Michael Young

Managing Director - Sales Travis Perkins, General Merchanting

Regional Managing Director North & North Wales Travis Perkins, General Merchanting

Group Operations Director (National)

I work alongside the Country Heads of Stores to ensure that there is a clear Operational cohesion across the AkzoNobel Own Stores Business; ensuring that all repeatable models are in place and delivering the necessary results A full knowledge of the market place country by country is essential in order to develop, build and then support implementation of the key repeatable models Key Criteria: 7 Key Countries 650 Stores £650m Turnover 2,200 Employees I lead and influence the AkzoNobel Stores Group to improve in the key areas of - Hitting Financial Targets: Cost Control: Margin Improvement: Org. Structures: Labour Scheduling: OWC: KPI Management: Strategic Planning: Geo-Coverage Planning: Employee Engagement: Developing Store Concept: Category Management: Procurement & People Development I am the Global Process Owner (GPO) for ISIS which is the European Stores IM platform AkzoNobel's Own Store businesses operate in the UK, Germany, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark & Norway.

I worked as part of a European Stores Team to ensure that there was a clear Operational cohesion across the AkzoNobel Own Stores Business; by designing and implementing clear repeatable models in order to deliver superior results A full knowledge of the market place country by country was essential in order to develop, build and then support implementation of the key repeatable models Key Criteria: 7 Key Countries 650 Stores £650m Turnover 2,200 Employees I worked as part of a team to influence the AkzoNobel Stores Group to improve in the key areas of - Hitting Financial Targets: Cost Control: Margin Improvement: Org. Structures: Labour Scheduling: OWC: KPI Management: Strategic Planning: Geo-Coverage Planning: Employee Engagement: Developing Store Concept: Category Management: Procurement & People Development AkzoNobel's Own Store businesses operate in the UK, Germany, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark & Norway.

Full P&L & operational responsibility for 113 stores with a turnover of £90m 9 Senior Manager direct reports with an overall team in excess of 620 colleagues Member of the Dulux Decorator Centres Executive Team Also responsible for all aspects of Store Development; including store concepts, store layouts, building and refurbishment, capital expenditure spend Also responsible for AkzoNobels entire UK vehicle fleet

Full P&L & operational responsibility for 16 stores with a turnover of £50m and a workforce of 120 colleagues Responsible for delivering key business wide efficiency programs i.e. Store Costs; Labour Scheduling & OWC Improvement

Full P&L & operational responsibility for 22 stores with a turnover of £56m and a workforce of 120 colleagues Responsible for Halfords first international stores, opening 3 stores in the Dublin area