Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Timeline
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Jennie Huggins

Buninyong,VIC

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

BDE/KAE Sub Banner Groups

Brown-Forman Australia
08.2008 - Current
  • Focus on building strong long term relationships, understanding client needs and driving growth for both client and company.
  • Key Responsibilities include serving as the primary contact, anticipating and addressing client needs, coordinating internal teams to deliver solutions, identifying opportunities for increased business, negotiating contracts and ensuring client satisfaction to foster loyalty and retention.

Venue Manager

Zagame’s Ballarat Hotel
06.2007 - 12.2007
  • Company Overview: (50 employees)
  • Oversaw daily operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
  • Implemented cost control measures, enhancing profitability while maintaining service quality.
  • Managed staff scheduling, optimizing resource allocation for peak performance.
  • Developed and executed marketing strategies to increase venue visibility and customer engagement.
  • Led training sessions for new staff, fostering a culture of excellence in service delivery.
  • Maintained updated knowledge of industry trends, competitor offerings, and market demands to inform strategic decisions about future event offerings at the venue.

Workplace Assessor/Sessional Trainer (Hospitality)

BRACE – Ballarat
01.2004 - 11.2005

Designing, developing and delivering hospitality training programs and materials while also conducting assessments to evaluate student competency and providing feedback for improvement. Key responsibilities include maintaining compliance and training standards, adapting instruction to diverse learning needs and providing a supportive learning environment to help individuals acquire new skills and knowledge for career advancement.

Venue Manager

Irish Murphy’s Hotel – Ballarat
10.1997 - 01.2004
  • Company Overview: (30 employees)
  • Oversaw daily operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
  • Developed and executed marketing strategies to increase venue visibility and customer engagement.
  • Implemented cost control measures, enhancing profitability while maintaining service quality.
  • Managed staff scheduling, optimizing resource allocation for peak performance.
  • Maintained updated knowledge of industry trends, competitor offerings, and market demands to inform strategic decisions about future event offerings at the venue.

Education

Diploma - Vocational Education and Training

Federation University Australia
Ballarat, Vic
01.2004

Certificate 2 - Commercial Catering

Federation University Australia
Ballarat, Vic
01.1993

Advanced Diploma - Hotel Management

Federation University Australia
Ballarat, Vic
01.1992

Skills

  • Developed and maintained multi-level relationships with key stakeholders in FMCG industry:
  • Increased market share against established competitors and developed an extensive network of independent retailers and hospitality venue owners
  • Proactively grew my accounts through internal networking and negotiating long-term contracts, utilising independent Trading Terms
  • Self-generated opportunities conducted formal and informal presentations with customers and expanded relationships
  • Promotional Displays
  • Understanding customer buying habits
  • Market research
  • Reporting and analysis

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Creating incremental mutual value within business partnerships.
  • Communication of value proposition for customers.
  • Drive profitable outcomes.
  • Provide leadership and guidance amongst peers.
  • Collaborate and understand the bedrock that drives the customers' decision-making process.
  • Communication of commercial scenarios linked to employer and customer strategies.
  • Understanding of commercial scenarios linked to core decision-making.
  • Ability to present insights to support own case and increase customer engagement.
  • High level of current brand portfolio and technical product knowledge.
  • Understanding and the ability to recommend new concepts to customers.
  • Territory planning that delivers both qualitative and quantifiable objectives.
  • Activation and evaluation of brand activations within set time lines and budgets.
  • Analyse data, then extract commercial and consumer insights to develop new strategies.
  • General internal account maintenance.

Timeline

BDE/KAE Sub Banner Groups

Brown-Forman Australia
08.2008 - Current

Venue Manager

Zagame’s Ballarat Hotel
06.2007 - 12.2007

Workplace Assessor/Sessional Trainer (Hospitality)

BRACE – Ballarat
01.2004 - 11.2005

Venue Manager

Irish Murphy’s Hotel – Ballarat
10.1997 - 01.2004

Advanced Diploma - Hotel Management

Federation University Australia

Diploma - Vocational Education and Training

Federation University Australia

Certificate 2 - Commercial Catering

Federation University Australia
Jennie Huggins