Organization

to have seniority - you have worked there a long time and have some official advantages or you are older or higher in rank than someone else

confidentiality, confidential

a reserved parking space

call centre

service centre

head office

distribution centre

warehouse

branches / outlets

An organization can be bureaucratic, decentralized, centralized, impersonal, caring, democratic, market-driven, dynamic, professional, conservative, hierarchical, progressive, well-established

to deliver, delivery, delivery terms / terms

stock level, to be in stock, to have sth in stock, to stock up

consignment = parcel = lot

to operate at full capacity

to works on repairs

competitive formular / advantage, to compete, competition, competitor

to reinforce the company’s upbeat image, upbeat - positive and making you feel that good things will happen [≠ downbeat]

budget reports, budgeting, to keep within the budget

to abolish rules of conventional corporate life, abolition

perks / extra benefits

status symbols

training programme, to train sb as smth for a job, trainer, trainee

time management

to decentralize responsibility and authority

to negotiate deals with customers, negotiations

accountability, to be accountable to smb for smth

to focus on customer satisfaction

to land a contract / job – (informal) to succeed in getting a job, contract that was difficult to get

to establich performance benchmarks, to measure / to rate performance

cutting edge technologies

a letter of credit

consumer goods, consumtion, to consume

a management consultancy, consultant, to consult

to conduct research

to provide insight into smth

input - ideas, advice, money, or effort that you put into a job or activity to help it succeed

at / from the outset of smth (A person with higher qualifications can get a better paid job at the to outset of their career.)

lay out a vision, values and ways of working for staff

to back smth up with a huge investment (in staff training)

to be customer-driven, values-driven, market-driven

to be in charge of 12 people

to work for some company

to work on some project

payroll - the activity of managing salary payments for workers in a company, to be on the payroll – to be employed by that company

to be on job placement - a job, usually as part of a course of study, which gives you experience of a particular type of work

outsource, outsourcing

off-shore

to carry out a review of operation

to boost profits, to increase efficiency

to cut costs

Change

to merge with a company, merger

to relocate to some other part of the city

an open plan office

to be in charge of a hostile workforce

to make smb redundant, redundancy

the bottom line - used to tell someone what the most important part of a situation is, or what the most important thing to consider is; 2 the profit or the amount of money that a business makes or loses; 3 the least amount of money that you are willing to accept in a business deal

to reinvent oneself

household

discount store, discounter

speciality retailers

market share

vendor - someone who sells things, especially on the street

showcase – event, situation that is designed to show the good qualities of a person, organization, product; a glass box containing objects for people to look at in a shop, at an art show

to recast

booth / kiosk

to upgrade, upgrade

consumers, to consume, consumption

retail / wholesale

intermediaries

supermarket - a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes

department store - a large shop that is divided into separate departments, each selling a different type of goods

kiosk - a small building in the street where newspapers, sweets etc are sold

convenience store - a shop where you can buy food, alcohol, magazines etc, that is often open 24 hours each day

discount store - place where you can buy goods cheaply

“supply chain”, to supply, supplier

retail store / retail outlet

in-house staff

hot-desking

the seating plan of an office

open-plan office

Verbs describing change: decentralise, reorganize, retrain, downgrade, upgrade, deregulate, resize, downsize, upsize, redevelop, relaunch, relocate, restructure

to keep up with the competition

to face competition from smb

to carve out a niche in the market

to break into the market

to prosper, prosperous, prosperity

identity card

workforce

turnover

net profit

to acquire, acquisition

to expand sales, expansion

asset – имущество, assets – активы

to finance, finance, financial

depot / godown / storage

logistics infrastructure, logistics – материально-техническое обеспечение

to embark on a programme

commitment

to be on the agenda

to be in charge of smb at some company

staff cutback

Money

to pay the bill / to split the bill

to acquire smth / acquisition

gross margin

recession

share, share holder, earnings per share

debt, to be in debt

stock market

investment, to invest in smth, investor

forecast, to forecast

bankruptcy, bankrupt, to go bankrupt

dividend

pre-tax profits

revenue

entrepreneur, entrepreneurial

to raise money for smb/smth

venture, joint venture, venture capitalists, venture capital (VC)

business investors (“business angels”)

a start-up business, a start-up

overdraft

to provide a personal guarantee to the bank (a house)

high-risk, high-return business

to go down the private investor route / the bank debt route

return on investment

competitive advantage

intellectual property, patent (AE – patent right)

to execute / to deliver on the business plan

personal commitment

spin-out, spin-off – «отпочкование» (создание новой компании на основе части активов существующей компании с последующим распределением всех ее акций между акционерами материнской компании)

consumer spending / consumer expenditure

tax refund

to contribute to smth, contribution

overall sales, sales revenue

to cultivate an upmarket (upscale) and style-conscious image

international division

quarterly earnings

price pressure

a decrease / increase in annual sales

to make a loss

to decline / to decrease / to fall / to drop / to halve / to plummet

to double / to gain / to improve / to increase / to peak / to rocket / to soar / to rise / to recover / to jump

to level off

to fluctuate, market fluctuations

to buy stakes in some company

to exceed the sales targets

to outsource, outsourcing

to meet the demand for smth, great / steady demand for smth, to be in demand

delivery, to deliver goods

to keep up with the latest trends in clothing and accessories

to put one’s money on deposit account / current account

interest, interest rate, interest payment

to borrow money, borrower, loan

to lend money, credit

bond, to cash (in) / to redeem a bond

to default, default

share / equities, share holder, earnings per share

capital gain

to find capital on the best terms

insurance company

mutual funds / unit trusts

pension funds

currency market

stock market

commodities market

securities, securities house

sales figures

sales forecast

sales growth

sales revenue / sales turnover

sales target

sales volume

to make a sale, to be on sale, unit sales, Sales, a sale, the sales

direct costs, fixed costs, variable costs, costs of goods sold (COGS), indirect costs / overhead costs / overheads (expenses)

selling price

direct production costs

gross margin

total costs

net profit / profit margin / mark-up