Nigel Jennison – Visual Résumé

Born in Derby, United K ingdom , home of the Rolls Royce Jet Engine.

This photograph is reproduced with the permission of Rolls-Royce plc, copyright © Rolls-Royce plc 2012.

Education

Business Studies at University of Derby

Education

Marketing at Nottingham Trent University

Early CareerLooked for an opportunity in industrial marketing

- started at JCB Telescopic Handlers in Rocester HQ, United Kingdom

JCB Parts Marketing & Backhoe Loader Sales.

As a JCB Dealer Works Manager won the JCB Parts & Service Operation of the year award.

Early Career

Later I started the sales & marketing of the JCB Mini Excavator.

The new business was profitable from the first year and...

More success with the JCB Mini Excavator.

after just four years we were UK market leaders

and had won a Queen's Award for Export!

JCB Mini Excavator cont.

I started JCBs China business, from my bedroom in Hong Kong!

Now they have a huge factory in Pudong.

JCB China

I moved to Finning CAT and did the World's largest ever deal for used machines,

to Forke Bros. Auctioneers, later bought by the giant Ritchie Bros.

Finning Caterpillar / Forke Bros.

I was an interim GM of a Swedish China JV house factory in Dalian,

then interim sales manager with Daewoo UK during their huge bankruptcy....

Interim Management

Instrumental in the turnaround of the construction machinery division.

Liebherr Great Britain Ltd.

I introduced some changes.

Liebherr Great Britain Ltd.

“Nigel put in a huge amount of effort and commitment

and has been instrumental in enabling the changes

necessary.”

Liebherr Great Britain Ltd.

Overheads were cut:

● Generally controlled costs

● Rationalised staff numbers

● Reduced stocking costs

● Significantly reduced overheads

Liebherr Great Britain Ltd.

Result after 5 years (figures are from published accounts)

2001 £900,000 Loss

2006 £1,800,000 Profit

2001 2006-1,500,000

-1,000,000

-500,000

0

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

-900,000

1,800,000

Net Profit

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Liebherr Great Britain Ltd.

Manage Asia Pacific region, based in Shanghai.

MICO Inc manufacture brakes & controls for off highway machinery.

● Enabled multiple sales and profit growth.

● Successfully won a large new account in Korea.

● Managed appointment of distributors.

● Brought back a large customer.

MICO Inc.

I can really add value in these areas: -

● General Management.

● Start-up & Turnaround Leadership

● Company Change.

● International Sales & Marketing.

● Business Growth.

● Distribution.

● New Product Launch

● Client Relations / Negotiations

Key Strengths:

And I speak Mandarin Chinese.

These are the main reasons that I get hired by

company owners and their senior managers:

● I increase profitable sales.● I increase profit margins on existing sales.● I identify and reduce costs.● I solve problems that others do not want, or cannot solve!

Why do businesses hire me?

My interests

Value Investing

– Self-taught and have beaten the market for several years.

This work has also helped me understand businesses, especially cash flow

and maintaining or, better still, increasing profit margins.

My interests

Badminton is great fun and it helps me keep fit!

My interests

Play soccer for England veterans in Shanghai, not like this guy though!

I am a long standing member of the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing and..

Professional Membership

The Lighthouse Club Construction Workers Charity.

My Charity

Please make first contact via LinkedIn or by email.

Contact Details

LinkedIn Profile:Click here for my LinkedIn Profile!

Email address:Click here to send me an email.