Stuart Nicol
Procurement Manager @The Coffee House
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WORK HISTORY
Procurement Manager @The Coffee House
Warrington, GB
Managing the supply chain for The Coffee House through Threes Company Catering, this involves working closely with our supply network managing contracts and improving margin, II am also stock controller undertaking weekly stock takes to drive efficiency within our purchasing.My other roles include working closely with our systems provider Caternet, working with my Finance Director to ensure cost controls are maintained and managed.Negotiating new contracts and identifying new products and suppliers to grow our offering in store when required.
EDUCATION
Padgate high school
GCSE
Warrington collegiate institute
GNVQ , Leisure and tourism
ABOUT STUART NICOL
My skills are adaptable and now I have turned seller into buyer, my role is to purchase the products for our in-house coffee stores The Coffeehouse and our on-site bakery snd production kitchen.The role varies from ordering the daily milk to making sure all the ingredients are in stock to produce our wonderful tray bakes,cakes and delicious fresh baked bread.My Weekly stock takes help us understand our business consumption rates to ensure stock is available and just in time,producing business reports to analyse stock and supply chain management.If our stores don’t have the goods then customers will not be happy, quality and great service are our key values Experienced Business Development Manager with long term proven success working within the Foodservice Wholesale Industry managing customer ledgers of £1-2 million through outstanding service, experienced in selling Ambient,Frozen,Chilled, Non Food, Chemicals, Equipment,Fresh produce worked the North West and North Wales throughout a 20 year career promoted from ASM to BDM within 3 years at Birchall Foodservice.Experienced in selling Non food, Chemicals and negotiating to maximise the best deals.Full understanding of the importance of good hygiene and reducing infection through a colour coded cleaning regime with good sanitisation.My skills and experience adaptable to FMCG markets Proficiency in profit and loss and driven to be successful by planning and identifying new business development, my skills are negotiating and listening to my customers this enables me to help them see the benefits of my products and services I have a desire to manage my own team to achieve success by working closely with them and bringing out their best qualities through coaching and mentoring,successful leaders are people who care and listen to their team members they don’t judge them but help them find a way to be better I can be that leader.Selling successfully you have to deliver outstanding customer service,this creates long term loyal business keeping the competition at bay.Negotiating the best deals possible but also understanding that in the negotiations everyone wins or nobody wins.I am a keen cycling enthusiast with a passion for fitness, I love to travel and experience new cultures and eat fresh tasty food.My philosophy is never give up no matter how hard it’s gets, work hard and dream big.
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