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Aija Brante, 20 year experience at Tamro:
"I am the head of the prescription drugs category at the pharmaceutical wholesaler SIA ‘Tamro’. However, before, I was the leading regional manager at the company. I worked as the leading specialist for 5 years before changing my specialisation, but before then I was a junior regional manager for 5 years. The employee’s competences, conscientiousness, diplomacy in communication are a part of the qualities that my company values highly. If this is supplemented with loyalty towards the company, then the career growth possibilities are endless.”
SIA “Tamro” has been my first and only employer since 1996. I have worked for the company for more than 20 years now. And there is still so much to do here for many years to come!
After obtaining a degree in pharmaceutics, I started my work at a pharmacy owned by the company in Riga. Serving clients was my main duty. But what was also important for me was to improve communication skills with clients and, besides working, to start studying trade, by applying the acquired knowledge in practice. The results were immediate — clients were attracted and interested, along with a higher income. The employer noticed my initiative and appreciated it by offering me the position of pharmaceutical procurement manager and beauty care manager in wholesale.
When, 10 years ago, a new position was formed at the company — a regional manager of pharmacies — I applied. I earned the position, because my experience, knowledge, and skills gained in the pharmaceutical environment was exactly what convinced the employer that I was just what they needed. Owing to the support of the company’s management, I was able to combine my work with studies, to have a child with flexible working hours as a new mother, and, when I lived for a couple of years in a remote city far from Riga, they found a possibility to compensate my travel expenses."