The account provides a steady stream of work for Pirtek Burton upon Trent, Adam says. “We work with them four or five times a month on average. We could be out there every day for a week or more evenly spread out.” Golding’s combination of transportation vehicles and on site heavy equipment provides variety. “It’s a good, stable customer and it keeps us busy with a large range of jobs,” Adam says.
Starting with Pirtek Burton 12 years ago aged 19, Adam’s career has mirrored the Golding account. “Ben Golding, who is now managing director of the firm, was driving the wagons when I first started – our careers have run in parallel.” When he began his Pirtek journey, Adam was a depot assistant, a role he describes as “the mop and bucket – chasing order
numbers, serving the customer, making the tea, trying to take the pressure off the centre manager.” “Mop and bucket” should be seen as an opportunity to demonstrate potential, however, and Adam swiftly made good. “Within a couple of years I was a manager at Burton and did that for about three or four years and then the opportunity arose to go to Coventry with John [Guest]. “I ran Coventry for around three years and went on the vans there for about a year. After that I came back to Burton, doing a sales job for a while before getting back in the office as centre manager.” This is undoubtably a circuitous career path, but Adam can clearly see the value in his experience.
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