Published : Thu 21st Feb
Meet Jo, One of Our New Product Development Co-ordinator Team
I鈥檝e been working at the ACG动漫 for 15 months and am currently 6 weeks into my new role as Product Development Co-ordinator within the central Food & Beverage team. Coming from a Human Resources background, it鈥檚 fair to say I was nervous about making the move to Commercial 鈥� was it really the right thing to do? I needn鈥檛 have worried; the past 6 weeks have been an absolute blast.
There has been huge growth in the central Food & Beverage team in recent months which has meant lots of new starters joining at around the same time. It鈥檚 nice to know we are all newbies together! I feel I can speak for us all when I say from day one everyone has been so welcoming and given each one of us plenty of time to get to know them, their role, and where they fit in the whole team. We鈥檝e been able to meet the wider Food & Beverage Teams 鈥渙ut in the field鈥� too. From Front of House, Cooks, Chefs and Managers, to Commercial Support Consultants and Personal Development Advisers through engagement days and events. Meeting these key contacts and building strong relationships will be vital in the success of implementing our overall Food & Beverage strategy.
We鈥檝e also all been given the opportunity to find out more about how properties run operationally; spending between 5 days and 2 weeks at various locations, meeting the different teams and finding out more about the fantastic work they do. This has given us all invaluable insight that we鈥檒l be taking forward as we return to Heelis.
Looking at my diary for the next few weeks and months, things won鈥檛 be slowing down! Along with my line manager and other members of the team, we鈥檒l be heading out to meet our suppliers, and also visit more properties, getting to know the Food & Beverage Teams. We want to ensure that we continue to give the best offer we can to our visitors; keeping the food and drink we have available exciting, but most importantly to make sure we are offering delicious food and drink that resonates with the Trust鈥檚 ethos; ensuring we are serving good food that鈥檚 doing good.
As the weeks go by, I鈥檓 learning more and more about my new role, the projects I鈥檓 going to be involved in, and how the work I鈥檒l be contributing to will be helping to look after the special places in the Trust鈥檚 care 鈥� if that鈥檚 not something to get out of bed in the morning for, I don鈥檛 know what is.
