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Lee Brooks
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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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About
A diverse, versatile and experienced business manager with over 20 years experience in the IT sector working with blue-chip customers across a variety of industries.
I have run my own small business and enjoyed significant success in management, operational and business development roles.
I have experience in managing everything from small teams up to divisions employing over 125 with multi-million pound budgets. I have also sold a wide range of products and services into small customers as well as large corporates.
I am a dynamic and energetic individual with proven people, sales and project skills.
I have strong leadership, influencing and relationship building skills and am adept at working at both strategic planning and at detailed operational level.
I am a strong negotiator and experienced in building relationships at all levels with ease and have natural and superb communication skills that have won significant business and allowed effective leadership and motivation of t
I have run my own small business and enjoyed significant success in management, operational and business development roles.
I have experience in managing everything from small teams up to divisions employing over 125 with multi-million pound budgets. I have also sold a wide range of products and services into small customers as well as large corporates.
I am a dynamic and energetic individual with proven people, sales and project skills.
I have strong leadership, influencing and relationship building skills and am adept at working at both strategic planning and at detailed operational level.
I am a strong negotiator and experienced in building relationships at all levels with ease and have natural and superb communication skills that have won significant business and allowed effective leadership and motivation of t
Professional Experience
Jul 2012 - Present
Lee is
looking for an exciting new job opportunity
Education Management
looking for an exciting new job opportunity
Education Management
Key strengths and areas of expertise.
• Proven sales and client management expertise.
• Excellent at developing long term strategic relationships.
• Ability to recognise, define and exploit opportunities.
• Skilled negotiator of commercials and T&C’s .
• Ability to think laterally, creatively and resourcefully .
• Fluent and confident communicator and presenter.
• Effective manager of time.
• Acts with integrity and is reliable, honest & trustworthy
• Keeps promises that have been made.
• Able to work productively under own initiative. • Almost obsessive attention to detail.
• Extremely organised.
• Extremely competitive (but sportsmanlike).
• Great sense of humour with an ability to make people smile!
• Proven sales and client management expertise.
• Excellent at developing long term strategic relationships.
• Ability to recognise, define and exploit opportunities.
• Skilled negotiator of commercials and T&C’s .
• Ability to think laterally, creatively and resourcefully .
• Fluent and confident communicator and presenter.
• Effective manager of time.
• Acts with integrity and is reliable, honest & trustworthy
• Keeps promises that have been made.
• Able to work productively under own initiative. • Almost obsessive attention to detail.
• Extremely organised.
• Extremely competitive (but sportsmanlike).
• Great sense of humour with an ability to make people smile!
Jun 1984 - Nov 1992
(8 years, 5 Months)
(8 years, 5 Months)
Various
Various
Aviation & Aerospace
Various
Aviation & Aerospace
• Various positions held mostly in the hardware and programming sector, full details can be provided on request. • Hardware Support Manager
• Customer liaison and support officer
• Project engineer - Programming programmable logic controllers.
• Coding of monitoring software on 6502/Z80 processors.
• Programming in BASIC and 6502 assembler.
• Customer liaison and support officer
• Project engineer - Programming programmable logic controllers.
• Coding of monitoring software on 6502/Z80 processors.
• Programming in BASIC and 6502 assembler.
Dec 1992 - Dec 1993
(1 years)
(1 years)
Networking & Communications Consultant
HG Computer Services
Computer Networking
HG Computer Services
Computer Networking
Pre-sales support to the sales force on all networking and communications products.
Preparation of detailed quotations, proposals and reports.
Preparation of detailed quotations, proposals and reports.
Dec 1993 - Dec 1996
(3 years)
(3 years)
Various: Systems Engineer / Technical Project Consultant / Pre Sales
Ingram Micro (UK) Limited
Information Technology and Services
Ingram Micro (UK) Limited
Information Technology and Services
• Responsible for a number of technical, pre-sales and consultancy roles.
• Explaining, discussing and selling complex technical solutions.
• Explaining, discussing and selling complex technical solutions.
Dec 1996 - Dec 1997
(1 years)
(1 years)
Service Manager
Computacenter (UK) Limited
Information Technology and Services
Computacenter (UK) Limited
Information Technology and Services
Responsible for a number of managed service sites within the London City area. Each contract varied in value and size up to £1m per annum.
