This document provides a summary of Jennifer Marigold Wood's experience and qualifications. It outlines her 10 years of experience working in sustainability for Silentnight Beds, where she drove waste reduction initiatives that saved over £200k. It also lists her education qualifications, including a BSc in Environmental Studies with First Class Honors from the Open University. Additional experience includes work in manufacturing and retail, as well as volunteering with adults with learning difficulties and engaging teenagers in science.

1. 26 Bracewell St,
Barnoldswick,
Lancashire.
BB18 5EP
Tel: 01282 813741
Email: jennifermarigoldwood@yahoo.com
PERSONAL PROFILE
Extensive experience working within retail and manufacturing, including 10 years’
experience in a Sustainability role. Excellent communicator with a high degree of
initiative and self-motivation, and the ability to pick up new ideas quickly. Accurate,
methodical and self-reliant, adept at analysing problems, or opportunities for
improvement, and providing solutions. Good at building professional relationships,
with an open and happy disposition, experienced in conflict resolution. Calm under
pressure, with the proven ability to be reliable in a crisis.
EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
SILENTNIGHT BEDS ENVIRONMENTAL CO-ORDINATOR 2001-2011
 Driving the company’s EMS to achieve waste and cost savings, legislative
compliance and best practice, reduce energy use, increase recycling and
reduce landfill. Under Jennifer’s guidance the company saved over £200k by
waste reduction and recycling.
 Change prevailing shop floor culture of waste and untidiness by highlighting
good practice, challenging bad practice, working with managers and staff to
resolve problems, and a mixture of daily audits and random spot checks to
maintain improvements.
 Train all staff on requirements to save waste, work tidily, and comply with
legislation and best practice.
 Improve company’s performance at annual external environmental audit by
quarterly internal audits of key areas of the business, highlighting problems
and suggesting corrective action where necessary, following this through to
achieve results. Jennifer also implemented simple and effective training for
managers to ensure legislative compliance. These actions were so successful
that the external audit performance rose from poor to excellent and Jennifer
was given the task of advising, and where necessary, training key personnel
at other Group companies to the same standard.
 Packaging Compliance Administrator, responsible for collecting, checking and
inputting data into the Excel spreadsheets, for submission to the Group
Administrator for the packaging compliance scheme. Due to the consistent
accuracy and reliability of the data Jennifer collected she was promoted to the
Group role, managing the spreadsheets, checking the data sent to her by
other Group administrators to verify its accuracy, query any anomalies, and
submitting the collected data to BIFFPACK.
 Develop Sustainability KPIs for the business, investigate the possibility of
generating renewable energy on site, and looking at the possibility of
Jennifer M Wood BSc
(Hons), Env Dip,
Cert Social Science,
VRQ 3

2. developing a company carbon footprint, identifying problems and suggesting
solutions.
SILENTNIGHT BEDS TUFTED CELL OPERATIVE 1993-2001
 Working as part of a busy manufacturing team to produce tufted mattresses to
customer requirements. The cell Jennifer worked in was one of the best
performing cells in the factory with consistently high quality, and usually
producing above the daily target. Her main role was to staple foam onto
spring units, but also to progress fillings and load work, and order
replacements for faulty materials for the Assemblers, moving forward to help
out as required. A valuable team member Jennifer only left the cell due to
promotion to a higher role.
DIRECT CARPETS CO LTD SALES 1977-1981
 Approaching customers to identify their needs, offer expert advice and a
positive customer experience, and show them appropriate products.
 Taking orders, booking visits from the shop’s Measurer and Estimator, and for
fitting of product, and processing sales.
 Dealing with queries and complaints over the phone and face to face and
escalating them where necessary to higher management.
 Keeping the shop clean, tidy and well presented at all times.
VOLUNTEERING
 Working with adults with learning difficulties using music and movement, and
games to engage them and improve their life skills.
 Providing information and literature on charity stalls relating to health,
spirituality, and compassion.
 Engaging with teenagers at school to encourage interest in science,
technology and the environment, and to develop interviewing skills.
EDUCATION
 BSc Environmental Studies (Honours) 1st class – Open University 2007-2013
 Diploma in Environment and Development 2.1 – Open University 2010
 Certificate in Social Science – Open University 2008
 French and Spanish (beginners to GCSE standard) Distinction – Open
University 2012
 VRQ 3 Waste and Resources Management – WAMITAB 2009
 Certificate in Environmental Management – British Furniture Manufacturers
2006
 Access introduction – 2008
 Excel intermediate – 2006
 O levels grade C: English, Physics, History – Armthorpe Comprehensive 1977
 CSE grade 1: Maths, Physics – Armthorpe Comprehensive 1977
OTHER FIELDS OF INTEREST AND EXPERTISE
Jennifer has an interest in environmental issues, personal development, self-
improvement and fitness including yoga, meditation and walking. She loves writing
and has penfriends in several countries, and is at present teaching herself to speak
German.