Skills & Services

Andrew's Aim: Building Better Businesses through People and Process

While specialising in retail, Andrew provides across industry sector consulting, driving up business performance through improved effectiveness and increased engagement with both consumers and staff.

Andrew is committed to adding value through understandable, practical, and output related solutions that are client focused and delivered in plain English. He helps his clients plan for success and to deliver positive and profitable outcomes that grow their business in a managed and sustainable way.

• Business plan development
• Strategy and organisational change
• Organisational structure development and implementation
• Cost reduction through people and process improvements
• Process design and implementation
• Project management
• Marketing communications, including staff engagement
• Strategic marketing -aligning brand with consumer insight
• Board/Meeting facilitation

Andrew's breath of experience and his common sense approach, also make him an ideal sounding board and source of sage advice.

Main Expertise: Retail, Cost Reduction, Marketing
Secondary Expertise: Organisational Change, Strategic Marketing, Project Management, Leadership, Internal & External Communication, Supply Chain

Career Background

Having spent over 25 years leading retail, supply chain, marketing and systems projects within the blue chip and not for profit sectors, as well as having been involved in two significant mergers and a business turnaround, Andrew brings a breath of experience to SME’s.

Andrew has also travelled extensively in support of the British Armed Services, including Afghanistan, with 3 years being based in Germany.

Andrew has operated at Board level and has years of experience of driving organisational change by  building high performing teams and implementing efficient processes. He is also an accomplished communicator experienced in rebuilding broken brands.

Qualifications & Accreditations

• BA (Hons) Business Studies
• Diploma in Marketing
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (MCIM)
• Six Sigma (Green Belt)
• Crucial Confrontations
• Media Trained
• Drum Award - Best PR Strategy 2010

Comments

Andrew thrives on stepping into the unknown and has an uncanny knack of getting to the heart of an organisation to fully understand it. He has developed a track record for “getting in there” to put it right through solid processes and high performing teams.

He has the unusual ability to work across an organisation and to “join the dots”, getting people and processes to work together effectively to deliver sustainable business improvement.

Andrew is based in Berkshire and offers his services in the South, but is also willing to travel too.