I’m really not sure where August has gone. I knew it was going to be busy with people still out on vacation and being quarter-end, but it seriously flew by.
A lot of my time was spent making sure a renewed partnership with a vendor was being implemented properly. A lot of back and forth with different departments, making sure everbody was on the same page – both within our company and within the walls of our vendor partner.
With this project, I:
- sold the top executives on the plan (with some help and coaching of course) both at our company and the vendor’s
- worked with the purchasing team making sure they understood the whole scope of the initiative
- made sure sales were aware of what we were doing (after all, it is sales that will ultimately make the whole project a success
- co-ordinated contact between our teams and corresponding teams at the partner, again, to make sure everyone was together on this
The hard work co-ordinating all this is already paying off…leads are flowing in to sales and when the first portion of inventory finally hit the warehouse (today, in fact) I’m happy to say that just about half of it is already pre-sold! A lot of late nights from home tying up loose ends has made this all run smoothly and contributed to its success (not only on my part, but on all the teams involved – and if any of them read this blog, if I haven’t already done so, thank you).
Now my goal is to take and build on the initial success. This is just a start, and everyone that has been a part of this is excited – you can sense it when talking to them!
I am taking a week with the family to head up north a bit and do some camping – I am looking forward to the time off. Usually when I’m off I’m worrying about what’s going on back at the office, but with the teams we have in place now, I can actually relax and recharge, knowing that they are all focused on the same thing – making our division the biggest success in the company.
Of course, when I’m back on the 28th, it’ll be the final sprint to our quarter-end…fun! 
