Rob McDowell's professional CV.

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Robin McDowell 71 LancasterGate, UpperCambourne,Cambridge,CB23
Mobile:07786622752 | E-mail:rob@mcdowellconsulting.co.uk
uk.linkedin.com/pub/robin-mcdowell/10/6a6/563/
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Certified Prince2 Practitioner with a successful track record in delivery of change through excellent planning,
communication and stakeholder management. Recent experiences include transition and transformation
programmes within the Non Food category of a large scale grocery retailer. Key strengths include change
management, creating and improving processes and procedures and working with cross functional
departments to successfully deliver projects and business goals.
Experience
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets LTD
September 2011 – May 2015
04/14 – 05/15
Change Manager - Coventry
 Responsible for delivery of new propositions into the Retail and Online channels
 Continuous engagement with all stakeholders to ensure the change lifecycle delivered to scope and
benefits
 Creating achievable plans with clear accountabilities and key milestones to enable ownership and
visibility of progress for all
 Very successful assessment of impacts internally within the category and the wider organization
through a collaborative approach
 Mobile by Sainsbury’s PAYM – led a team of 10+ stakeholders to a very successful launch of a new
product in the Telecoms market
 Mobile Phone Insurance – end to end project management delivering a PAYM + PAYG insurance
product which is on track to add over £1m gross margin over 5 years
 Create and drive plans to deliver to target dates and budgets
 Excellent senior and director engagement to ensure great governance and communication for a
complex joint venture programme
 Gathering and delivering against requirements and effective change request process across internal
and 3rd party suppliers
 Created a robust business case for a Trade ins and recycling proposition which is currently in
development and due Sept 2015
08/13 – 03/14
Telecoms Operations Manager - Coventry
 Successful post implementation leadership to more than double category sales YOY
 Key stakeholder from the beginning of the programme to make Mobile by Sainsbury’s the
second highest growth 'pay as you go' MVNO in the UK
 Presenting to 100+ store and regional managers to drive awareness and performance within the
channel
 Continuous development and improvement of processes and procedures to optimise the operating
model in stores
 Managing the critical path for range changes/ promotional to make sure effective central processes
are in place and commitment from the internal and external teams to always deliver great execution
in stores
 Excellent analytic skills to review sales and compliance data to always have great understanding of
the current picture and using knowledge to pinpoint opportunities
09/12 – 07/13
Project Manager - London
 Responsible for planning executing a new equipment and product in every location in Sainsbury’s
retail estate

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 Delivery of a new retail environment for Telecoms in 300 supermarkets, 550 convenience stores and
300 petrol filling stations
 Included a roll out of new equipment and products to the whole estate costing £2m against a single
fixed launch date
 Effective supplier management a governance to ensure the project was delivered on time and budget
 Successful stakeholder management from work stream owners to director level across all impacted
areas of the business
 Creating and delivering presentations and design documents to make sure the right levels of buy -in
were in place pre-launch
09/11 – 08/12
Buyer - Coventry, UK
 Responsible for managing the Photo shop, EPay and PayPoint category with an annual revenue in
excess of £250m per annum
 Created a strategic presentation pack to define the direction for the category which was accepted by
the Non Food executives
 Built better relationships with all suppliers to improve the current working environment and gain
unified support for the new strategic direction regardless of growth/ closure potential
Early career highlights:
04/09 – 08/11 Executive assistant to Non Food Director – organiser of large scale events (500+ colleagues),
led a culture and communications change programme
04/08 – 03/09 Deployment analyst - Delivery and implementation of an existing inventory management
system into the Non-Foods division
03/06 – 03/08 Sainsbury’s store management – department and deputy store manager roles in
Supermarkets and Convenience
01/04 – 01/06 Jaws Sandwich Bar – Co-proprietor – successful turnaround of a failing sandwich shop in
the heart of the student population by focusing on quality and customer service
01/02 – 12/03 Operations manager at Golden Popcorn – running the day to day manufacturing operation
and setting up and operating a new sandwich shop on a busy enterprise park
Education & Qualifications:
Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge · 2000
A Levels
Prince2 Practitioner
Practical Negotiation
Beginners Portuguese
Intermediate Excel
Technical skills:
Microsoft Office Suite Excel · Word · Power Point · Outlook · Visio · Project
In-house management systems RMS · EDW