Career Bio - Sian Thomas

My career in sales spans over 20 years and it is fair to say that this was a reluctant career path for me initially.

Starting out working for a small family business in a sales support role in the building sector it was not long before I took the decision to take on a sales role within a corporate organisation at Shell UK whereby most of my experience was gained in selling oil products into the automotive sector working specifically with national car dealerships.

After several years I decided to move away from a corporate environment to take on a couple of business ventures in the hospitality and ecommerce sectors.

Having experienced varying degrees of success with those businesses I felt I’d accumulated a fair amount of knowledge and experience which would be valuable to other businesses going forward. From there I elected to assimilate what I learned from my career to date to pursue a venture in developing sales strategies and implementation plans for those businesses initially looking to outsource this function but since developing my offer it equally applies to those businesses with internal teams to enable.

It could be argued that my sales career started before then having worked in the hospitality sector during her adolescent years living in the resort town Weston super Mare, an area she has relocated back to proudly with the intention of contributing to the region’s economic success.

• Food & Drink
• FMCG
• PPE
• Leisure & Sports Equipment

We develop growth programmes that focuses on the key areas of lead generation, customer acquisition and client engagement. The aim is to deliver competitive advantage for businesses that are making great products by marketing them in a more effective way to achieve their growth goals.

Our purpose is quite simply to grow the prosperity of UK manufacturers for the benefit of the wider community through honest and transparent interactions to instil pride in what we do and inspire confidence in our capabilities to achieve great things.

Although there are many firms and consultants offering sales services and advice, there aren’t many that are offering comprehensive business growth solutions within the manufacturing sector, an area which I have experience in and is close to my heart.

This came about from hearing the same issues coming up in conversations which range from:

• A lack of commercial clarity and knowing how & where to get started
• Understanding what lead generation strategies to pursue and how do you start the sales conversations
• How to prevent high customer churn
• Archaic sales processes which are time consuming and hinder productivity
• Tracking progress and understanding where to invest tight sales and marketing resources

Generally there is a lot of anxiety about getting the right advice as many business owners have been burnt before and there is a genuine fear that the businesses they have invested so heavily in financially and personally risk closing down.
We are all about working with you so that your business not only survives but thrives too!

• We understand who you are
• We understand the challenges you face
• We have tried and tested solutions that will get you from where you are to where you want to be quicker and more sustainably