Andrew Francis

My crowning achievement is that I am a published author of the book, 'The Flaming Bullet', which was published at the close of the Olympic year 2012. The actual subject matter and resulting content took approximately nine months to complete. This did not include the duration for the entire publishing process by my American publishers.

My book is about the reasons as to why the London riots occurred, delving into the history of rioting, the Empire Windrush generation, culture of entitlement, displaced youth, social divisions and deprivation, institutional racism and widespread inner city poverty. 'The Flaming Bullet' is available online in softback, hardback and e-book for Kindle versions from my publishers Authorhouse.com, Goodreads.com and Amazon.com.

Vintage clothing specialist at Exodus Vintage-London (2022-09 – Present)

My passion for vintage clothing drives me to achieve good sales, build long lasting trading relationships, appeal to different kinds of customers, attain new stock from wholesalers at economical rates, pitch prices competitively and competing in the market place, maximizing profit by determining what items sell best for that season, completing paperwork on time and book keeping, having a clear vision for the firm to succeed in the future, encouraging employees in creative ways, customizing clothes in my free time!

Field Sales Executive at Maximoor-Greater London (2019-04 – 2022-09)

Undertaking various duties within territory of Greater London including:

• Sourcing and effective management of construction workers' confidential paperwork
• Being physically fit to endure several hours of walking around a territory and availing oneself of public transport
• Securing cold leads from various construction sites for viable tax return purposes
• Maintaining good communications with office and clients to progress towards achievable targets
• Completing associated paperwork on time and writing clearly in a literate format
• Using internet to send confidential information across to office added to using various applications for teamwork purposes
• Resolving any discrepancies with clients themselves to be clarified and verified by the office parties
• Striving towards excellence and bouncing back from disappointments and setbacks
• Working with other team members in a cohesive fashion drawing resolve and feedback from them

Freelance Sales Executive at XL Microsoft Packages-Greater London (2017-06 – 2019-04)

Making phone calls to prospective companies, recording results and breakthroughs, working with head office advisors, managing my own hours and objectives, meeting desired targets and convincing clients of a top class service, building strong client and business relationships, utilising social media as a means of networking and marketing, exploring different sales tactics, realising long term business goals and milestones.

Sales Executive, Valeter, Driver at Country Cars (2015-04 – 2017-06)

Completing paperwork, answering customer queries, maintaining security, conversing with garage service departments, warranty and finance parties, promoting and closing new sales, nurturing existing clients

Sales Executive at Vauxhall (2013-09 – 2015-04)

Performing sales duties as required.

Sales executive at Peugeot (2010-09 – 2013-09)

Performing sales duties.

Diploma of Higher Education in Building/Civils – Mid Kent College-Medway