How do I get our country manager to consider me to fill my booss's vacant spot?
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How do I get our country manager to consider me to fill my booss's vacant spot? My boss (upper management) got laid off; I'm currently a manager with 9 years experience on my role and a lot of cross collaboration with the other teams my boss supervised.
The company's official statement claims they'll be looking for a replacement. One of the upper managers (who I'm close to), while taking part in the upper management meeting where they shared my boss's news, suggested they look for talent within the company and pointed to me as a potential replacement.
She then gave me a heads-up and advised me to take the lead and email HR and the country manager to ask them to be considered, along with pointers for what I could do to get this position.
I need advice on how to phrase this email, so it doesn't come across as a request for the job that feels like I would settle for feedback if they don't consider me; what I'd like to hear is a plan on how to get this position.
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