David Grieve

Strategic Business Manager Business Development,innovation,energy Consultant @Looking For A New Challenge

With over 20 years’ solutions selling and solution generation in the public sector (14 years with IPF/CIPFA), and 13 in the private, I can bring extensive experience and contacts at the highest level to all parties for whom I undertake work. My breadth of experience covers IT cloud solutions, digital transformation, channel shift, asset management, change management, consultancy, training, risk and audit support, financial training, and quality systems.Areas of expertise and work• Internal business development, selling the concept for new business internally.(Internal Consultant)• Experienced in finding and researching new opportunities in the public sector and then looking at the best ways to bring them to market• Organizing pilots and testing the market• Organizing road shows and partnering events• Advising how to sell to local government including running workshops• Management consultancy in relation to business generation (Challenging the way private sector organizations sell/promote themselves to the public sector)• Asset Management tender specification, review and evaluation.• Training and consultancy advisor• Social media marketing and utilization within the public sector including channel shift• Social media use and review/audit• Challenging the status quo and business processes (Process Benchmarking)• Reviewing and challenging pricing approaches to reflect today’s changing market place• Sourcing consultants for projects• Business case development• Mentoring • Critical friend• Facilitator• Firefighting within organizations • Developing mixed approach to promote training and e-learning • Developing joint sales and marketing plans• Quality management training solution selling• Researching and finding new solutions based on best practice in the public sector• Selling Local Authorities’ developments to other Authorities• Needs analysis