Craig Robson

Responsible for providing prices and quotations for material enquiries; liaising with Quality Control and Logistics to ensure deadlines for orders are met; account management for our UK customers; provide Sales Support for francophile and German speaking customers; prospecting for new business.

Providing quotations for road markings, road studs and antiskid surfacing to clients in the North and Midlands region. Liaising with shift supervisors and managers to provide crews for road markings work across the country; following up on new business opportunities; providing foreign language translation (French and German) for senior management on European based accounts.

Estimator at Build Center Warmley Regional Sales Office: Producing quotations for national building contractors across the Midlands and South West region for a variety of projects; liaising with Key Account Manager as to forthcoming projects in the region; regular contact with customers to discuss pricing and supply issues.

Build Center - Warmley,Bristol: Woring at 3 brances in the Bristol area. Reacquainting myself with Build Center practices (working in yard, on trade counter); had periods of Branch Management cover at Fishponds and Warmley branches. Responsible for sales and profit of the branch, stock control, inventory planning and preparation.

Personal Assistant to Managing Director at Kontinentale GmbH, Vienna. Assisting MD with reports on monthly sales figures for regional branches of Kontinentale, responsible for project concerning the removal of Dreher kleiner 1 products (obsolete stock items) from the firm's portfolio; Company representative for the Wolseley European Sourcing Team - PVF & Plastics.

European Graduate Progamme with Wolseley PLC: Sep 2007 - May 2008: Build Center, Leeds. Working in yard and on trade counter to increase product knowledge; handling stock; credi control and producing sales promotions. Spell at Melmerby DC working various shifts. Concluding with final presentation on Own Brand literature to board of directors.

Responsible for all accounts in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Receiveing orders via phone, fax and email; managing the logistics of orders to customers; prospecting for new business. Providing Sales Support for French speaking colleagues in the French and Benelux markets; credit control of customers.

Trainee Area Manager programme with aldi Foodstores; Initial period with the company spent working on the shop floor; stock handling, cashier, progressing to Assistant Store Manager and ordering produce, bread, store stock. Merchandising according to floor plans and planograms; Inventory control - monitoring wastage and breakages, ordering levels. Progressed to Store Manager, managed stores in Leeds, Scarborough, Spennymoor. Responsible for Profit and Loss of the stores, provided training to new sta

Studied Human Resources with French Language studies. Obtained 108 out of 120 credits.