Jason Smith

78 Horn Road Manchester MN9 6ER 07798794511 jasmith@btopenworld.com born: 23/05/1974

Employment

2003-present

HMV, Preston

Sales Director. Manging sales of the Preston HMV store. Responsible for achieving the turnover target, managing the stores sales team, supervising logistics. Addtionally: Devising and implementing new sales initiatives (two of them were implemented in all UK stores in England) Testing for the whole HMV chain the new sales organisation Conducting trainings for new hires for HMV salespeople in Northern & Central England Contribution to creation of the comprehensive training programme for salespeople Team empowerment and inspiration

1998-2003

HMV, Manchester

2001-2004 Assistant Director. Assisting Manager in daily supervision of the store: preparation of daily turnover reports, controlling the cash collection, pricing the products, receiving deliveries, invoicing, etc. Addtionally: Project manger of the major shop redecoration (managing task teams, controlling the budget, managing deadlines) Involved in implementation of the new sales efficiency enhancement measurement tool (advising on functionality and architecture of the programme) 1998-2001 Sales Assistant. Interacting with clients, responsible for WHS and DVD sales. Within the first year the stores turnover in this segment rose by 20%.

1997.1998

Holywood Video, Manchester

Junior Sales Assistant. A part time job with significant customer exposure. The scope of responsibilities included serving customers behind the counter as well as active advisory in the stores premises. The active advisory contributed to the significant increase in customer satisfaction, as revealed by the periodic survey.

Education

1992-1998 Manchester Hall High School, Manchester A-levels: Mathematics (B), History (B), English Literature (B) GCSEs ten, including Mathematics, English Literature, History and French 2nd place as a team in the British National Youth Football Championships (in the appropriate category) in 1992 1991-1992 Collins Public School, Leeds

Skills

Very good selling skills Project management Time management Presentation & training skills Clean driving licence Conversational French Good knowledge of Word , Excel and Power Point
Courses

Local Executives Training, focused on team management, planning and controlling skills, London, 2004 Sales Excellence the course sponsored by HMV in 2002 for High Potential Employees Participation in Empowerment Seminar organized by Philip Kotler Marketing Group (Paris 2001) The British League Referee Course (2001) license Nr 87653

Hobbies

Football member of the Leeds City Footbal Club Referee in the North-west Division games