Joel Dixon

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Planning Director at British Gas

London, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Joel is the Planning Director at British Gas, leveraging expertise in operational transformation and analytics from his time at Deloitte and as the founder of HPD Consulting Partners. He holds an Economics degree from the University of Nottingham and a CIMA Certificate.

After five years at Deloitte, he founded his own specialist consultancy, HPD Partners, focused on business improvement for major UK companies.

Personality Overview

Curious

Value Driven

Example Seeker

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.  They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.

Topics They Care About

Workforce Optimisation
A key specialty throughout his career, focusing on improving the effectiveness of mobile and field engineering teams at companies like Centrica and British Gas.
Operational Transformation
He has a long history of leading large-scale transformation projects to enhance customer service, planning capabilities, and overall field effectiveness for major utilities.
Data-Driven Strategy
Specializes in establishing analytics teams and transforming business intelligence functions to create insight-led organizations, as demonstrated in his work with Openreach.

Media Appearances

Joel has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2023 - 5-2025
Planning Director at British Gas
1-2022 - 9-2023
Planning Transformation -British Gas Services & Solutions at British Gas
1-2020 - 12-2021
Senior Manager - Data and Analytics (HPD Engagement) at Openreach
1-2018 - 6-2019
Head Of Analytics Field Operations (HPD Secondee) at Centrica
6-2016 - 12-2017
Head of Business Design & Strategy (HPD Secondee) at Centrica

Education

2003 - 2006
Economics from University of Nottingham

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Insights For Selling To Joel

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Invite them for a social do but don’t rely solely on the relationship
  • Help them realize that there is no personal risk in making this decision
  • Persuade objectively how your product will help them achieve their goals

DONT's

  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously
  • Avoid making offhand commitments

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Joel is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Joel

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Joel move?

  • They like to be detailed and take their time to arrive at decisions.
  • Can Joel take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And Joel

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