The work I do spans all kinds of areas such as sales of semi-processed products for users in industrial machinery area, planning and commercialization of rubber products for toys for childcare and education users, sales of raw materials for sporting goods and public works customers.
The common point is that all these products are made of oil-based materials.
The actual duties range from supplying the semi-processed goods and raw materials according to our client specifications, proposing materials and processing methods, to dealing with client's development department on planning, testing and commercialization, factory booking (raw materials only).

Recently we were selling rubber chip that goes into artificial grass.
It is used in soccer and baseball fields for cushioning. The job started from small talk with one of our supplier's sales persons. The market environment, supply route, client connection, intra-company information exchange - everything fell into place in such a way as to make this business opportunity work.
From supplier to the seller, from seller to supplier, the kind of organic human exchange takes place on the scale of the whole group making the business possible, leading to expanded material base and client list. This dynamic was very memorable to me.

The freedom to try anything, I must say.
The position from which to do business can be industry as a whole, raw materials, business plan for our users, vertically and horizontally, the mass of possibilities is fascinating.
If you don't get something it is an environment where it's ok to ask, you can feel at ease doing your job.

Basically it is "don't forget your original intent", "don't forget to be grateful to those around you."
On a specific job "it is better to meet in person than do it over the phone", "propose what's best for the client (not what's best for you)", "explain clearly all merits and demerits of a product" etc. In other words looking at a job from the user's point of view.

We have the unity and responsiveness of a major trading company.
The workplace itself is very harmonious and feels at-home.
With our long experience and the trust of our clients and suppliers to back us up, it's an environment where you can try anything.