Paul Knighton has been appointed Sales Executive at SSI Schaefer covering East Anglia and the Home Counties, with responsibility for servicing and growing its portfolio of customers across the regions.
Paul will essentially be looking after existing customers whilst identifying new ones and utilising his skills to win contracts and seek out opportunities for SSI Schaefer in East Anglia and the Home Counties. His role with SSI Schaefer will be to provide solutions to companies that have issues relating to storage space, productivity and efficiency, to name just three areas.
Mr Knighton has extensive knowledge and skills built up over more than 12 years' experience within companies operating across a wide variety of sectors; his last role involved generating sales for a leading UK supplier of forklift trucks and warehouse equipment. Over the years, Paul has developed an aptitude for building relationships with new clients and for maintaining good working relationships with existing clients, skills that are an essential part of business development and new business generation.
He said: "I am proud to be joining SSI Schaefer with an excellent reputation as one of the world's largest total solutions providers and manufacturers of logistics systems and software, storage and conveyancing and waste management technology. It's an ideal opportunity for me to use the skills I have developed and learn more about the industry in all sectors that SSI Schaefer is involved in. Despite its size, the company has a 'family' feel to it which filters down to all levels of personnel- everyone is far more than just a number!"