Knipex Tools, Buffalo Grove, IL): Sean Loomis is the company’s new sales manager. The company also announced new roles and responsibilities for current employees Sarah Cavallo, Matt Laga and Ron Woods.
As sales manager, Loomis is responsible for the strategic direction of sales development with current and prospective customers in the western regions of the United States and Canada. Loomis has more than 20 years of industry sales experience, previously serving as a regional sales manager and national accounts manager. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Loomis currently lives in Seattle and volunteers at Best Buddies International and the Special Olympics of Western Washington in his spare time.
Sarah Cavallo, formerly an e-commerce sales and support specialist, transitioned to the role of account manager for KNIPEX’s e-commerce division. During Cavallo’s two years with KNIPEX, she provided valuable support as e-commerce became the company’s fastest-growing channel and effectively managed the company’s biggest online customers. She will assume responsibility for additional key accounts within the e-commerce channel.
Matt Laga, currently an automotive sales manager at KNIPEX, assumed responsibility for the company’s automotive mobile jobber accounts. Along with the mobile jobber accounts, Laga continues to handle KNIPEX’s largest accounts within the automotive channel.
Ron Woods, formerly a market development manager for KNIPEX’s key accounts, was promoted to the role of automotive account manager. In this new role, Woods will assume responsibility for KNIPEX’s automotive warehouse distributor and independent distributor accounts. Woods joined KNIPEX in 2015, where he supported retail and industrial accounts and provided consistent trade show support at automotive trade shows.