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Man, it seems like I make more post in this forum than anyone else lol.
Okay fellas, this is all good news that I wanted to share with everyone. No bitching or whining from me in this post.
I've been at a very large company for about 14 months now. I manage 5 accounts, 3 of them are very large, while the other 2 are growing.
I'm a little quiet at work as I like to get the job done, I sit at my desk and bust ass all day, drink my shakes and sneak in small amounts of food. A few people on my team like to tease me for being quiet at work, yet they are the same ones that have been in this position for 4+ years and wondering why they haven't been promoted. I'm going off track, sorry.
I deal with reps from the companies I manage, they're just the single point of contact if you will, most love me because I don't BS around and I get stuff done on time and I get it done right the first time, instead of having to go back and forth with shit, I also work very closely with sales, we basically work as a team to get the job done.
So now that I have been there over a year, I can post to another position if I find one that I like, and I'm qualified for it. The thing that I am excited about is this, all the supervisors know who I am, the associate directors know who I am, the directors know who I am, and my name has been brought up in meetings with a few of the Vice Presidents. Now, again, this is a huge company, a VP to have even heard of my name, is a big deal to me.
My associate director brags about my work to the AD in sales, and come next month, I am going to give a presentation to all of the supervisors, associate directors in my building, the associate directors from NY are coming down for it and also from NC are coming up to it. It is going to be me and a sales rep giving the presentation.
I'm going to be honest here, I am extremely excited about this as this would give me the chance to really showcase myself to the same people that would interview me when I go to post out to another position. With my current position, I can only go up to management as a next step, or to sales. (sales makes a lot of money and I know my accounts like the back of my hand, just not sure if I would be a good sales rep as I didn't do so great at the last sales job, but I wasn't as confident in that job as I am now)
The funny thing is, the head sales rep for my largest account and he's the main one that keeps trying to get me to join sales as he said that all the people he speaks with love me and the work I do (in fact I received perfect scores on the surveys that went out to our customers). His AD will be there to watch the presentation and is the main guy that the sales rep said I would need to impress if I really want to get into sales. The sales rep has been in different sales positions (including self emplyeed) for over 20 years and keeps saying if I want to get into sales, he would take me under his wing and teach me everything he knows as he feels I could do a great job because I'm so good at customer service and making sure the customer is happy with my results.
Still not sure about a sales position though, the money may be great, but I'm just not sure if sales is for me.
The only thing that concerns me is this, I sweat like a pig. at work I have a small fan constantly blowing on me to keep me cool. then when I start to get a little nervous, I start to sweat even more so and I start thinking *omg they can see how bad I'm sweating, i look like a mess*. I know I'll do great, I just
need to figure a way to try to stay calm and really show them all what I am about, and that I am great with this account.
well, like I said, I just wanted to share as I think this is a great chance to show everyone in upper management how good I can be, even though it seems like most of them already know I'm a very hard worker and I want to move up!
Thanks for reading
Rob
Okay fellas, this is all good news that I wanted to share with everyone. No bitching or whining from me in this post.
I've been at a very large company for about 14 months now. I manage 5 accounts, 3 of them are very large, while the other 2 are growing.
I'm a little quiet at work as I like to get the job done, I sit at my desk and bust ass all day, drink my shakes and sneak in small amounts of food. A few people on my team like to tease me for being quiet at work, yet they are the same ones that have been in this position for 4+ years and wondering why they haven't been promoted. I'm going off track, sorry.
I deal with reps from the companies I manage, they're just the single point of contact if you will, most love me because I don't BS around and I get stuff done on time and I get it done right the first time, instead of having to go back and forth with shit, I also work very closely with sales, we basically work as a team to get the job done.
So now that I have been there over a year, I can post to another position if I find one that I like, and I'm qualified for it. The thing that I am excited about is this, all the supervisors know who I am, the associate directors know who I am, the directors know who I am, and my name has been brought up in meetings with a few of the Vice Presidents. Now, again, this is a huge company, a VP to have even heard of my name, is a big deal to me.
My associate director brags about my work to the AD in sales, and come next month, I am going to give a presentation to all of the supervisors, associate directors in my building, the associate directors from NY are coming down for it and also from NC are coming up to it. It is going to be me and a sales rep giving the presentation.
I'm going to be honest here, I am extremely excited about this as this would give me the chance to really showcase myself to the same people that would interview me when I go to post out to another position. With my current position, I can only go up to management as a next step, or to sales. (sales makes a lot of money and I know my accounts like the back of my hand, just not sure if I would be a good sales rep as I didn't do so great at the last sales job, but I wasn't as confident in that job as I am now)
The funny thing is, the head sales rep for my largest account and he's the main one that keeps trying to get me to join sales as he said that all the people he speaks with love me and the work I do (in fact I received perfect scores on the surveys that went out to our customers). His AD will be there to watch the presentation and is the main guy that the sales rep said I would need to impress if I really want to get into sales. The sales rep has been in different sales positions (including self emplyeed) for over 20 years and keeps saying if I want to get into sales, he would take me under his wing and teach me everything he knows as he feels I could do a great job because I'm so good at customer service and making sure the customer is happy with my results.
Still not sure about a sales position though, the money may be great, but I'm just not sure if sales is for me.
The only thing that concerns me is this, I sweat like a pig. at work I have a small fan constantly blowing on me to keep me cool. then when I start to get a little nervous, I start to sweat even more so and I start thinking *omg they can see how bad I'm sweating, i look like a mess*. I know I'll do great, I just
need to figure a way to try to stay calm and really show them all what I am about, and that I am great with this account.
well, like I said, I just wanted to share as I think this is a great chance to show everyone in upper management how good I can be, even though it seems like most of them already know I'm a very hard worker and I want to move up!
Thanks for reading
Rob
