Lance Vernon

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About Lance Vernon

I am a conscientious and professionally experienced individual with extensive knowledge across sales and business development roles at a national level.Extremely proficient in business and account management with a proven track record for delivering and exceeding sales targets in high pressure environments.Strong business acumen and industry knowledge enables me to proactively look for new pipeline opportunities and interrogate existing supply chains for bigger and better deals, whilst excellent communication and influential skills enable the ability to build impeccable rapport with colleagues, clients and stakeholders at all levels.As a successful business owner I have navigated the challenges of self employment which has instilled resilience and knowledge beyond my natural sales discipline into my approach with other roles, preparing me for new challenges. Owner and Founder – 2017 – PresentEMPLOYMENT HISTORY Poppys Food is an independent B2C pet food supplier selling high quality, nutritionally complete pet food across East Devon through an online platform.Originally a start-up in 2017 with full brand inception and development led by myself, the business experienced rapid growth aided by its dog training and walking services.The products supplied were created from my own unique recipe based on prior experience in pet nutrition.Leading a small team who aided in the customer facing aspects of the business enabled me to focus on the wider strategic and operational needs of the enterprise which turns over circa pcm.Poppy’s Food now boasts a strong social media presence with almost followers across platforms and a loyal customer base. I have a wonderful wife and two sons aged 13 and 11 years who keep me busy, but in my free time I am a keen theatre performer and have appeared in many productions throughout the South West. I also sing in a high profile band, Joey the Lips which fills my passion for singing. In 2003 I was the runner up on the hit ITV show, Stars in Their Eyes. I also love socializing and playing rugby with the local team to keep me active.Full clean UK driving license.