Kitchens International has appointed Brian Docherty as operations manager and Chris Redpath to warehouse manager Docherty will oversee all office operations, warehouse administration and control stock levels. The company has also promoted Carol Cameron to showroom manager of the Edinburgh Dundas Street showroom, having previously worked for Kitchens International for 13 years as a sales designer. Three new sales designers have also been appointed in Dudas Street, Edinburgh’s Westfield Road branch and Glasgow.
Matt Phillips has been appointed as commercial manager for Rotpunkt Kitchens, available in the UK through Waterline. He has worked for Waterline for 12 years and joins james Kidd to further develop the Rotpunkt business. Phillips will be responsible for expanding the network of Rotpunkt dealers. Taking over as regional sales manager for Phillips’ area is Martin Baker, who brings with him 15 years’ of experience with Magnet Kitchens.
Following an overall growth in sales, Portico Midlands has appointed Adam johnson as sales manager and Andy Depper and Sarah Powell as field sales representatives. johnson will be responsible for nurturing existing relationships and Depper and Powell are tasked with increasing the number of trade customers. Depper will look after the North of the country, bringing with him 20 years’ of sales experience and Powell will be responsible for the South.
Gudula Becker from D & G Agencies and Nicolas Gee from THJ Solutions have been appointed by Glass ldromassaggio as representatives for the UK market. They will be responsible for the retail sales network, as well as growing the untapped project market. Becker has 25 years’ experience as a supplier to the furniture retail trade, and Gee has been supplying bathroom products to the retail and construction sectors for five years.
Designers Richard Donaldson and Emma Gains have joined PWS to strengthen the company’s design capabilities. Donaldson takes the role of product designer and brings with him an honours degree in design, with experience in product and interaction design. Gains has been appointed as showroom designer and she has previously worked as a furniture designer in Milan. She brings with her an honours degree in interior architecture and design.