Curriculum in English

1. PAUL NIGHTINGALE
Address : Avenida Valdemarín 42, Bajo 4, 28023, Madrid
Mobile : (+34) 699 460 356
Email : paul.nightingale@hotmail.com
Nationality : British
Status : Married with one child
DOB : 22/08/65 (45)
Travel : UK / International / Relocate
Contract : Interim management or permanent position
OBJECTIVE:
Senior Sales & Marketing / Business Development role in the industrial sector (UK / Europe).
CORE SKILLS:
 Highly experienced Sales & Marketing Director with international experience, fluent in Spanish.
 Proven consultative selling skills and at establishing long-term win:win relationships with clients.
 Acknowledged specialist at sales through distribution, business development, team building and
talent development.
 An abundance of entrepreneurial spirit, self-motivated, determined and ultimately driven by
success.
BUSINESS LEARNING SOLUTIONS S.L. (Madrid) 01/09 – present day
Management and Interpersonal Skills Training - www.businesslearningsolutions.es/
Founding Partner and Commercial Director
Having re-located to Madrid I spotted a gap in the Spanish market, setting up BLS to specifically assist
international companies improve their people’s management & interpersonal skills and confidence
using Business English.
My strategy has been to position BLS as offering a unique service, stressing the quality of our team and
the amount of innovation and creativity that goes into our learning interventions.
Moving the conversation away from “one-size fits all training” to tailor-made solutions has been hugely
successful and helped differentiate BLS from the competition.
 Successfully established high level contacts and won projects with key multinationals: BT,
Citibank, Coca-Cola, Damco, Ernst & Young, IBM, KPMG, Lilly, Microsoft, Nokia Siemens
Networks and Orange France Telecom.
 Collaborated with various organizations: Bloom Consultancy, The British Chamber of
Commerce in Spain and several major Universities (ESIC, IESE and The Universidad Francisco
de Vitoria).
 Demonstrated clear added value and return on investment, instilling huge confidence amongst our
clients regarding our services.
 Mentored a number of Senior Spanish Executives in cross culture communications and business
development.
 Created a monthly forum with Senior HR Professionals and CESMA Business School.
(I have sold my shares to my business partners.)
Paul Nightingale
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2. ELDON ELECTRIC (UK) & ELDON GROUP (Madrid) 03/04 – 06/08
Manufacturers of Industrial Electrical Enclosures - www.eldon.com/uk/
Sales & Marketing Director 03/04 – 06/08
International Project Manager 01/07 – 06/08
Responsibility for turning the business around and for re-establishing the brand as a credible alternative
to the market leader.
 Designed and launched new sales & marketing strategy.
 Totally re-structured the internal and external sales operation.
 Built a stronger more commercially minded external sales team.
 Changed the route to market from mainly direct to sales through distribution.
 Consolidated and then strengthened the distributor network.
 Created a new distributor policy.
 Designed internal and external training programs.
 Vastly improved internal and external communications.
 Designed various marketing campaigns.
 Re-launched the Eldon brand in the UK.
 From 2007 Eldon was challenging the market leader.
 One of a handful of senior managers invited to purchase shares.
Results
2003 Turnover = £8.5M Loss = £1M
2004 Turnover = £8.2M Profit = £0
2005 Turnover = £9M Loss = £234K
2006 Turnover = £10.2M Profit = £96K
2007 Turnover = £11.9M Profit = £354K
2008 Turnover = £11.5M Profit = £1.7M
International Projects
December 2006 - Relocated to Madrid.
 Group marketing and communication projects.
 Assisted product management with product launches.
 Managed the single biggest project in the company’s recent history (R5).
 Provided strategic advice and support to the Sales & Marketing Director during the launch of Eldon
India.
R5 Project
Traditionally the colour of industrial enclosures was always beige (RAL7032). After the market leader
changed the colour of their industrial range to white (RAL7035) Eldon decided they would do the same.
A year in the planning, I coordinated the project with production, finance, logistics and each sales
country / export. The project was ready to launch on-time and was hailed a success internally and
externally.
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3. UNDERWOODS ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LTD 02/01 – 03/04
Nationwide distributor of factory automation products - www.ued.co.uk/
Commercial Director
 Modernized and re-focussed the business.
 Nurtured talent within the sales team.
 Turned around two under-performing branches.
 Implemented a successful marketing initiative to increase revenue from low volume accounts.
 Made presentations to top suppliers during their internal sales meetings.
 Increased turnover in 2003 by 22% on 2001.
GDR ASSOCIATES LTD 01/92 – 02/01
An independent distributor of factory automation products
Founding Partner & Managing Director
 Established an unrivalled reputation for quality and service (the WOW factor).
 Increased sales year on year, by getting products specified.
 Organized product training workshops for clients.
 Siemens distributor of the year three years running.
 Led M.O.B. in 1997.
 Negotiated the sale of GDR to The Underwoods Group in February 2001.
ALLENWEST LTD 08/90 – 01/92
Manufacturers of electrical components & motor control centres
Area Sales Manager
LEMA GROUP SERVICES LTD 08/86 – 08/90
Design, manufacture & installation of electrical control systems
Sales & Marketing Manager
EDUCATION, I.T. AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
 Mander College - B.TEC Business Studies.
 Effective Sales & Marketing; Financial Management & Control; Essential Leadership Skills; First Line
Management; Communication Skills; Presentation Skills; Report Writing; Time Management;
Negotiation Skills.
 Internet & Word/Excel/PowerPoint, Lotus Notes, Movex, AS400, SAGE proficient.
 Full clean driving license.
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