Gary Cartwright

Uk National Sales Manager @Unicorn Products Ltd

Manufacturer and marketers of several sport equipment categories. These are Gunn & Moore (cricket) Unicorn (dart products) Powerglide (snooker products) and Molten Basketball and FootballsPosition held - UK and Ireland National Sales Manager Main responsibilities:Monitoring the performance and generating high motivation of the UK salesforce and overseas distributorsAchieving the UK and Ireland sales budgetEnsuring sales growth and brand positioning in all multiple accounts including Argos Ltd, DW Sports and Fitness, Sports Direct, Asda Walmart Tesco plc, Toys R Us, Next, Amazon, Heatons, and Elvery\'sDevelopment of new products working closely with distributor and Product Managers.Key Achievements:Increased growth of UK and Ireland revenue by two thirds since joining the company in 2001Account growth has taken place with Argos Stores Ltd achieving 30 product listings. Opened new accounts with DW Sports and Fitness, Next, Tesco PLC, Toys r Us, Amazon, Sports Direct, Littlewoods and Costco UK.Strong relationships and trust have been built with all major UK and Ireland retailersIncreased sales turnover with UK major buying groups Awarded Sports equipment supplier of the year 2009 with Intersport UK.Awarded top darts brand in 2014.Gained increased distribution for Unicorn darts making it brand leader in its categoryWorked closely with professional sportsmen including Michael Vaughan England Test Captain and Ashes winner 2005 and Phil \"The Power\" Taylor 16 times World Darts Champion by creating own branded product ranges for specific retailers. Most recently working with Gary Anderson PDC World Darts Champion and Joe Root Yorkshire and England Cricketer.