Responsible for onsite staff, the service levels and financial profitability of the contract. Ensuring contractual service levels were consistently achieved, ensuring adequate and appropriate resources were available.
Responsible for onsite staff, the service levels and financial profitability of the contract. Ensuring contractual service levels were consistently achieved, ensuring adequate and appropriate resources were available.
Jan 1998 - Jul 2003
(5 years, 6 Months)
(5 years, 6 Months)
National Field Service Manager
Computacenter (UK) Limited
Information Technology and Services
Computacenter (UK) Limited
Information Technology and Services
Complete operational and financial responsibility for the division responsible for delivery of field based maintenance services to over 600 contracted customers nationwide.
Complete responsibility for 8 direct reports, 60 field service engineers and 40 back office staff.
Ownership of cost model for the division (cost centre) and ensuring all costs recovered based on a efficient model.
Attending and presenting at sales and service meetings and conferences.
Managed significant business growth in this division, including take on of BT service which resulted in a doubling of call volume.
Complete responsibility for 8 direct reports, 60 field service engineers and 40 back office staff.
Ownership of cost model for the division (cost centre) and ensuring all costs recovered based on a efficient model.
Attending and presenting at sales and service meetings and conferences.
Managed significant business growth in this division, including take on of BT service which resulted in a doubling of call volume.
Aug 2003 - Apr 2008
(5 years)
(5 years)
Business Development Manager
Computacenter (UK) Limited
Information Technology and Services
Computacenter (UK) Limited
Information Technology and Services
Proven record of success in identifying, bidding and selling complex high value multiyear services into large corporate customers.
Record of successfully negotiating contracts and/or terms and conditions with new customers.
Proactively create, manage, forecast and report upon the pipeline of sales opportunities.
Work with direct sales and account teams to ensure services included in all RFP's and ITT's.
Ensure costs and bidding is correct to sustain and improve the EBIT performance.
Assist in the development of offerings in order to enhance the customer proposition and expand the target market.
Record of successfully negotiating contracts and/or terms and conditions with new customers.
Proactively create, manage, forecast and report upon the pipeline of sales opportunities.
Work with direct sales and account teams to ensure services included in all RFP's and ITT's.
Ensure costs and bidding is correct to sustain and improve the EBIT performance.
Assist in the development of offerings in order to enhance the customer proposition and expand the target market.
Apr 2008 - Jun 2012
(4 years, 2 Months)
(4 years, 2 Months)
Business Owner
Household Cavalry Property Services Limited
Commercial Real Estate
Household Cavalry Property Services Limited
Commercial Real Estate
• Managed my own property maintenance company responsible for renovating and maintaining a small number of properties that I own.
• Purchased, renovated and either sold or rented 7 properties.
• My business and project management skills ensured all were completed within budget, on time and most importantly profitably.
• My accomplishments demonstrate that not only can I recognise and analyse opportunities but most importantly I act on them.
• My analytical skills ensure that despite having over £800k on mortgage I can still sleep at night!
• Purchased, renovated and either sold or rented 7 properties.
• My business and project management skills ensured all were completed within budget, on time and most importantly profitably.
• My accomplishments demonstrate that not only can I recognise and analyse opportunities but most importantly I act on them.
• My analytical skills ensure that despite having over £800k on mortgage I can still sleep at night!
Education
1975
Sherborne Preparatory School (High School)
1980
Stantonbury Campus (High School)
GCE 'O' level:
Computer Studies, English (Language), Mathematics, Humanities, Physics, Technology, General Studies, Chemistry. GCE ‘A’ level:
Computer Science, Math’s (Pure and Applied), Physics.
GCE 'O' level:
Computer Studies, English (Language), Mathematics, Humanities, Physics, Technology, General Studies, Chemistry. GCE ‘A’ level:
Computer Science, Math’s (Pure and Applied), Physics.
More about Lee Brooks
First Name
Lee
Last Name
Brooks
Interests / Hobbies
Anything aircraft related including:
Flight Simulation, Aeromodelling, FPV flight, UAV
Aerial photography
Anything related to personal development
Golf
My Affiliations
Giles Brook Friends Association
Tattenhoe Youth Football Club
Arabian Gymnastics
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