Mark Tomlin

Background

About Mark Tomlin

A highly strategic and commercially astute Business Leader with particular strengths in growing sales and profitability by understanding customer requirements and delivering outstanding service, initiating creative and innovative systems and solutions to add value and enhance performance, and developing Senior Directors by implementing a programme of Continuous Professional Development • Exceptional Stakeholder Management skills in presenting and reporting to CEOs and Group MDs, influencing and persuading Group Finance and HR Directors, selling to and negotiating with high profile Clients at top level, networking with Industry Professionals and collaborating with Suppliers • Strong Leadership and Management skills in training, coaching and motivating highly successful Board Level Directors, inspiring them to exceed expectations and deliver outstanding results • Outstanding Sales and Marketing skills to identify new business opportunities, planning the resource required, presenting the business plan to gain approval and launching the solution on time and to budget • Attained £1.4bn in Sales in the UK and Ireland by creating a unique innovative approach to strategic supply chain to major contractors and house builders and taking a more collaborative approach • Improved Sales from £57m to £105m by creating the National Housebuilding Team, by negotiating a £600k Budget with the CEO, appointing a Director, promoting 2 internal candidates and networking with 4 others • Grew Sales from £32m to £205m by acquiring 19 specialist businesses, integrating them into the core business, re-branding most of them and improving profitability by reducing operating costs • Increased Profitability from £1m to £16.8m through strong organic sales growth, enhanced buying deals with Suppliers, introducing better back office disciplines and consolidating logistics functions