Hill’s Panel Products has expanded its sales team, appointing former IDS senior account manager Ian Jones to be its category manager for melamine.
Stepping into the new role, Jones will primarily focus on the decorative panel and worktop sector of the business. His goals are to create new business, bring in key accounts, and further relationships with new and existing customers.
Jones entered the KBB industry with a role at Kronospan, and has also worked for Global Panel Products and Surteco.
International Decorative Surfaces (IDS) filed for administration last month, and Jones commented that the opportunity to join HPP came along at an ideal moment. “It was the best of both worlds,” he said, “I needed a job and HPP needed to hire someone.”
“This is a unique situation, so I’ll be trying to get in front of as many panel and worktop customers as I possibly can,” he added.