After what seems to be days worth of preparation, data pulling, diary bookings and fielding the potential deletion phone calls in between running the day to day category and conducting a few supplier strategy meetings we’ve made it to the first round of actual range review meetings. Back-to-back meetings for eight hours straight to be exact – I’m just hoping against hope that everyone tries to stick to the time frame….
We get off to a reasonable start then just as I’m starting to think things are going pretty smoothly, it happens. Not one, but two of the biggest suitcases on wheels I think I’ve ever seen turn up, accompanied by Mr X who delightedly informs me that they contain all the 157 products in his entire range. Help! I try and explain that we may not quite manage to get through all 157 of them in our 45 minutes. He gamely cuts them down to the top 53 (?!) and we gallop through them. Feeling ill after ‘sampling’ what feels like the majority of the 53 priorities. He kindly leaves the remaining 104 to get through in my own time. Aghh!
I’m not sure who was more confused by the whole thing – me, Mr X or the poor security guard who had to help him out of the taxi with the scary suitcases. He looked like he was moving in to the office for a few weeks holiday.
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