14.03.2014

New appointments at Manitowoc

Manitowoc announced further appointments at Conexpo which follow on from the major restructuring moves towards a product line structure that it announced in February.

Larry Weyers who became global executive vice president for all products along with the global sales and marketing operation said: “Over the past month we’ve worked hard to build the best possible team to serve all facets of our relationship with customers. That runs from the initial introduction with new customers, through the product development process, on to supporting them with the best service and then retaining them with a combination of innovative new machines and superior customer care. As part of that we’ve not only selected highly experienced and talented team members for new positions, we’ve also re-evaluated our processes to ensure we’re doing the best we can for our customers. I believe we’re now in great shape to serve our customers even better than we have before.”

The latest appointments are as follows:

Sales & Marketing

Sales and marketing, headed by Dave Hull, is one of the few roles that is split regionally rather than by product line. Regional managers include: David Semple, vice president of sales for the Middle East and English-speaking Africa, Raman Joshi, vice president and general manager for Asia-Pacific, Klaus Kroeppel, vice president of sales for Central and Eastern Europe, Christophe Simoncelli, vice president of sales for Western Europe and Francophone Africa, Mike Heacock, senior vice president of sales for North America and Bruce Buchan, senior vice president of sales for South America.

For the individual product sectors managers will be responsible for the full scope of activity, from engineering, forecasting and technology through parts support and product training.

All Terrain and truck mounted cranes

Jens Ennen will cover All Terrain and truck mounted products as senior vice president, his team includes: Herniu Michelski, manager of Lift Solutions, Mike Bage, director of Crane Care parts and training, Andreas Cremer, global product director and Thomas Buchardt, director of Crane Care technical support and EnCORE.

Crawler cranes

John Kennedy, is senior vice president of crawler cranes and his team includes: Allen Kadow, manager of Lift Solutions, Ted Thomas, director of Crane Care’s crawler crane Contact Centre and training and Ingo Noeske, global product director.

Rough Terrain, Industrial and Boom trucks

Ingo Schiller, senior vice president for boom trucks, Rough Terrain and industrial cranes positions has a team that includes: Scott Mohn, manager of Lift Solutions, Scott Keckler, director of Crane Care, Ruben Olivas Saunders, global product director of boom trucks and industrial cranes and Mike Herbert, global product director for Rough Terrain cranes.

Tower cranes

Reporting in to Jean-Noel Daguin, senior vice president for tower cranes are: Matthias Hess, manager of Lift Solutions, Pascal Ducrot, director of Crane Care, Thibaut Le Besnerais, global product director of top-slewing cranes and Jean-Pierre Zaffiro, global product director of self-erecting cranes.

The appointments all took effect last week.