Head-hunted sales executive marks 10 years’ service with Fareham-based company
A SALES executive has marked 10 years’ service a waste management company - after making such a great impression with her bosses 20 years ago that they hired her again.
Karen Crundwell works for CSG, an independent waste specialist, based at its head office in Fareham.
The 56-year-old mother of three, who started out working for the MoD in waste and energy management, was head hunted by the company to work as a transport co-ordinator for its dry waste division around 20 years ago.
She said: ‘I worked there for about eight months and really enjoyed it, but personal circumstances meant I had to leave.
‘I devoted my time to my children and did retrain at one point as a beautician and was also the estate manager of the complex where I lived.'
However, when a sales role became available with CSG 10 years ago, Karen was invited in for a chat and met up with her old sales manager. Her reputation lived on, and she was re-hired.
Karen, 56 who lives in Gosport, now works with the south west depots covering Bristol and Saltash.
She said: ‘I enjoy working with customers and trying to build the business. Two days are never the same.
‘Every phone call is unique, and our clients’ requirements vary greatly - one call could be sewage and the next could be emptying a large lagoon. I get a real buzz from taking that first call, finding a solution for the customer, and seeing the project through.
‘I have worked with a lot of customers for a long time and know them really well, and what they expect.
‘I cannot believe that 10 years have gone by so quickly and that is because I enjoy coming to work, the days are interesting and if you enjoy something, it’s a big plus.’
CSG was founded as a one-man sewage collection business in rural Hampshire more than 85 years ago, and now employs a national workforce of more than 500 people.
The company, which has 26 depots across the UK, is one of the largest privately-owned industrial and domestic environmental waste management groups in Britain.