{"id":5027,"date":"2020-08-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bpddev2.uk\/clients2023\/metro\/the-metro-team-talk-mark-dainter\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T08:56:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T08:56:36","slug":"the-metro-team-talk-mark-dainter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bpddev2.uk\/clients2023\/metro\/news\/the-metro-team-talk-mark-dainter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Metro team talk: Mark Dainter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Graduating university with a degree in chemistry, Mark quickly realised that a career in \u201cblowing things up\u201d was not for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Joining Metro in 1996, almost two and a half decades ago, Mark elicits his versatility through working across a wide variety of departments in the business, ranging from import and export operations, to documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last 15 years, Mark\u2019s involvement with the pricing aspects of the business have been indispensable, performing them within Metro\u2019s procurement team, whilst undertaking a principle role in our digital Tariff System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark\u2019s current responsibilities encompass pricing and administration, in which he is instrumental in publishing rates and contracts and the administration of carrier charges and customer tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a self-proclaimed \u2018Jack of all trades\u2019, Mark\u2019s ancillary responsibilities include reporting statistics and auditing; whilst his expertise allows him to \u201cput his hand\u201d to a wealth of other tasks in the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now, Mark\u2019s primary focus is looking at ways to increasing efficiency within the business by further digitalising and automating processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduating university with a degree in chemistry, Mark quickly realised that a career in \u201cblowing things up\u201d was not for him. &nbsp;Joining Metro in 1996, almost two and a half decades ago, Mark elicits his versatility through working across a wide variety of departments in the business, ranging from import and export operations, to documentation. 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