Adam Howard

Freelance Langage Teacher specialising in Business English and advanced grammar and conversational classes.

Supporting a defence tech company and developing SAP solutions as well as providing quotations for defence tech products for commercial and military customers, including the coordination and management of bid and tender projects for mulit-million pound defence solutions. Monitoring processes to provide analysis and improvement plans along with reporting functionality across a range of systems to ensure bids meet commercial and financial requirements whilst evaluating project scope and budgets.

Processed product and service orders from a diverse product portfolio and provided support and solutions for complex import and export requirements. Analysed sales and logistical metric data for key stakeholders. Revised current processes to increase efficiency and improve customer service while liaising with engineering and account departments to provide customer solutions. Resolved SAP faults and coordinated SAP/CPS developments. Lastly, created customer invoices and monitored customer account status.

Taught English to a variety of students including advanced business-level and young learner classes (ages – 5-11) across a range of abilities. Tutored teenage learners studying for KET, PET and IELT examinations and invigilated across all levels of Cambridge English examinations.

Analysed sales data and identified customer and product trends in order to manage inventory requirements and provided accurate forecasting data to target key sales areas. Managed product life cycle data to create a streamlined portfolio of products.

Developed logistical and analytical software systems to provide marketing and supply chain solutions on behalf of major newspaper and magazine publishers. Managed SAP system enhancement and development projects form initialisation to integration. Designed and tested SAP and other in-house software systems and implemented end user training plans. Coordinated new business integration and current business centralization and effectively forecast sales trends to increase key customer market share.

Organised administrative, logistical and technical support for an I.C.T. sales team and managed a sizeable customer portfolio on a target driven commission basis.

Provided marketing and logistical solutions for high profile newspaper and magazine publishers and managed a team of six to fulfill client key performance indicators. Analysed data and strategically planned for newspaper and magazine publishers to increase market share as well as being the supply chain liaison between publisher and distribution hub sites.

Providing general administration duties for a national examination board including coordinating examinations taken outside of educational environments.

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor including Advanced Business English, English for Academic Purposes and English for Young Learners. - Grade B ( in the top 5% of students internationally).

BAEd in Primary Education specialising in teaching children with English as an Additional Language (EAL) requirements.

Diploma in Teaching and Humanities including Educational Theory and Child Psychology and English and American History as well as Classical History. - Grade Distinction and winner of the prestigious Student of the Year Award.