Last year, you might remember that we did a blog post on ‘A day in the life of Chris’, who at the time was our warehouse manager www.sylvesterkeal.co.uk/blog/a-day-in-the-life-chris

1. A Day in the Life of
Chris - a year on

2. Last year, you might remember that we did a blog post on ‘A
day in the life of Chris’, who at the time was our warehouse
manager www.sylvesterkeal.co.uk/blog/a-day-in-the-life-chris
Chris’ role as warehouse manager was vitally important, as
he was responsible for ensuring that all orders were picked
on time and delivered to customers, which was something
he was able to do with ease and efficiency.
After impressing us with his warehouse managing skills,
we decided to promote Chris to general manager last year
and he is now a key player in ensuring that everything runs
smoothly throughout the entire business, managing several
of our departments.
A lot can change in a year and we thought now would be the
perfect time to update you on Chris’ current role at Sylvester
Keal, what this now involves for him and how things have
changed…
Chris has been in the logistics industry for 42 years and has
spent half of this time in director or senior management
positions. Joining Sylvester Keal just three years ago, Chris
has been able to use his wealth of experience in senior
positions to help him in his role as warehouse manager,
which has ultimately helped him to move up to the general
manager role.
As general manager, there is no such thing as a typical day
for Chris but normally, he starts the day with a quick walk
around the various departments to check that everything is
running smoothly and that the team are ‘fit to fly’.
After this is done, Chris then takes his place in the service
department where he is temporarily based until the team
recruit a service manager. The service team has grown
hugely in just a short space of time so Chris’ role in this
department is very much advisory and supportive, although
he occasionally has to log service calls for equipment.
Most recently, Sylvester Keal has appointed a logistics
manager and Chris has been able to use his experience at
SK to offer guidance and support in the various aspects of
this role until the new manager finds their feet.
As well as this, Chris is currently temporarily managing the
commercial cleaning department which offers a range of
cleaning and hygiene services. This includes the extraction
cleaning to TR/19 certification standards of commercial
kitchens, laundries, care homes and catering businesses.

3. The general manager role can get extremely busy at times
for Chris, meaning he must utilise the skills he used in the
warehouse manager role and his experience prior to this to
ensure that everything runs according to plan.
Chris said: “Since my promotion to general manager a year
ago, my wealth of experience has definitely helped in this
role. I really enjoy the variety in this position, from taking part
in meetings to discuss the future direction of the company
or unloading pallets on the fork lift truck for the warehouse
team. For me, there is no such thing as a typical day as every
day is completely different.”
Sylvester Keal would like to say a huge well done and thank
you to Chris for all of the hard work he puts in to ensure that
everything runs as it should across the business.
To get in touch with Chris for any enquiries, email him at
chris.codling@sylvesterkeal.co.uk.

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