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CAREERS
NEW APPOINTMENTS
LEADERSHIP SUCCESS SETS HURST UP FOR FUTURE
NEW HR DIRECTOR JOINS ALUK UK BOARD
Hurst Doors commitment to investing in its workforce and providing the highest levels of products and service has been demonstrated with five of its factory and office team achieving Highfield Level 2 certificates in Team Leadership.
Six months after joining AluK in the newly created role of HR Business Partner, Kirsty Parker has been appointed to the UK board as HR Director.
Sarah West, Steve Pullen, Bob Halls, Aide Page and Lee Gray have been equipped with the skills they need to lead a team successfully. This included learning motivation techniques to get the best from people and methods for resolving disputes, giving them the confidence to tackle difficult issues and the tools to develop as a leader. Training for the qualification was carried out by Sarah Van Der Eykyn, Managing Director
at Ideal Training Solutions & Leadership based in Hull. Mark Atkinson, Hurst’s Sales Director, said: “The team put in a great effort and several of them are now progressing onto the diploma level. All are being encouraged to implement what they’ve learnt into practice in the work-place. “Sarah was extremely supportive and adapted the training for those that didn’t work on PCs, using workbooks and running question and answer sessions where needed instead. We’d like to thank her for all her help.” The company’s investment in upskilling its employees is not stopping there, with several
TEAM SUCCESS – (L-R) Kevin Wheatman, Sarah Van Der Eykyn, Sarah West, Bob Halls, Lee Gray, Aide Page, Steve Pullen and Mark Atkinson
members of its Customer Services team working towards their Highfield’s Level 2 Diploma in Customer Service. Kevin Wheatman, Hurst’s Director/General Manager said: “Our people are central to our business, and we have invested in the training and development of our team to help them reach their full potential and support further growth of the business. It is important staff feel valued and training supports them to become
more efficient and effective in their roles, which in turn helps to increase customer satisfaction. “In our commitment to our customers, our strategy for continuously improving our business has always been to invest, to ensure we deliver quality products and exceptional customer support.” For more information, please call 01482 790790 or visit: www.hurstdoors.co.uk.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
NEW APPOINTMENT AT EPWIN WINDOW SYSTEMS Epwin Window Systems has further strengthened its technical sales team with the appointment of Neville Gleed as Technical Development Manager for Stellar, the multi award-winning retail aluminium system.
delighted to have joined the company.”
Commenting on Neville’s appointment, Paul Booth, Design Director (aluminium) at Epwin Window Systems, said: “We are delighted to welcome Neville to the team. He’s highly experienced in the industry and his expertise will be invaluable as we continue to grow Stellar’s customer base.”
He added: “I have been impressed with Stellar since its launch. It’s one of the few purposely designed aluminium systems for the domestic market without any workarounds. The unique patented reverse butt joint and pre-gaskets make it the go-to system for installers as it’s so easy to fit and delivers the best in streamlined aesthetics. Plus the system was ready in advance for Part L thanks to its future-proofed design, and will be ready for future legislation too.”
Neville commented: “Epwin Window Systems is a well-established name in the industry and is supported by a great team of people. It’s an exciting time to be joining Epwin Window Systems with its continued investment across the business to support its customers. I am
Neville will be a familiar face to many because he is no stranger to the window industry. He has worked for several highprofile businesses in the sector since the 1980s and brings a great deal of insight and experience with him.
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This high-profile promotion reflects AluK’s ongoing commitment to attracting, developing, and retaining more of the talented people that are critical to its success and future growth. Kirsty’s immediate priority is to design and implement new frameworks and employeefocused practices which will make it even easier for everyone at AluK to do their best work. She will also be developing a new leadership programme which will give leaders at every level within the business the knowledge they need to coach their own teams. An experienced HR professional, Kirsty has worked extensively on wellbeing, employee engagement and digital transformation projects with other global businesses. She stressed the benefits that an employee focused culture can bring to a business: “Employee satisfaction and customer satisfaction are inextricably linked, so creating the kind of experience for our people which meets their changing expectations of the workplace and helps deliver a high-performance work culture will ultimately benefit our fabrication partners, as well as AluK.” Kirsty Parker joins newly appointed Sales Director Wayne Heath on the expanded AluK UK board.
Neville’s role will be to support Stellar’s growing customer base. He will be involved with new business development and customer set-ups, helping to ensure new fabricators can hit the ground running. He will also work closely with the management teams on ongoing R&D and new product development projects. He reports directly to Paul Booth. Tel: 0845 340 3968 www.epwinwindowsystems.co.uk
August 2022 | www.glassnews.co.uk
