Employment

Jason Smith
78 Horn Road
Manchester MN9 6ER
07798794511
jasmith@btopenworld.com
born: 23/05/1974

2003-present HMV, Preston

Sales Director. Manging sales of the Preston HMV store. Responsible for achieving the turnover target,
managing the stores sales team, supervising logistics. Addtionally:
Devising and implementing new sales initiatives (two of them were implemented in all UK
stores in England)
Testing for the whole HMV chain the new sales organisation
Conducting trainings for new hires for HMV salespeople in Northern & Central England
Contribution to creation of the comprehensive training programme for salespeople
Team empowerment and inspiration

1998-2003 HMV, Manchester

2001-2004 Assistant Director. Assisting Manager in daily supervision of the store: preparation of daily
turnover reports, controlling the cash collection, pricing the products, receiving deliveries, invoicing, etc.
Addtionally:
Project manger of the major shop redecoration (managing task teams, controlling the budget,
managing deadlines)
Involved in implementation of the new sales efficiency enhancement measurement tool
(advising on functionality and architecture of the programme)

1998-2001 Sales Assistant. Interacting with clients, responsible for WHS and DVD sales. Within the
first year the stores turnover in this segment rose by 20%.

1997.1998 Holywood Video, Manchester

Junior Sales Assistant. A part time job with significant customer exposure. The scope of
responsibilities included serving customers behind the counter as well as active advisory in the stores
premises. The active advisory contributed to the significant increase in customer satisfaction, as
revealed by the periodic survey.

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Education

1992-1998 Manchester Hall High School, Manchester

A-levels: Mathematics (B), History (B), English Literature (B)
GCSEs ten, including Mathematics, English Literature, History and French
2nd place as a team in the British National Youth Football
Championships (in the appropriate category) in 1992

1991-1992 Collins Public School, Leeds

Very good selling skills

Project management
Time management
Presentation & training skills
Clean driving licence
Conversational French
Good knowledge of Word , Excel and Power Point

Local Executives Training, focused on team management, planning and controlling skills, London, 2004
Sales Excellence the course sponsored by HMV in 2002 for High Potential Employees
Participation in Empowerment Seminar organized by Philip Kotler Marketing Group (Paris 2001)
The British League Referee Course (2001) license Nr 87653

Football member of the Leeds City Footbal Club

Referee in the North-west Division games