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Neill Summerfield

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    Neill Summerfield | Leeds's Overview

    Current
    Past
    Education
    • Chelmer Institute for Higher Education
    • Trent Polytechnic
    • Holgate School
    • Wilthorpe School
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    6 people have recommended Neill

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    Current Role:
    Previously:
    • Sales Director at Firth Rixson Sales Director at Hedson Technologies Export Manager at WDS Ltd
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    Specialities:
    Cost reduction Leeds, Expense Reduction Yorkshire, Cost Reduction for Charities, Profit & Loss, Profit Margin, Cost Analysis Leeds, Business Expenses, Operating Costs, Overhead Expenditure, Supply Chain Management Yorkshire, Expense Management Leeds, Centre for Cost and Purchase Management, Independent Review, Forensic Examination, Profit Leaks, Buying Influence, Performance Monitoring, Management Information
    Experience:

      Senior Consultant & Client Relationship Manager

      Expense Reduction Analysts

      Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Management Consulting industry

      September 2006Present (5 years 6 months) Leeds

      I have successfully delivered 20% + year on year growth in the first 5 years since launching a franchise of Expense Reduction Analysts.

      A global company, Expense Reduction Analysts provides help and direction to companies and organisations of all sizes, in reducing their costs and finding sustainable extra profits without sacrificing the quality of goods and services or surrendering control of purchasing.

      Based in Roundhay, Leeds, but with clients across the UK, I specialise in a range of sectors; in particular Charities, Manufacturing, Automotive and Legal and I work to energise others to maximise sales and profit growth and bring fresh perspective to organisational issues to evolve innovative solutions.

      Further client testimonials:

      "Realising significant and sustainable extra profits for our clients over the course of a long term relationship without sacrificing product quality or service"

      Thank you for the final Database.
      Speaking for myself I was very surprised how smoothly the transfer went and this is down to the expertise and hard work from yourself and your dedicated team."

      A big thank you to all.
      Dave Reeves
      Accounts Payable Supervisor
      Belzona Polymerics Limited

      "We are extremely satisfied with both the process followed and the results achieved. Neill kept us informed of the progress of each project at every stage and made the process completely transparent."

      Richard Dixon
      Financial Director
      Bulten Ltd

      "We felt that by engaging Neill we could access a unique wealth of knowledge and market expertise to enable us to identify profit leaks and profit improvement opportunities within our expenditure and utilise this unrivalled buying influence to secure improved prices and service levels."

      Michelle Woollen
      Group Finance Director
      ITW Rocol

      C.E.O.

      369 Consulting Ltd

      September 2006Present (5 years 6 months)

      Sales Director

      Firth Rixson

      Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry

      20052006 (1 year)

      As Sales Director I lead the combined sales, marketing and customer service teams across two operating plants to improve gross margin to 25% and deliver £500k of margin improvements within 12 months.

      Sales Director

      Hedson Technologies

      Public Company; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry

      20042005 (1 year)

      I led a combined sales, marketing, technical and customer service team to review and modify distribution channels in the auto-motive OEM and re-finish after market in North America, Europe and the Far East

      Export Manager

      WDS Ltd

      20022004 (2 years)

      I realised £500k in new business by increasing the volume of components by 25%. I recruited, motivated and managed a European network of distributor stockists and implemented key account management of the top 750 UK accounts against aggressive competitor pricing.

      Export Manager

      ITW

      Public Company; 10,001+ employees; ITW; Automotive industry

      19962002 (6 years)

      During my time as Export Manager at ITW Rocol I increased sales of food safe lubricants by 25% to the food and beverage sector by leveraging success in non-critical access areas across entire plants at Nestle, Kraft, Masterfoods and Coca Cola. I also achieved 12% p.a sales growth in the pharmaceutical sector.

      Sales Manager

      Gardner Denver

      Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GDI; Machinery industry

      19891996 (7 years)

      Sales Engineer

      Messier-Dowty

      Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry

      19861989 (3 years)

    Neill Summerfield | Leeds's Education

    Chelmer Institute for Higher Education

    MIEx (Grad) MIFF MSSE, Institute of Export Professional Examinations

    19841985

    Activities and Societies: Chelmsford Partners Volleyball Team

    Trent Polytechnic

    B.A.(Hons) European Business with German, International Business Strategy Marketing Finance

    19801984

    Holgate School

    19721980

    Activities and Societies: Chess Team

    Wilthorpe School

    19681972

    Ten Tips for Reducing Your Charity’s Expenditure
    Neill Summerfield, an Expense Reduction Analyst consultant, recently helped the Royal Academy of Dance save over £1m in costs. These are his top ten tips on how other charities can reduce their own expenditure. Tip 1: Have a thorough...

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    Charity saves £1 million
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    Royal Academy of Dance calls the tune....
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    “ ……. the most professional pro-active guys I have dealt with – and you know I am not easily pleased…..” Richard Slatford Financial Controller Royal Academy of...

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    Expert NameCharity saves £1 million
    Category Grouping: Cleaning/Janitorial Supplies, Client Relationship Manager, Clients, Communications & IT, Delighted Clients, Distribution & Logistics, Expertise & Knowledge, Ground Transport, Office Costs, Print, Utilities
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    Expert NameITW Rocol
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    Expert NameFinnveden
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    Expert NameBelzona Polymerics
    Category Grouping: Clients
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    Expert NameProfit News: September 2011
    Category Grouping: In the press
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