Ella Walton

Currently a Business Development Executive at BST detectable products with a 2:2 bachelor's degree in Business Management and a Higher Diploma in Digital Marketing. Proven expertise in business development, B2B sales, account management, and digital marketing. Experienced in managing social media accounts, creating content, email campaigns, and CRM systems. Strong track record of onboarding major retailers and conducting calls with big brands including Kripsy Kreme, ABP, Nestle, and 2SFG.

Business Development Executive at BST detectable products (2025-04 – Present)

Currently a Business Development Executive at BST detectable products to grow the business

• Email campaigns/outreach sent via Mailchimp or Outlook mail merge
• Calling 30 potential customers and regular customers a day
• Account management of 50 customers
• Sales tracking and hitting KPIs and targets
• LinkedIn posting
• LinkedIn outreach via Sales Navigator
• Currently conducted calls with big brands like Kripsy Kreme, ABP, Nestle and 2SFG
• Site visits to 2 meat manufacturing sites
• Uploading customer issues via CRM system and also uploading call information via Customer CRM information system

Trade Sales Co-ordinator/Business Development at Kybotech Ltd (2023-06 – 2025-04)

• Reaching out to 300 companies weekly to onboard them as Store More traders
• Managing 90 active traders (44 signed up by me since July 2023)
• Handling customer service calls, emails, and tickets
• Overseeing Store More's social media accounts (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram)
• Creating posts on Canva for social media platforms
• Processing daily sales from traders
• Maintaining regular communication with traders
• Conducting video calls with major retailers
• Successfully onboarded Robert Dyas, Tesco, Home Bargains, and Wilkos, generating £95k for the company

Debrief Administrator at Tradeteam DHL (2021-11 – 2023-06)

• Debriefing transport loads in Excel with times
• Contacting hauliers via call and email to get information regarding different deliveries on routes up and down the country including Ireland
• Consistently hitting daily KPI targets
• Having a monthly call with key customer Colgate, to ensure all operations are working fully and that PODs have been checked and collected for each order

Degree Apprentice at Morrisons WM Supermarkets (2018-09 – 2021-11)

• Manager in 15 different Morrisons stores across South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Humberside
• Manager for Petrol Stations
• Set up several Morrisons stores including Bolsover and Lincoln Petrol Station
• Community champion for Newark store
• Driven delivery vans
• Set up home delivery for Gainsborough Store and Worksop store
• Trained to handle different managerial situations including difficult conversations, note-taking, and disciplinary hearings
• Trained to handle cash office operations and submissions to G4S
• Recruited, interviewed and held recruitment days across 15 different Morrisons during Covid

Customer Service Assistant at SPAR (2017-09 – 2018-09)

Customer service assistant at SPAR from September 20, 2017 to September 19, 2018.

• Serving customers (alcohol and cigarettes)
• Stacking shelves
• Sweeping the floor and tidying up
• Cashing up at the end of the shift
• Counting and totalling up scratchcards
• Taking in parcels and deliveries
• Offering help and advice on certain products

Paper Deliverer at The Retford Life Magazine (2017-04 – 2018-09)

Delivering over 700 copies to the town centre based commercial route.

Work Experience at Retford Oaks School (2017-07 – 2017-07)

Work experience from July 17-21, 2017.

• Inputted data into Excel
• Worked in the Data and Exam administrators office
• Worked as a year 9 English teaching assistant

TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Digital Marketing (CR) course in Digital Marketing – West Nottinghamshire College (2026-04 – 2026-07)

Diploma of higher education in Digital Marketing – IT ONLINE LEARNING (2023-05 – 2023-10)

Bachelor's degree in Business Management – Sheffield Hallam University (2018-09 – 2021-09)

A-Level or equivalent in Media, English language, Extended Project, Psychology – Retford Post 16 (2016-09 – 2018-06)

GCSE or equivalent in Science Triple award (Biology, Chemistry and Physics), English, Maths, German, Business and Communications, Resistant Materials, Geography, ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) – Queen Elizabeth High School (2011-09 – 2016-07)