Archive for the ‘Sales’ Category

‘Challenging’ is what describes RB

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

I started working with Reckitt Benckiser (RB) when I was selected for the summer internship while I was studying at IIM (K). After my graduation I had no doubts that, if given a chance, I’d definitely join RB as a full-time employee. And as fate would have it, I did get my Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) [...]

Get comfortable being uncomfortable

Monday, January 16th, 2012

“Get comfortable being uncomfortable”.  A quote I was given while interning during my junior year of college.  Although I did not fully understand the true meaning of this quote, I quickly learned what it meant shortly after becoming a sales analyst at RB.  Just when you think you’ve got a hold on a given system, [...]

Buy It Now!

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Last week I needed to check prices on a few products and in the store I used my smart phone to scan the barcodes. POOF! In under 10 seconds (I still have the iPhone 3) prices for multiple retailers, product descriptions, user reviews and “buy it now” options all appeared on my phone. This was [...]

Getting the Hands Dirty!!

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

“Congratulations! You have been selected as Management Trainee for the year ……..” Finally!! After 18 years of education and some corporate experience, I was all set to become a ‘Management’ Trainee. I chalked a simple yet beautiful plan on how I am going to spend my days: Go to the office, get day’s work aligned [...]

Welcome to the team!

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

For the past four and a half months I have served as the sales analyst for two major grocery chains in the Northeast, Ahold and Wakefern.  Ahold consists mainly of Stop & Shop, Giant Carlisle, Giant Landover and Peapod, an online grocery store.  Wakefern is the parent company to Shoprite, one of the busiest grocery [...]