Hillary Sewell

• Responsible for providing Commercial management and Corporate Master Agreement (CMA) expertise on Corporate, Medium Enterprise and High End SME deals across T-Mobile
• Working with Sales and clients, drove internally throughout T-Mobile, Sales deals for Corporate clients and prospects ensuring deals met margin, commercial, legal and operational requirements of T-Mobile on an ongoing basis. 80% of Business deals with commercial approval within 48 hours.
• Drove reviews of Business… Show more

• Responsible for providing Commercial management and Corporate Master Agreement (CMA) expertise on Corporate, Medium Enterprise and High End SME deals across T-Mobile
• Working with Sales and clients, drove internally throughout T-Mobile, Sales deals for Corporate clients and prospects ensuring deals met margin, commercial, legal and operational requirements of T-Mobile on an ongoing basis. 80% of Business deals with commercial approval within 48 hours.
• Drove reviews of Business customers to ensure that margin requirements or/and terms and conditions of the contract were being met or providing alternative commercial routes for the contract to be amended. 97% of review work was agreed, sign off internally and documented within a 48 hour timeframe.
• Developed a future blue print for Business Commercial Management area of T-Mobile including implementation process, projected costings and implications for staff members. Show less

• Management of the Self Select channel marketing team (High Street – Argos, Woolworths, Comet; Grocery – Tesco, ASDA, Sainsburys; Catalogues – Littlewoods, Grattans) to drive marketing programmes to met sales connection targets across mobile and data connections.
▪ Sales targets reached in 2007 and on track for 2008 YTD for Self Select channels.
• Management of Accounts and budgets for the Self Select channels of approximately £10m.
▪ Carried out a review of all accounts in… Show more

• Management of the Self Select channel marketing team (High Street – Argos, Woolworths, Comet; Grocery – Tesco, ASDA, Sainsburys; Catalogues – Littlewoods, Grattans) to drive marketing programmes to met sales connection targets across mobile and data connections.
▪ Sales targets reached in 2007 and on track for 2008 YTD for Self Select channels.
• Management of Accounts and budgets for the Self Select channels of approximately £10m.
▪ Carried out a review of all accounts in association with commercial agreements/marketing plans/sales targets and developed new processes for commercial agreement signing and co-op funding into accounts, which will drive greater ROI measurement.
• Worked on several projects areas within Consumer business area including, representation on PAYG business committee, USB modem launch to market and a programme to drive increased sales through Direct and Indirect channels.
▪ Resulted in driving the development of new USB modem proposition and device for launch into channels. Show less

Appointed to develop the marketing and category strategy and implementation plans for 2 brand chains for board approval and buy in from management teams.

Rationalisation of category range to include PC, Apple, Mobile (All suppliers), Broadband (All suppliers) and confined range of accessories to support these products.
Completed a secondment as General Manager of Campus IT retail chain to review operational and business performance; identified and implemented changes across… Show more

Appointed to develop the marketing and category strategy and implementation plans for 2 brand chains for board approval and buy in from management teams.

Rationalisation of category range to include PC, Apple, Mobile (All suppliers), Broadband (All suppliers) and confined range of accessories to support these products.
Completed a secondment as General Manager of Campus IT retail chain to review operational and business performance; identified and implemented changes across accounting, product and marketing to increase sales and margin prior to floating the business for sale
Successfully improved margin by 5% which changed the original strategy with the business taken off the market and plans for expansion introduced

Appointed to review and develop a channel marketing function, develop strategies and work streams for 2 major retail projects
Successfully implemented Channel Marketing function and developed 2 project work streams for Category Management (stationery, cards, gifts and impulse purchase products) and Retail Design & Fitout with management signoff

Instigated and developed work streams and strategic direction for retail re-branding; encompassing service propositions, category definition and range planning for electronics market, staff training, internal communications, new store design and marketing
Managed a supplier identification programme to support re-branding project and engagement tools for specific suppliers.


Carried out a retail audit including Marketing, Store Operations, Product and Sales for a High End Electronics company in both New Zealand and Australia.
Successfully delivered a business strategy for the company agreed at board level as well as several "quick wins" including new supplier agreements and rolling 6 month marketing plan.
Implemented an action plan for old stock and successful managed the project for the company resulting in sales targets being exceeded by 400%. Show less

• Drove a ₤8 million pound marketing budget that achieved a 7% increase footfall across the brands and achieved the sales budgets for the year for all three retail brands
• Managed the full marketing mix across three 3 brands and a marketing team of 10 people.
• Lead 4 projects across the business – New Store Design Project (with budget and timeframe), Christmas Product & Marketing Project (achieved timeframe and margin increase by 4%), Marketing Team Review Project (achieved within… Show more

• Drove a ₤8 million pound marketing budget that achieved a 7% increase footfall across the brands and achieved the sales budgets for the year for all three retail brands
• Managed the full marketing mix across three 3 brands and a marketing team of 10 people.
• Lead 4 projects across the business – New Store Design Project (with budget and timeframe), Christmas Product & Marketing Project (achieved timeframe and margin increase by 4%), Marketing Team Review Project (achieved within timeframe and 12% cost savings) and Supplier Product Consolidation Review (achieved reduction by 20% in suppliers and increase in margin by 10% within timeframe). Show less

• Auckland University of Technology: Reviewed existing team structure and scoped structure to met strategic goals of business unit for positions and responsibilities across Marketing and International Student teams. Implemented recommendations within 3 months and reduced head count costs by 15%.
• Auckland University of Technology: Developed marketing strategy for Business School, International School and AUT (as an University) and drove the implementation for all three departments, which… Show more

• Auckland University of Technology: Reviewed existing team structure and scoped structure to met strategic goals of business unit for positions and responsibilities across Marketing and International Student teams. Implemented recommendations within 3 months and reduced head count costs by 15%.
• Auckland University of Technology: Developed marketing strategy for Business School, International School and AUT (as an University) and drove the implementation for all three departments, which resulted in a 12% increase of enrolments throughout the University and budget saving of 4% for the 1998 and 1999 years Show less

• Drove a ₤5 million marketing budget that increased by footfall by 12% across both brand and achieved sales targets for both brands.
• Managed the full marketing mix across the brands and a marketing team of 5 people.
• Lead 4 projects across the business – House Brand Project, Christmas Product & Marketing Project (both within timeframe and achievement of budget), Agency Review Project (costs savings of 8%), and Customer Financial Services Project (project launched within… Show more

• Drove a ₤5 million marketing budget that increased by footfall by 12% across both brand and achieved sales targets for both brands.
• Managed the full marketing mix across the brands and a marketing team of 5 people.
• Lead 4 projects across the business – House Brand Project, Christmas Product & Marketing Project (both within timeframe and achievement of budget), Agency Review Project (costs savings of 8%), and Customer Financial Services Project (project launched within timeframes and provided new business stream). Show less