About DENNIS DE GUZMAN, Managing Director of Melcon Worldwide Logistics:
Give me one word that describes you the best. COMPETITIVE.
How do you see the company changing in two years, and how do see yourself creating that change?
MELCON SERVICES WILL BE MORE DIVERSIFIED. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OURSELVES BEING
PARTNERS WITH MORE AND MORE COMPANIES BECAUSE OF THIS. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE MORE
PRESENT IN A GLOBAL SENSE, BEING MEMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL RELOCATION ORGANIZATIONS.
What are Your 3 Biggest Accomplishments?
MELCON’S SIGNIFICANT GROWTH FROM THE TIME I CAME ON BOARD IN 2018.
Tell us 3 things you like and 3 things you dislike about your current position.
LIKES:
(1) CHALLENGING AS I AM CONSTANTLY THINKING OF GROWING THE BUSINESS, BEING CREATIVE IN
HANDLING AND FINDING A SOLUTION FOR EXTRAORDINARY SITUATIONS AND DEMANDS OF CLIENTS
(2) BEING IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN INFLUENCE A PERSON AND HELP HIM/HER GROW AS AN
INDIVIDUAL
(3) MEETING NEW PEOPLE
DISLIKES:
(1) HAVING TO REVIEW AND SIGN VOLUMINOUS DOCUMENTS
(2) HAVING TO SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AWAY FROM MY FAMILY
Who are the other business leaders you look up to?
JACK MA. THE WAY HE NAVIGATED THROUGH LIFE AND BECAME ONE OF THE MORE INFLUENTIAL
INDIVIDUAL IS VERY INSPIRING TO ME.
Mr. De Guzman tells more about Melcon Logistics:
Describe Melcon Logistics in one word? EVOLVING.
Tell us about your products and services.
OUR PRODUCTS/SERVICES INCLUDE RELOCATION (Import/Export), DISTRIBUTION, WAREHOUSING, GENERAL CARGO, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, ART WORKS, AND PET RELOCATION.
Your people.
OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR BEST ASSET. THEY ARE MOST VALUABLE TO US. THEY PROVIDE VERY ABLE SUPPORT AS THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY SKILLED FOR THE RELOCATION/LOGISTICS BUSINESS AND THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR AN AVERAGE OF 15 YEARS.
Your Mission.
OUR MISSION IS TO BE A ONSTOP SHOP FOR ALL LOGISTICAL REQUIREMENTS OF PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS COMPANIES.
In Subic, who do you think are your company’s competitors? AS FAR AS MELCON’S CORE BUSINESS
(RELOCATION) IS CONCERNED, I DON’T THINK THERE IS ANY. HOWEVER, FOR THE LOGISTICS PART,
NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE ARE MANY IN SUBIC.
What is your company’s competitive advantage over your competitors? EXPERIENCE AND PEOPLE/STAFF. OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR AN AVERAGE OF 15 YEARS AND THUS VERY EXPERIENCED.
What challenges has Melcon faced during the pandemic? WHILE MOBILITY WAS A CHALLENGE, MELCON TOOK IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP COMPANIES IN THEIR MOVING REQUIREMENTS AS WORK FROM HOME WAS IMPLEMENTED. MANY OF OUR PARTNER COMPANIES REACHED OUT TO US FOR SUPPORT IN MANAGING THIS NEW NORM.
How did you manage them? ALTHOUGH IT WAS DIFFICULT IN THE BEGINNING, WE DID NOT WASTE TIME AND IMMEDIATELY DISCUSSED WITH THE STAFF HOW WE CAN NAVIGATE THROUGH THE CRISIS, ENSURING MISSING NO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
OUR STAFF ALL THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, UP UNTIL THIS TIME, WERE/ARE PROVIDED WITH ALL NECESSITIES TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY AS THEY WORK, NAMELY, TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE RESIDENCE, PPE, ALCOHOL, AND WEEKLY ANTIGEN TESTS.
What are your company values and how do the employees embody those values?
EXCELLENCE, INTEGRITY. ALL STAFF GOES THROUGH YEARLY TRAINING THAT INCLUDES REINFORCING THESE CORE COMPANY VALUES.
