10 QUESTIONS


10 Questions with... Christian Berenger


Each month we ask a cleaning industry professional the Tomorrow’s Cleaning 10 Questions. This month, we chatted to Christian Berenger, Business Development Director at Auto Time Solutions.


Q5 Q1


What was your first job? y rst ob as selling doors


for a local business  orked my way up through the company and was responsib le for all aspects of the b usiness including sales and marketing, purchasing, workshop operations and installation planning


Q2


How did you get into the cleaning industry?


T he cleaning industry has b een a growth target sector for A uto T ime Solutions s contractors face tight operating margins and increased competition, they are turning to time and attendance technology to measure lab our costs, increase productiv ity and improve protably ur softare,


V anquish, enab les contractors to manage multiple remote locations and achiev e cost sav ings, b y eliminating manual timesheet errors and issues such as b uddy-punching, to increase payroll accuracy


Q3 Q4


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Which three words describe your personality?


ocussed, outgoing and persuasive


If you could visit one place in the world, where would


you go and why? F ar E ast A sia; I ’v e always fancied


v isiting Camb odia b ecause ev eryone says how b eautiful it is and the culture is so different!


How would you improve the cleaning industry?


I think contractors must focus on the quality of the serv ice they prov ide customers and look at how innov ativ e


I T solutions can enhance their performance We talk to so many contractors who don’t hav e a time recording system in place, who rely on manual timesheets and simply leav e their remote workers to ‘ get on ith the ob emote orkers are ex posed to risks in their daily roles and contractors must demonstrate their duty of care and compliance to health and safety regulations Contractors in the industry hav e an opportunity to raise their standards even more in this area


Q6


Q7 Q8


If an intern were to start tomorrow, what’s the


one piece of advice you would give them?


A career in sales is all ab out hav ing ex cellent communication skills and dev eloping close long-standing relationships ith your clients  personal approach is always the most effectiv e!


What do you do to unwind?


S pend time with my family, although I wouldn’t say that it is always relax ing!


If you were stranded on a desert island and you


could only have one thing, what would it be and why? Does my family count f not  guess a photo of the family or prob ab ly my


C heck out nex t m onth’s issue to see wha t C hr istia n a sk ed our nex t industr y pr of essiona l. . .


www.tomorrowscleaning.com


iP ad, although I don’t think the b attery ould last that long


Q9


What do you think is the future of the


cleaning industry?


I think the contract cleaning industry can look forward to increased growth in the coming years he opportunity for fresh growth will mean it is important for contractors to gain a competitiv e edge and support their customer base


L or r a ine G ibson, M a na g ing D ir ector of B r a y bor ne F a cilities S er v ices, a sk s. . .


Q10


What innovations do you think will be


introduced within the cleaning industry over the next few years?


T he cleaning industry has really started to emb race technology; we’re currently dev eloping a new terminal which will b e ready for launch later in the year Were keeping its key features under wraps at the moment,


b ut it will certainly enhance how contractors can collate staff data from remote sites and improv e their efciency, so atch this space


www.autotime.co.uk


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