Clearview National December 2018 - Issue 205 | Page 70

MOVERS&SHAKERS
STRENGTHENING TRADE PARTNER SUPPORT
» » TAHLIA IBRAHIM HAS
joined outdoor living
specialist Milwood Group as
the new Assistant Sales and
Marketing Administrator. As
well as supporting Milwood’s
nationwide network of trade
partners through distributing
sales leads, providing technical
support and new product
information, her main focus
is to ensure trade partners are
set up and taking advantage of
Trade Partner Area, the online
hub which offers high-impact
Mark Wood, Managing
Director of the Milwood Group
adds: “We are really pleased to
welcome Tahlia to the Milwood
Group team. She plays a vital role
as our trade partner champion,
helping our network of over 150
businesses nationwide thrive in
the outdoor living market, selling
and installing our kit-based
aluminium verandas, canopies
and carports with complete
confidence.”
marketing and sales material,
technical documents, installation
manuals and online resources for
their own websites.
Tahlia comments: “My role
covers a lot of different areas
whether it’s supporting our trade
partners, managing Milwood’s
social accounts or even answering
the live chat feature on our
website. I’m learning something
new every day and really
enjoying working closely with
customers to deliver all the tools
and support they need.”
www.milwoodgroup.com
New sales team for ‘next chapter’
» » PROFINE UK HAS JUST
finished putting together a new
and experienced sales team to
help push the KÖMMERLING
brand further in the UK, with
the promise of additional
product and marketing
investment over the next 12
months and beyond.
With new managing director
Gareth Jones on board and
Brian McDonald promoted
to sales director, the new sales
team have been tasked with
nurturing existing business and
bringing on new customers. The
new team includes area sales
managers Leigh Cooper for the
north, Ian Smith – midlands
and Jason Scrivens for the
south.
Each new member has been
carefully recruited by profine,
bringing with them experience
of German system companies,
building plastics groups and
fabrication. With a huge
presence planned for the FIT
Show in 2019 along with the
launch of System 76, the team is
already highly motivated at the
opportunities that await.
Gareth Jones, MD of profine
UK commented: “We’ve been
very careful and diligent in the
way in which we’ve recruited the
best talent in the industry, for
what is the start of a new and
certainly exciting chapter for us
in the UK.”
www.kommerling.co.uk
Double director appointment
Deceuninck UK has announced the promotion of Chris Jones
to Sales Director and Darren Woodcock to Operations
Director, following several years of outstanding performance.
» » CHRIS JOINED DECEUNINCK IN
2014 and has helped existing customers grow
and also switched a stream of fabricators over
to Deceuninck. The combined effect has
powered Deceuninck’s strong growth and
market share gains over the last four years.
In 2016 Darren joined Deceuninck and
set up its purpose-built foiling plant within
just nine months. Deceuninck now foils
over five million metres a year and regularly
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sets the industry benchmark for outstanding
quality and service in foiling. Uniquely
among systems companies, Deceuninck
foils for stock and keeps 26 colourways in
stock with colour-matched cills, trims and
ancillaries for the whole of Deceuninck’s
Heritage range of products. Fabricators
can order even a single length of profile via
Deceuninck Online and know – because
they can see it in stock – that it will arrive
on their next delivery. On-time in-full levels
for colour are consistently the highest in the
UK, and quality and reliability of service
is believed to be one of the main reasons
for Deceuninck fabricators’ strong colour
growth.
www.deceuninck.com