colin chadwick

I initially started working at Tork Media as a telephone sales representative. My job consisted of making outbound cold calls to sell advertising to real estate companies all over the world. I was selling advertising both online at www.PropertyMartOverseas.com, a worldwide property portal and in Property Mart Overseas magazine. I was frequently the number 1 sales person of the month over approximately 20 other sales staff. The managing director Gary Higginbottom, therefore promoted me to team leader. I managed 5 sales people and one administrative assistant: a quarter of the sales floor. I coached my team who often achieved the team of the month award for our high volumes of sales. I often helped the members of my team to close deals as this is one of my areas of expertise. I left because the company closed down.

During my time as sales Account Manager at Croft Fuels, 3 days per week were spent doing telephone sales, generating new deals by cold calling businesses and selling various petroleum (oil) products, and 2 days per week were spent managing the accounts of existing customers. Breaking all records, I was consistently the top salesman in the company every month, for the number and size of new accounts opened. I was also the best account manager in my team achieving the highest volume of fuel use amongst my clients every month. I left this position with an unconditional offer in writing to return at any point in the future.

* Upon joining the company my role centred around cold calling English speaking Spanish real estate companies in order to sell online advertising on the company's 2 web sites: www.InSpain.tv (Spanish property portal) and www.LocalPropertyIndex.com (worldwide property portal). During my first year and a half I was the top sales man in the company every month without fail, which led the owner, Gary Smith to promote me to the level of sales manager, responsible for all other members of the sales team. My duties then increased to encompass ( * writing sales pitches for the staff ( * setting the pricing plans ( * training the staff and ( * closing deals for my sales people.

Merit in Advanced GNVQ Business & Finance, covering: marketing, branding, finance and accounting, human resource management, conferences and exhibitions, sales processes, and presentations. D in A Level Sociology. A-C in 9 GCSEs, including: Maths, English & Business Studies.

All business units were covered: Marketing, Media, Human Resources, Conference and Events Management, Presentations, Finance and Accounting, PR, and Business Administration. I also completed an internship at Thomas Cook.