Address: 5 Foldings Croft, Scholes, Cleckheaton

Address: 5 Foldings Croft, Scholes, Cleckheaton

Home Tel: Mob; 07960 311 333 Email:

Mike Brodie

Personal Profile/Professional Attributes

I am a dedicated and professional individual, motivated and committed in everything I do. With only 4 employers in 25 years, I feel I demonstrate a commitment and loyalty that is scares in today’s society. Upon leaving school at 16 in 1986 then leads to 14 years Royal Naval service attaining the level of Petty Officer Aircraft Control serving in both Gulf Wars. In 1999 I began my first Civilian post where I began a career within the sales industry as a car sales executive, where it had only taken 9 months before I was headhunted to be accepted into media sales at the Yorkshire Post. From there it was only 5 years until I became Sales and Commercial Manager for 2 magazines with an annual P&L responsibility of £550,000, managing 4 staff and writing articles for the magazines. I am currently employed as a Key Leader in Export & UK Sales of Bespoke Land Rover Accessories, this is a demanding and pressurised environment at which I have again excelled and thrived in, opening a new account for the company that has raised over £180,000 as well as managing and instigating a number of smaller income contracts of around £10,000 per month. As is evident from my history I have a desire and outstanding ability to achieve and exceed in a target driven and demanding environment. I have a strong proven track record of analytical skills, along with a fresh and focussed professional approach I possess strong managerial skills, where I feel my strengths are in actively listening, empowering others, been clear and concise in my approach and leading by example in a boundaries manner. Many of the skills I have built upon are transferable to other areas and I feel will be of great value to many positions. After been diagnosed with MS, I like many others faced with a life changing hurdle, have reassessed my future prospects and choices, and feel that the strengths I have as an individual coupled with my skills as an employee could be better channelled into sharing my skills and experience to help and support others – hence I am looking toward a change in career direction.

Given the opportunity I will prove to be a valued asset to your organisation and those that you engage with. I will work to promote and strengthen your ethos and to represent your values within your strategic framework.

Key Skills

·  Strong ability to lead, support and self reflect

·  Solid IT skills in word and excel

·  Excellent and well developed communication and time management skills

·  Excellent at meeting and exceeding targets

·  Empathetic, approachable and motivational to others

I look forward to training opportunities and really enjoy the way in which furthering your knowledge, through literature and external training opportunities, can influence your outlook and help you to see things in a fresh light, as such I would welcome any such opportunities

Experience

2014 to present Founder & Director MCB Mind

“We lead the way for others to follow”

·  Our aim is to take those organizations/companies/individuals to task when they do not meet the standards that are in the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) of 1995 / Equality Act 2010 and therefore place barriers in a disabled persons life.

·  Actively progressing claims for disabled people who can’t get access to goods or services

·  Partnered with Unity law in Sheffield

·  First case going to court August/September 2014 against Punch Taverns for access issues.

·  We will lead the way for other disabled people to follow and have easy access to

2014 to present Founder & Director MCB Mind Travel

“We lead the way for others to follow”

Through a thorough knowledge, which comes after holidaying in Dubai for over 8 years as a disabled man, we will provide services to UK travel agents who would be looking to send their disabled clients to Dubai for a holiday. We will negotiate with the hotel and give full contact details of whom they need to contact to make a booking.

Responsibilities to travel agents include:

·  Sourcing appropriate hotels, as requested by the agent, in Dubai that will accommodate less abled guests.

·  Images & Video of rooms to include bed, showers, toilets and wash basin to ensure all are accessible

·  Images & Video of swimming pool for access

·  Images & Video of dining room facilities & number of restaurants.

·  Full written report of hotel detailing every aspect affecting less abled guests guests

·  Sourcing equipment for hire (not every piece of equipment may be available in UAE).

·  Arranging airport transfers if required in fully accessible vehicles

·  Communication available at any time day or night.

Responsibilities to hotels include:

·  Professional sourcing of only accredited agents with certification.

·  Professional standards at all times when accessing facilities.

·  Communication available at any time day or night.

