FACES OF KIRBY-SMITH MACHINERY Kris Phillips is the new general manager of Kirby-Smith Machinery’s pipeline group
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Gavin Cole, Vice President of Sales for KSM, believes Phillips is a true professional who will provide strong leadership as the company finds new and creative methods to work more closely with the pipeline industry.
Inc. (KSM) has promoted Kris Phillips to general manager of the pipeline group. He will lead KSM’s efforts to fully support the equipment needs of pipeline contractors operating in the mainline, “Kris brings a wealth Kris Phillips, General Manager, regional and local pipeline of experience to his new Pipeline Group, construction industries. position related to equipment KSM Phillips previously served sales, product support and KSM as a major account sales training,” said Cole. “He has worked closely with the pipeline product support sales representative industry in various roles throughout where he supported several of the his career and proudly served in the heavy equipment distributor’s United States Marine Corps where he largest accounts.
worked as an equipment mechanic. I am excited for KSM’s future in this area under Kris’ care.” Excited for his new opportunity, Phillips finds motivation in the words of his late grandfather: “Don’t let the family down.” “I am honored every day to be a part of the Kirby-Smith family, which has been such a huge part of both my career and life,” said Phillips. “I have no intention of letting Granddad down and won’t let any of my 1KS family down either. I am so proud to be part of this team and look forward to the challenges ahead.” ■
KSM announces regional leadership structure for product support sales and parts teams
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Christopher is responsible irby-Smith Machinery for KSM’s southern region, Inc. (KSM) has announced which includes the territory the promotions of Nick surrounding its Dallas, Fort Crossley and Cody Worth, Waco, Abilene, Odessa, Christopher as regional and Lubbock locations. product support sales managers for the heavy Kellerstrass expressed equipment distributor. his confidence in the new The promotions occurred Cody Christopher, appointments, stating, Regional Product earlier this year ahead of “Nick and Cody have both Support Manager, the transition of David earned this opportunity KSM Kellerstrass to vice through their hard work president of product and dedication to the best support, who previously was principles of Kirby-Smith. These responsible for product support sales strategic changes will not only across KSM’s full territory. Now with enhance our vision but also reinforce a more regionalized focus, Crossley our commitment to delivering is responsible for the management of excellence to our customers.” product support sales representatives Additionally, the parts department in KSM’s northern region, which also adopted a regional structure includes Oklahoma, Kansas, earlier this year to accommodate Missouri, and Amarillo, Texas.
KSM’s growth. Tim Peterson will now serve as the senior regional parts manager for the northern region, and Jamie Scalf will take on the role of regional parts manager for the southern region. In addition, Randy Short, who is responsible for KSM’s central parts warehouse operations, has been promoted to parts administration and inventory control manager, expanding on his previous duties. Vice President of Parts Wade Gaines knows he has the right team in place as the company continues to grow its parts offerings and capabilities in the aim of supporting customer demand. “We are excited to take the next step toward creating lifetime relationships and delivering consistent results to our valued customers,” said Gaines. ■
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