by Corona Man » Wed May 08, 2019 2:42 pm
Corona Man wrote:mighty_tiger_79 wrote:Corona Man wrote: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.
Hope ya havent seen the news?
Yep just heard that before the footy started! I will be asking for danger money before I leave! Mrs C said straight away that there will be the normal reaction and tightening of security over there. I’m guessing it will be a month before I go yet.
An update here.
My boss is in India this week, as part of this restructure has our Indian office, in Mumbai reporting through to us. The word back so far, is the office is a ******* mad house..... So reading between the lines here, I think my next trip will be to Mumbai to help straighten these blokes out. Further research on the customers in the region suggest I need to get to Bangladesh, before Sri Lanka, as the $$$ spend out of Bangers is double that of the Lankans. The thought of Mumbai does not thrill me to be honest, still its another country off the tick list I guess. #jauntlife
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