First Day of Work

Today was my first day of work which was pretty exciting. I was picked up at 7:20 to start my day and it was non-stop til about 6:00. Most days are going to end up being quite so long but we had quite a bit to get through. So we went into the office and I was introduced to my new company vehicle. Sadly it was not the Ford F150 that the boss mentioned on the phone. While it was still a Ford it was a pretty large sized cube van. Kinda hard to be ballin' in that mobile. But a free ride is a free ride.
Basically my job is going to be to keep all of my accounts as happy as possible. There are going to be a lot of challenges that I am going to overcome in the next little while including but not limited to; learning to navigate all 27 Yellowknife roads (i made that number up), getting the warehouse guys to actually fill the orders correctly, and managing to keep myself pretty well entertained. Already I am accepted into an awesome group of friends because of my bro's previous hard work on making them. So there are plenty of people to hang out with and entertaining myself might not be too difficult. However, back to writing about my work day...
Throughout the day we went around to accounts and ensured shelves were stocked and there was plenty of product waiting to be moved our to the coolers as they are emptied. Essentially I just write the orders for all of my customers and manage all of their inventory. What I am doing is getting familiar with all of the products that we carry up in the Knife. Not only am I selling Coke but also Old Dutch Potato Chips. Thats a large product line to say the least. Although there are only 20 or so account that I am managing almost everyone requires a weekly visit at the very least. Almost all accounts are visited daily by either myself, the merchandiser, or the delivery guy.
I am pretty pumped because the boss also mentioned that he is likely going to have me write up some marketing plans for one of their biggest suppliers and that will get me started in doing what I would potentially like to do in the future, marketing consultation. There is another guy in town that is interested in potentially having me do some work for them also by designing and implimenting a marketing plan for his communication business. I am looking forward to the potential. While my job is going to be demanding from time to time I am certain I will be able to manage and with any luck reach my personal goal for sales increases.
I am off to bed, this weekend one of the boys in town is celebrating his birthday at my bosses cottage. Interestingly enough, my boss is his father-in-law. Small towns, go figure!