KNIPEX announces new sales team personnel

May 30, 2019
KNIPEX Tools added to its growing sales team and hired Patrick Mooney as national sales manager for Canada, Brian Nolan as territory manager and Craig Kosik as account manager.

KNIPEX Tools added to its growing sales team and hired Patrick Mooney as national sales manager for Canada, Brian Nolan as territory manager and Craig Kosik as account manager.

Patrick Mooney

As national sales manager, Patrick Mooney is responsible for growth and profitability of brick and mortar wholesale distribution and dealer accounts throughout Canada. With more than 25 years of industry experience, Mooney has held several regional and national sales management roles with Ingersoll-Rand, Stanley Black & Decker and the BeA Group. Mooney earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He currently lives in Chicago with his wife and has three children.

As the mid-Atlantic territory manager, Brian Nolan is responsible for managing current customer groups within trade distribution, identifying and developing new opportunities within current customer base, establishing new business with prospective distribution partners and supporting distributors through field training, counter days, seminars and trade shows. Although new to the industry, Nolan has more than 20 years of sales experience. He earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He currently lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two children.

Brian Nolan Craig Kosik

As account manager for the automotive channel, Craig Kosik is responsible for developing relationships with the company’s automotive distribution customers to grow sales and providing excellent account support. Over the last two decades, Kosik has worked in nearly every aspect of the retail and sales industry, from selling tools to the end user, to inventory and distribution, to product development and merchandising. He currently lives in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, with his wife and two children.

“Patrick, Brian and Craig bring decades of sales and industry knowledge that is sure to translate to stronger brand awareness and even better sales for KNIPEX in the years to come,” said Todd Shumate, president, KNIPEX Tools. “Being able to make this many additions to our sales team is a testament to the growth we’ve been fortunate to experience as a company and the hard work that comes from each individual.”
           
About KNIPEX Tools
KNIPEX Tools LP is the North American sales and marketing organization of KNIPEX‐Werk. KNIPEX‐Werk, Wuppertal, Germany, is a professional quality pliers manufacturer known worldwide. The company concentrates its efforts on being the best pliers manufacturer in terms of quality, innovation and efficiency and its pliers satisfy the highest expectations in terms of performance, ergonomics and service life. knipex-tools.com

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