Here at Flex, we have a combined experience of over 100 years in our management team in areas such as HR, Recruitment, Office Management, Accounts and Payroll, H & S Multi language translation, admin support & financial control and we would love to work with you.
Claire Baker – Managing Director & HR Lead
Claire has worked in the HR and management sector for years. After seeing the impact that Covid-19, Brexit and a general downturn in business across the board Claire decided now is the time to help SME and sole traders and share her knowledge and experience hence Flex was born,
With over 15 years hands on experience Claire’s experience covers a wide range of HR activities including:
Advising managers and business owners on:
- Disciplinary and Grievance issues
- Absence management
- Redundancy Appraisal and KPI
- Recruitment
- Drafting HR Policies and your staff handbooks
- Managing the HR Aspect of TUPE transfers
- Training on HR topics
Additionally Claire is also IOSH qualified so is able to consult on all aspects of H&S for your business.
From Risk Assessments, Health & Safety Policies, Legislation and compliance with all your employer responsibilities – any questions get in contact with Claire
Silly things to know about Claire.
Claire is our resident cat lady and a devoted mum of two who loves nothing more than relaxing at the end of a busy day with a G & T (or 3)
You can contact Claire directly by email claire@flex-consultancy.co.uk
Colette Julian – Linguistic and Translation Lead
Colette, who was born in France, speaks several different languages fluently including; English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
As an experienced commercial and business translator Colette is your first point of call for all things languages and translation.
Having run her own translation business in the 90’s Colette understands the challenges faced by SME and is keen to make the journey simpler.
With a hands on approach to everything she does Colette contributes to the success of Team Flex.
Silly things to know about Colette.
Colette has two young grandchildren who take up a lot of her free time asking her to go swimming, read and play. She is an avid reader in multiple languages and loves a good chat.
You can contact Colette directly by email colette@flex-consultancy.co.uk
Robert Julian (Bob)- Purchasing Quality and Sales Lead
Having worked internationally for multi national companies Bob brings a wealth of over 40 years hands on experience to Flex.
Starting out as a buyer for English China Clay, Bob has gone on to set up production plants, and secure lucrative purchasing contracts in Europe, Asia and the USA. Bob is a six sigma black belt and a member of the CIPS – he is the first point of call for all things purchasing and quality control.
Are you looking for help running a competitive tender? Making your procurement more effective? Managing your supply chain?
After Covid are you looking to reduce your costs? Bob can review your end to end process and help you not only to identify but also to implement and exploit cost savings on all your purchased goods and services.
Do you need to renegotiate your purchasing or supplier agreements? Drop Bob an email.
Silly things to know about Bob.
Bob is an exceptionally talented brass band player and conductor. He has played at the National Brass Band Championships & won! And He has even received a medal for services to music from HRH the Queen.
Bob loves nothing more than a glass of red and a good bond movie to wind down after a long day
You can contact Bob directly by email robert@flex-consultancy.co.uk
Daniel Gooding – Operations Director & Marketing Lead
Daniel is a Nurse by background and well versed in Social Media and Project management. Since joining Flex, Daniel has taken responsibility for all of Flex’s Social media marketing, Twitter and our LinkedIn pages. In addition to this Daniel has taken on joint responsibility for the operational side of the business and is looking forward to ensuring ensuring an efficient working environment and that deadlines are met consistently.
He also has a wealth of knowledge on how to set up an online supportive community and all the relevant supporting media to get it off the ground. Whilst at university he saw a gap in the market for a support group for student and newly qualified nurses so he set up, and ran the Student Nurse Project.
If you need advice or information on how to get started with Social Media, Blogging or getting a project up and running then as the saying goes Dann is your man!
Silly things to know about Dann.
Dann is a closet blogger – give him a topic and he can write something outstanding. He also has a knack of being able to talk about it until the cows come home too…
Able to pick up any project at a drop of a hat and bring a solution to any problem Daniel is a great asset to Team Flex.