Murray is now looking for a new, ideally long-term, rewarding career opportunity, perhaps to get involved in the onward development of a new or expanding quality business in the South West of England.

  

Murray Ambler-Shattock 

 

 

"The modern business world requires the adoption of fresh thinking, coupled with innovative approaches, applied to the process of new business discovery and effective offering promotion.  This in turn requires the right personnel, resources and techniques - applied with skill and well informed knowledge."

"Success in the new economy is likely to be driven not simply by the ability to manufacture or to deliver goods and services that are in some way better than a competitors, but effectively by the innate ability to attract, obtain and maintain the target market's focus, attention and spend."

- Murray Ambler-Shattock 

 

Résumé:

 

PERSONAL PROFILE:

• Highly effective in New Business Discovery, Networking & Prospecting. 
• Excellent Team Building Skills, whether internal team or Outsourced/Freelancers.
• Knack for future market prediction, fresh commercial ideas, 'angles' & approaches.
• Hungry for advancement opportunities, above average income & personal wealth.
• Conscientious, reliable, hard-working, analytical, inquisitive, diligent & tenacious.
• Versatile & adaptable team player with good customer service skills.
• Well presented with a professional, positive & helpful attitude towards clients.
• Good interpersonal skills, warm personality & good sense of humour.
• Excellent people, team building, people management & communication skills.

KEY SKILLS:

• New Business Discovery and Development, Client Relationship skills & experience.
• IT Literacy in Microsoft Office & Proprietary brand software tools, etc. 
• Skilled & confident in dealing with persons at all levels & from all walks of life.
• Practical commercial organisational experience in the real world.
• Self-motivated & best effort/highest possible quality/best practice focused.
• Adaptable to new & changing fast moving modern business environments.
• Thrives on change, challenges & progressive process improvement.
• Motivated by personal satisfaction in a job well done, rewarded success & merit.
• Team Building, Leadership & Management to KPI's, quality, timeframe & budget.
• Excellent Web Marketing & ethical SEO Search Engine Optimisation skills. 

 

 

Since initially starting work in Retail Logistics and Distribution via Blue Arrow at the co-operative Retail Group's Regional Composite Distribution Centre at Avonmouth in Bristol in October 2012 as a De-Kit Clerk (administering the receiving of vehicles returning to depot, managing the removal of empty cages and waste packaging from the fleet and the checking and preparation of vehicles for reloading), Murray has progressed to Transport Clerk assisting the Transport team and Yard Controller with administering the fleet operations with the Yard complex (November 2012), and then to the position of Yard Controller (January 2013) with responsibility for the fleet operations within the Yard complex; Gating-In vehicles, managing the selection, allocation and provision of rigid body vehicles and trailers to loading, unloading, parking and holding bays,collaborating with the Fleet Managers on vehicle maintenance, liaising with stock handling and loading departments to schedule loading, liaising with Transport Managers and Supervisors on operational matters, reporting operational progress to superiors and customer liaison teams, etc. Utilising the excellent Yard Smart computerised management tool from C3 Solutions to administer the Yard.

The Yard Controller has responsibility for the operation of over 350 rigid body trucks, tractor units and trailers, servicing the movement of 1.2 million cases of FMCG items per week for the stocking of around 500 Co-operative supermarket stores across the South West of England.  The 33 acre site contains a 435,000 square foot warehouse and distribution facility, with a 10,000 square foot dedicated vehicle maintenance unit. 

The Logistics aspect of the operation is provided to Co-operative Food Retail on an outsourced basis by Global Logistics and Distribution specialist NorbertDentressangle. More details at:  www.Norbert-Dentressangle.com 

 

Previously Murray was working with the Blue Arrow CA Team at the HWRC sites of May Gurney in North Somerset.  Murray had been with the Blue Arrow CA Team since 5th March, 2012 and prior to that was with the CIP CA Team from January 13th, 2012.   

  

For the previous six years Murray has specialised in helping Business Start-Ups to promote themselves cheaply and quickly via the Internet, helping them to develop a strategic plan to establish a brand presence in the required market space, and taking a practical role in co-ordinating the process.  

This includes writing compelling copy and developing presences in Social Media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Quora, etc., Blogging via Wordpress, Blogger, etc., Micro-Blogging via Twitter (all collectively considered 'off-site' SEO) and of course effectively promoted Websites via effective proven SEO techniques (Meritus, Ethical, Natural, Organic and 'White Hat' methodologies, etc.) and managed (Paid Placement) PPC methods.

Murray has become a requested (public) speaker on the subject of business Start-Up and High Growth, and his advice and guidance is often sought on such matters. Additionally, Murray is an approved and trusted supplier of IT and Internet Services to the Government through various regional organisations, (such as GWE Business West), Enterprise Agencies, Regional Development Agencies and Business Advisory Groups.

This exposure and participation in the growth processes has enabled Murray to garner much invaluable experience and expertise in helping businesses to achieve their goals, often through his non-pushy, consultative and empathetic approach to problem solving and route to market planning. 

Murray is a skilled team builder and developer both of internal and external teams, often finding ways to maximise and optimise the existing team structure to achieve better results through ascertaining and utilising core areas of strength and also occasionally from the reallocation of resources. Murray is also experienced in constructing and expanding teams of both internal personnel and Outsource/Freelance suppliers - always with a 'best value' and reliable delivery for the business focus.

Every inch the innovative ideas man, Murray has a natural gift for anticipating and predicting future market trends (sometimes years in advance) and in gauging the pulse of the target market space, including developing fresh new ideas and approaches to winning new business in competitive markets.

Murray is also a skilled and highly experienced practitioner in the ethical 'best practice' fully rule compliant methods for attaining top ranking, known as 'Meritus SEO', first page placement and high positioning in the free 'natural' and 'organic' search results on the major Search Engines. This is complemented by developed skills in creating, managing and operating Twitter profiles for Businesses for profile raising and brand exposure.

Murray is a relationship builder by nature and nurtures key client relations to steadily grow business Client loyalty, reliance and dependency. Murray is also a keen networker and enjoys nothing more than making as many new contacts and friends along the way as possible.

All this experience and Murray's skill set can be brought to bear to any employer's considerable commercial advantage.