Ben Edge will draw on his sales and account management experience to help merchants access a wealth of industry knowledge and support with sales enquiries across the region.

As part of Klober’s ongoing sales team investment, Ben Edge has been appointed as Divisional Sales Manager (North UK and Ireland).

With 38% of architectural practices expecting workloads to grow in Q3 according to RIBA Future Trends Workload Index, this timely appointment bodes well amid construction industry growth.

Joining the Klober team from Unilever, Edge will draw on his sales and account management experience to help merchants access a wealth of industry knowledge and support with sales enquiries across the region.

Alongside this, Edge has over three years’ experience in the property development market as a private investor, which has helped him to establish relationships with contractors and other building professionals.

Edge said: “ My role in the sales team will be to work with others across the business to carry on this legacy of raising the roofing standard, and to support merchant customers fulfil orders on time and to specification.”

This appointment comes at a time of expansion and change for the Klober sales team, following on from the hiring of Chris Nicholls as Commercial Director in early 2021. Over the last six months, Chris has reshaped the team improve Klober’s sales proposition, including the promotion of Richard Pitman to Divisional Sales Manager for the South.