Jim Mitchell

Jim has more than 30 years of expertise working within large UK corporate organisations, 3M, RTZ, Caradon, as well as running autonomous manufacturing and service companies.

With a career starting as a qualified electrical Engineer, moving into sales through to Sales & Marketing Director, then onto Managing Director roles, Jim has held a variety of Senior Board level positions and specialised in turning round both manufacturing and service sector companies ranging from £<m to £50m in size, who have “lost their way”, are not achieving the shareholders profit expectations, or are in a loss making situation.

Jim has also spent the last 8 years using this training and experience working as a freelance advisor/coach/mentor, helping businesses based within the Southeast of England to reach reliable profits in line with the owners needs!

As their coach, Jim has assisted in transferring business knowledge to a wide and varied spread of companies from the ‘front end’, – Sales & Marketing programs, through the ‘core’ – Administration & Operational efficiencies – to the ‘money’ – Cash-flow and profits. He has assisted owners from recovery through to eventual sale of the business.

His business sector knowledge is diverse and ranges from;

Catering to Cleaning, Windows to Wiring, Drilling to Demolishing, Solicitors to Signage, Printers to Pubs, Opticians to Outerwear Design & manufacture, Refurbishment to Retail, Building to Brewing, Plumbers to Planners, IT to International Traders.

An expert in Customer Relationship Marketing & conducting Strategic Company Reviews, Jim assesses what real issues are prohibiting the generation of desired profit levels, he then puts action based business plans together that will return the company to the levels of profit and growth in line with shareholders agreed expectations.

Jim has an enviable track record in business management coupled with wide knowledge and skills in operational areas; he enjoys an excellent reputation with both clients and partners.

A confirmed networker, Jim is known for his straight forward talking – he speaks regularly at business events and seminars, is qualified to MBA level and is a full member of the Institute of Business Advisors.

Jim’s philosophy is – keep it simple – if you’re a small or medium sized business – don’t let it get too complicated – just pick up on the real key issues that will help you to make reliable profits in line with your realistic expectations!