This is the first of our meet the team profiles, and Chris is our new Sales and Marketing person and has been around Brightr for a long time as sales person to us. Then after years of being a trusted advisor, we felt Chris would be the right man to come and help us move Brightr forward commercially, and we look forward to him having a long and successful impact here with us. Now for the questions…
What’s your role here, and what does a typical day look like?
It’s a very new role for me, but I’m in charge of Sales and Marketing Brightr, so my day will either be full of current customers and prospects and then finding more of them!
What do you enjoy most about working here?
The business has a great family feel, and lots of potential, so I’m hoping I can bed in nicely and get the results we all want!
What’s one project or accomplishment you’re especially proud of?
I love winning business against the odds, and have done that lots of times in my career but I’m proud of every one of those times! For Example, one Tuesday night not long ago, a prospect said she was going with a competitor due to price, I was polite and modest with the rejection, and just said any issues let me know and I’ll see how close I can get. She signed on the Wednesday morning.
How would you describe the team culture in three words?
Efficient, Hard-Working & Close-Knit…but I may think of better words once I’m here a bit longer!
What advice would you give someone starting in your role?
From a sales PoV, work hard, being politely persistent and showing you can be trusted is golden, saying “No” to someone who want’s to buy because you’re not the right fit, is perfectly fine, and it will do you both a favour in the long run. In Marketing terms, always be learning and always be trying!
What excites you most about the company’s future?
I think the business is in such a great place the future could be anything at all, and the uncertainty around what route we should take is amazing!
What’s a fun fact about you that most people don’t know?
I know the phone number they sing, in the song “Kiss me through the phone” and will never forget it! 678-999-8212
If you could have any superpower at work, what would it be?
The ability to make everyone say “Yes” to me
What’s your favourite thing to do outside of work?
I love making my wife and children laugh
If you could travel anywhere tomorrow, where would you go?
Australia, never been and always wanted to, seem to get the feeling I wouldn’t come back!
What was your very first job?
The first role I got paid for, was picking up the skittles at my rugby club on Friday nights for £10 and free reign of the buffet, my first actual job was in AllSports just before it closed (it wasn’t my fault!)
If you had to describe yourself in three words, what would you say?
Hilarious, Intelligent and Short!