Q&A
Fergus Pierce, Senior Sales Executive.
Jason Northey, Warehouse and Logistics support.
THE WHOLESALER IS THE FIRST COMPANY IN IRELAND TO PROVIDE CONTRACTORS WITH CONSOLIDATED ORDERS AND ALL THE EXTENSIVE PAPERWORK INVOLVED IN EXPORTS FOR DATA CENTRE PROJECTS OVERSEAS… Eastern Electrical Ballymount launches Project & Export Office
E astern Electrical has just launched a Project & Export Office at their Ballymount branch. Led by Senior Sales Executive Fergus Pierce, the new department offers a full package while providing products for data centre projects carried out by Irish contractors abroad. “We provide consolidation of orders, product specification, technical paperwork submittal and CE Certifications,” Fergus explained. “Consolidating orders means more traceability on the shipments and delivery dates. Instead of dealing with ten different suppliers, we can organize different ranges of products required by the client, put them on one shipment and
make it much simpler to organize, track and trace. “There are a lot of challenges when it comes to sending goods between different countries, such as VAT triangulation, organizing shipments and dealing with customs, and we are here to take care of all that, so the client doesn’t have to.” The Senior Sales Executive relies on a dedicated team that focuses on the contractors’ needs to provide solutions. Luiza Lapinska works in Sales Support and Administration and looks after documentation associated with export, such as foreign currency invoicing, commercial invoicing and proof of
delivery. She also keeps track of the movement of the goods. Warehouse and Logistics Support Jason Northey is responsible for receiving, picking and packing goods, and preparing them for delivery. He also negotiates pricing with the freight companies. Fergus spoke to Ireland’s Electrical Magazine about the launch of the Project & Export Office and what is in store for the new department. IEM: How did the need for a Project & Export Office arise? FP: In the past six years, I had been running the projects on my own and it was going well, but the company
“We provide consolidation of orders, product specification, technical paperwork submittal and CE Certifications.”
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