PIP expands account team
Protective Industrial Products (PIP) announced the expansion of its national accounts team.
The team will be led by Kurt Wanner, who will serve in the newly created position of vice president of national accounts. Wanner joined PIP in early 2006 as a regional sales manager and later became national account manager. In his most recent role as vice president of sales - safety, North and Northeast, he successfully grew a large region of the country and continued to be personally active with many of key accounts.
The team will include a mix of industry veterans and newly hired personnel from related industries:
Anne Gardner Davis, national account manager for industrial, has over 20 years of experience within the industry, where she worked with major distributor and end-user accounts.
Jay Rogers, national account manager for construction, has been with PIP nearly 20 years.
Greg Lawson previously was distribution development manager with The Michelin Group, handling specialty rubber products for the commercial and agriculture markets.
Ben Bird and Jim Giordano fill the newly created position of field sales specialist, reporting to Kurt Wanner. Their responsibilities include working with specific accounts and also providing specialty support within the electrical, jan/san and food channels.
Bob Clark, who was national account manager for electrical, moves to a product manager role for that market, reporting to Joe Milot III, senior product manager. Clark’s accounts will handled by members of the national accounts team.
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