Takeuchi-US, Atlanta, named Carl Stickels as its new Northeast regional business manager. Stickels replaced Mark Barndollar in the role, who is retiring from his career in construction equipment sales of which he spent almost seven years with Takeuchi. Stickels will be responsible for all sales development and activity in the multi-state region, including dealer development and recruitment, inventory control, forecasting, promotions and the support of national and direct accounts.
“Carl has outstanding experience both in retail sales and the compact equipment industry,” says John Vranches, national sales manager for Takeuchi-US. “While Mark’s retirement leaves us with some big shoes to fill, we’re very confident in Carl’s long track record of success. We believe our Northeast region dealers and their customers will soon see him as a tremendous resource and trusted partner. We’re pleased to have Carl join the Takeuchi family.”
Based in Cortland, New York, Stickels comes to Takeuchi after 12 years as a territory and sales manager with an equipment distributor. Prior to his tenure there, Stickels spent more than 15 years in other sales, training and customer service-related roles,
“Having worked in this industry for a long time, I know firsthand about Takeuchi equipment and what it has to offer,” says Stickels. “I’m looking forward to applying what I’ve learned about compact equipment sales and service to help our Northeast dealers introduce even more customers to the positive benefits of owning and operating a Takeuchi machine.”
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