Bell appoint new national accounts manager
Robin Piper to handle key quarrying and opencast mining customer accounts across the UK
BELL Equipment UK have appointed aggregates industry professional Robin Piper as their new national accounts sales manager, with responsibility for handling key customer accounts across the UK, primarily those operating in the quarrying and opencast mining sectors.
According to the company, this new position was created largely to provide customers who have operations in more than one UK region with a more defined channel for contact with Bell.
Mr Piper, who has previously held senior positions at Carillion, Tarmac and CEMEX, will work alongside Bell’s team of regional sales managers and report directly to UK sales and marketing manager Nick Learoyd.
Mr Learoyd said: ‘Robin brings an incredible amount of top-level experience with him to this new role. He is also very well known throughout the industry.
‘His appointment will certainly aid the synergy of the sales team as a whole, but, more importantly, it will give some of our most important customers and future prospects a much clearer line of contact with the sales team.
‘Where a customer may have several offices or operational sites across the UK, the addition of a dedicated national accounts manager will prove invaluable in terms of day-to-day contact and accountability.
‘Our regional managers will continue to play a role within those key accounts, but Robin’s overall responsibility will ensure even greater consistency of communication.’
Mr Piper has joined Bell directly from his position as national operations director for Carillion Plant Services, having previously been promoted from regional contracts manager.
In roles prior to this he has been district manager for Tarmac Quarry Materials in the south-west region and operations manager with RMC Western (CEMEX) in Bristol. He is also a former chairman of the West of England branch of the Institute of Quarrying.
Commenting on his appointment, Mr Piper said: ‘I’ve gained a lot of experience in more than 30 years of working within the sector, and I’m fortunate enough to have made a large number of friends in the industry.
‘I’m now relishing the challenge of this new position, not least because the Bell team has a uniquely personal way of working which filters right through to the customers. Bell have earned a fabulous reputation across the industry for their customer support, so I’m delighted to now be part of that.’
