by Corona Man » Tue Apr 16, 2019 12:05 pm
I've been thrown a new challenge here at work. I already look after New Zealand based customers, along with a suite of the bigger ones here in Australia. I get involved in contract negotiations with some customers and so forth, as well as managing a small customer service team, not too mention managing some supplier relationships too. It's a diverse role that I enjoy.
The Australian arm of the business (We are USA based head office) recently had a win, and some areas of Asia are falling under our control. Not the ones we thought we may get (Philippines, Malaysia & Indonesia) rather we have picked up India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan & Bangladesh.
The boss has put me onto Sri Lanka, as a new sales region. So I have spent a fair chunk of yesterday and most of today researching who our customers are in Sri Lanka, what they buy from us, how much they spend, and importantly trying to work out, where the hell in Sri Lanka they are located!
So at this stage the boss is saying he wants me on the ground over there once a month for probably the next 12 months while we bed it down..... and not drop any of the other balls I am currently juggling.
Nothing like a challenge.
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