INTERVIEWS
5 minutes with Avraam Pittakis
- Tell us a few words about your daily routine at work. Working for the family company naturally implies that you would have a vast number of responsibilities. Therefore, my daily routine includes a variety of different tasks, that happen at different parts of the day. My days always starts early when I arrive at the factory around 7:15 am. The first part of the day is strictly focused on fulfilling all our customers orders from the previous day. That translates to everyone on the team assisting in having the orders processed and loaded onto our trucks, as well as the truck routes being mapped out to ensure maximum efficiency. After the trucks are en route, I then move on to my next task. At this point I walk around the factory inspecting all the departments and discussing any potential issues they may have. Once that is finished, that’s when I start my own tasks for the day. That’s when I have the time to go through all my paperwork, emails, and have meetings. Towards the end of my daily routine, I take another walk around the factory, making sure that everything and everyone is on task and has appropriately planned for the next day.
- How did you decide you wanted to do Business Development? My current position came as a natural evolution of my hobbies and the needs of the family company. From a very young age, I was extremely interested in technology, and I was always fascinated by the day to day running of the company. This led to my decision to pursue a degree in Business Administration and a Concentration in Data Analytics. This allowed me to merge my two biggest interests – technology and the family business. Since I grew up being around the factory, returning back after my university studies was the natural choice.
- How easy was it to find a job after you graduated from university? Since I chose to work for the family business, it is expected that getting the job was easy, however, that came with its own hurdles since I was required to develop my own management style.