Themistoklis Kontaxis
Founder
Precious Metals Pawn Shops chain owner
Self-employed
Greece
Biography
He is responsible for complete multisite P&L, property sourcing, refits, new branch openings, Staffing & HR issues from recruitment, training, payroll, government & income tax, security, compliance, marketing and day to day running of the business. Within the first year of operation we enjoyed rapid expansion. 4 new trading branches creating 8 new jobs in 3 different Greek cities. Main objective is gold jewellery sourcing purchasing & recycling. These four branches operated, and still do so, observing & complying with extremely strict operational protocol as set out by European trading standards. Our customer service standards, business Morals & ethical stance are second to none, which for us is a simple fact, but unheard of for this type of business in Greece before. We even got congratulated by the Greek tax authorities on random routine checks for transactional transparency. For those in the know, this is considered to be quite an achievement in Greece, especially when it comes to this line of business. Resulting into simultaneously been asked to act as Managing Director for 3 different competitors.
Research Interest
Interest includes, customer service, appraisals, daily/weekly paperwork, payroll, visual, stock management, warehouse management, deliveries and transfers, maintenance issues, cashier and till management, fire tests and fire drills, evacuation exercises, standards, faulty and recalled stock and overall obligations and responsibilities.