1. Hunter
Barton 2016
With an outstandingrecord in business leadership,I can demonstrate a track-record of buildingand
developing businesses in sectors including education,retail,property and hospitality. I haveboth
bought existingbusinesses and started new enterprises, in each case, leveragingmy commercial
acumen, understandingof the market and customer and my ability to win new business to develop
them into high-performing businesses. Ready for a new challenge,I am now lookingto focus my
career on the sales side,buildingon my strong management and leadership skills aswell as my
demonstrated capacity to deliver a compellingvalueproposition.

2. Hunter Barton
0411 685 887
HunterASBarton@hotmail.com
159 Through Road
Camberwell
Victoria 3124
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Business Development
Start-Up Financing
Growth and Development
Major Projects
Operations Management
Personnel Leadership
Government Liaison
Process Optimisation
WORK HISTORY
Domestic Sales Manager
RGIT Australia
Current
RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Development
 Ensure sales and marketingoperations are conducted in accordancewith compliancerequirements.
 Manage sales and marketingoperations and ensure they aresatisfactorily conducted to maintain
organisational operations.
 Reporting all activity directly to the CEO.
 Conduct internal and external financial audits on sales.
 Conduct internal and external quality audits to ensure continued compliance.
 Conduct staff and departmental meetings with respective personnel to identify areas for
improvement and rectify issues accordingly.
 Execution of strategic plan for sales and marketing department with full financial control.
 Ensure that determined Key Performance Indicators aredelivered in accordanceto timelines.
 Establish relationships,monitor and regularly liaisewith internal and external stakeholders.
 Monitor staff activity and providethem with ongoing supportand assistanceto ensure efficient and
effective performance.

3. Hunter Barton
0411 685 887
HunterASBarton@hotmail.com
159 Through Road
Camberwell
Victoria 3124
Director of Sales/Eastern Operations Manager
Ashton College
2012-April 2016
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Achieved sales figures of 7.5 times KPI for the month of January 2015,$1,125,000 in one week.
 $1,600,000 worth of sales for the months of July and August 2014.
 Highest sales figures in the college’s history.
 2IC reporting to CEO on Eastern Development (2 new Campuses)
 Project Management for 2 new trainingfacilities.
 College representative Department of Education.
 Chief communications and copywriter.
 Successfully persuaded theMinister for Higher Education and Skills to officiateatthe open of the
new Footscray Campus.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Development
 Responsiblefor 9 BDMS both international and domestic.
 Developing relations with Instruments of Government and Department of Education.
 Represent Marketing for Government audits and Department of Education
 Responsiblefor 2 permanent facilities and 5 satellitefacilities.
 JSA and Centrelink liaison.
 Corporate and business partnership development.
 Schools liaison.
 Direct territorial sales.
 Marketing, new material and website.
 Speech writer for CEO and communications copywriter.
 Public speakingcoach.

4. Hunter Barton
0411 685 887
HunterASBarton@hotmail.com
159 Through Road
Camberwell
Victoria 3124
General Manager
Café Lagom
2005-2012
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Builtbusiness to turnover of $1.3m in just7 years
RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Development and Strategy
 Developing and assessingbusinessopportunities
 Identifying new product offerings
 Creating business development strategies , including:
o Target market opportunity
o Marketing strategy
o Investment, expenditure and break-even point
o Success factors
 Development of costreduction strategies, including:
o Efficient management
o Minimum staffinglevels
o Management of fixed assets
Operations Management
 Business process management, including:
o Setting up standard operatingprocedures
o Negotiating and managingcontracts
o Ensuringstatutory compliance
 Personnel management, including:
o Hiringand selection
o Setting performance expectations
o Providingformal evaluations
Financial Management
 Accounts processing,including:
o Accounts payable
o Accounts receivable
o Cash-flowmanagement
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200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
2009 2010 2011
Performance Growth
Revenue
Profit

5. Hunter Barton
0411 685 887
HunterASBarton@hotmail.com
159 Through Road
Camberwell
Victoria 3124
Project Manager
own projects
2003-2004
RESPONSIBILITIES
Property Development
 Startingup a property development company
 Assessingprojects for potential upside
 Negotiating with financecompanies
 Contractor management, including:
o Evaluatingtenders
o Contract negotiation
o Oversightof project costand schedule
 Project management, including:
o Critical path tracking
o Clientand financecompany liaison
o Managingthe budget
General Manager
The Melting Pot, France
1999-2002
RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Development
 Overseeing strategy, including:
o Reviewing existingstrategy
o Identifyingareas for improvement
o Generating new revenue streams
o Assessingkey competitive risks
 Developing a marketing plan
Operations Management
 Oversightof customer-facing personnel, including:
o Setting team-level strategies
o Setting performance expectations
o Conducting evaluations
o Quality auditing performance
o Arrangingtrainingand professional development opportunities
 Managingthe budget, including:
o Profitand loss analysis
o Forecastingoperational expenditures
o Trackingperformance againstbudget
o Deliveringoperational efficiencies and costreduction strategies
 Ensuringregulatory compliance,includingOHS

6. Hunter Barton
0411 685 887
HunterASBarton@hotmail.com
159 Through Road
Camberwell
Victoria 3124
Director
Précision Ski Systems, France
1992-2000
RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Development
 Managingthe store acquisition strategy,including:
o Assessment and pricenegotiation
o Shop-fit management
o Setting up store policies and operatingprocedures
 Identifyingunder-performing stores and developing a remediation plan
General Management
 Overseeing sales strategy,including:
o Setting sales targets
o Overseeing profitability metrics
 Developing evaluation procedures,to measure:
o Customer satisfaction
o Brand compliance
o Sales and profitability
o Stock management
 Formulatingand directingretail strategy, including:
o Implement trialsand pilotprojects
o Developing brand awareness and promotion strategies
o Overseeing visual merchandisingstrategy
 Deliveringsupply chain efficiencies,including:
o Stock level analysis
o Forecastingfuture sales volumes
o Analysingand interpretingtrends for planningpurposes
 Overseeing costeffectiveness, including:
o Identifyingcostcontrol measures
o Managingprofitand loss
o Managingpayroll budgets
Personnel Management
 Providing leadership to retail managers,including:
o Mentoring on standards of customer service
o Drivingteam performance, through trainingand development
o Providingappropriatesupportand incentives
o Setting up appropriateescalation procedures
o Succession planning

7. Hunter Barton
0411 685 887
HunterASBarton@hotmail.com
159 Through Road
Camberwell
Victoria 3124
EDUCATION
Agents Representative
2013
Bachelor Arts
University of Hobart
1988
REFERENCES
Availableon request.