and volume streams. I implemented operational efficiency and achieved output of products with 25% less waste through using the bi product of the main business focus to create a sustainable revenue stream. The business turnover increased 250% with monthly GP up $27,000 over the 6 months period of consultation. Show less Consulting Roles assisting growth aspirated companies:Hotel & Resort Company - A business with highly successful success orientated owners seeking to make there first forage into the Industry on the back of a 4m USD investment. My consulting role with this business has an over reach across: operations, business development, process implementation and the overall growth strategy.Branding / Marketing, Staff, Operations, Finance / Budget, Business Development.Outdoor Adventure company with 4 employees with a passion to grow and improve service lines and staff performance. Result. Increase in monthly turnover from 34k to 48k over a consulting period of 4 months. Increase of operating season.Organic Meat producer in Sydney, Australia that had 9 employees and was focused only on the retail meat market with aspiration of success in the commercial business arena. During a consultation period of 6 months the business recorded growth from a weekly turnover of 28k to 56k. A successful pitch win and win of 3 large contracts including delivery into the largest pre-school operator in Australia. The business began the supply of fresh meat produce to several national supermarket companies for niche meat products.Working Ranch and vacation resort in the Big Sky area of Montana. The business sought to stabilize post a recent acquisition and the new owners and develop / increase their service offering, occupancy rates and profitability. Conducted 360 business review and growth plan implementation with full marketing and social network growth responsibility. 360 Ranch in 2016 has achieved an increase of 36% on fiscal turnover and 44% on occupancy rate.The business is now much more proactive than reactive and customer experience driven.Other Assignments include: Cleaning Company, Diesel Parts Company & Gin Manufacturer.Information on the above assignments and further depth available by request. Show less

  • CEO

    Dec 2015 - now

  • CEO

    Jun 2015 - now
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  Jet Ski Boys

  Dec 2017 - now

  Director Of Beach Operations

  Own & Operate Jet Ski Boys With My Partner Big Tuna Dave.The Office is the beach and when the sun rises we normally show up and when it doesnt we go home.Located in the beautiful Manuel Antonio and surrounding one of the worlds most picturesque national parks we are simply getting by living the dream#GetYourJetOn