2014 to present Volunteer support to Bradford Disability Services

Help with communication, website, social media & funding sources

2006 to present Kahn Design

Key Leader Export & UK Sales of Bespoke Land Rover Accessories

Responsibilities include:

·  Aggressively targeting international vehicle sales businesses throughout the World

·  Proactive calling for new business rather than waiting for phones to ring.

·  Opened up one new business account that brought in annual sales exceeding 180k and several more that bring 10k per month each.

·  Account Management, booking shipping and resolving issues and complaints.

2000 to 2006 Yorkshire Post

Varying roles detailed below

The Yorkshire Post is a part of Johnston Press, the country’s fourth largest regional publisher and a major B2B service.

2003 – 2005, Senior Account Manager (Field Sales)

Responsibilities include:

·  Progressed successfully through Yorkshire Post Field Sales training to take on the role after just 3 years after starting.

·  Progressed to holding Key Account clients within the YP Display team.

·  Working with Clients to implement new ideas which in turn increases the spend with YP Display.

2000 – 2003, Yorkshire Post Display Junior Sales Executive. Head hunted from Car Sales

Responsibilities include:

·  Telephone sales with an account holding of over £29k.

·  Within 12 months was given responsibility way beyond my experience when tasked to look after Key Account clients and have an account holding in excess of 70k per month.

·  Conducted field visits very successfully without being given any field sales training, even visiting clients out of hours in my own time.

2005 – 2006, Commercial Manager Niche Magazines

Responsibilities include:

·  Under extreme cost restraints and cutbacks, P&L and budgetary responsibility for £550,000.

·  Managing and motivating a team of 4 through a tough time with 1 individual always going through disciplinary procedures which was a disruption to all staff.

·  Co-ordinating… page planning with tight deadlines, printing with absolute quality control, distribution, to gain subscriptions, accusation of features, promotion events, agricultural shows, sponsorship opportunities.

·  Implement regular customer satisfaction surveys and act upon any issues raised.

1999 – 2000 Hartwell Toyota,

Car Sales Executive (Resettlement period from the Navy)

Hartwell was a franchised Toyota dealership offering customers the very best in customer service and a wide range of new and used vehicles to buy.

Responsibilities include:

·  Progressed successfully through a two-week sales course to become an executive.

·  Achieved my volume sales in my first month.

·  Built up a reputation as customer focused, solving problems, getting things done when I said I would and therefore gained extra business on the back of recommendations.

1986 – 1999 Royal Navy (Adriatic conflict – Gulf War 1 & 2)
Acting Petty Officer (Aircraft Controller)

Responsibilities include:

·  Managing a team of up to 30 staff for duties management personal welfare, discipline and career profiles.

·  Direct my Leading Hands to areas of responsibility and work to be done.

·  Direct reporting to the Captain for all matters relating to safety in the air of our own aircraft and others that were under my control.

·  Advising the command on operational procedures.

·  Diligent maintaining all air charts and paperwork so as to not compromise safety.

1993 – 1999 Leading hand (Radar Operations)

Responsibilities include:

·  Directing and working with Able & Junior seamen to complete assigned duties as directed by the section Petty Officer.

1987 – 1993 Able Seaman (Radar Operations)

1986 – 1987 Junior Seaman (Radar Operations)

Education

·  Graduated from school in 1986 with 5 ‘O’ Levels in English, Maths, Geography, History & Home Economics.

·  Management & Leadership courses within H.M. Services.

·  Discipline & Welfare Management course within H.M. Forces.

·  Air traffic Controllers course.

·  Full sales course with Hartwell Toyota.

·  Field Sales training with Yorkshire Post.

·  Management courses with Yorkshire Post.

·  Web Design course at Thomas Danby College passed with a Distinction2010

Interests / Personal Information

·  D.O.B 3rd December 1969

·  NI NS 28 19 68 C

·  I enjoy spending my social time with my wife and our friends.

·  We enjoy eating out and travel where the opportunity is available to us.

·  I enjoy spending time with my son when he is home on leave from his post in the Royal Air Force

References

Available upon request