Time to buy a lottery ticket

The stars must be aligned or maybe it was that (Kentucky Fried) chicken I sacrificed for the cause…but for some reason, I’m “in the flow”

Had occasion to meet with Big Time Executive Guy here at The Company. He’s smart and quite savvy.

The purpose of the meeting was to present the results of a recent RFQ in which a new vendor was chosen over the incumbent.

See…Big Time Executive Guy was the one who originally introduced incumbent to The Company. He has a pride of ownership about this supplier. It’s been a successful relationship, but everything changes…it has to. It’s the nature of business.

We went in seeking approval. I expected to be tossed out of Big Time Executive Guy’s office. Actually, I expected Big Time Executive Guy to ignore me outright (as is often the case with Procurement).

What I didn’t expect is that The Client would be ignored and Big Time Executive Guy would ask me for my thoughts.

And somewhere inside of me I whipped out eloquence (this doesn’t always happen, you should know).

I talked through the new, low pricing, was able to quote the sales numbers of new company and even threw in a “I read this article last week…” that Big Time Executive Guy said “yeah…I read that too” (SCORE!)

In the end, Big Time Executive Guy took just twenty minutes before saying, “All right, I approve, good job!”

I was stunned. I almost asked him to say it again, or for a hug, but showed restraint.

It’s a big win for The Company. It’s a career defining moment for me.

I’m telling ya…lottery ticket…me…buying…TODAY…