Hoffman Group UK has marked its first operational year in the UK by increasing its headcount by approximately 20%.
Following the group’s reorganisation earlier this year, Chris Gordon and Angela Hartfield have been appointed as key account managers covering the whole of the UK, and Paula Rose as an area sales manager.
The business has also boosted its PPE, site service and business development divisions, both regionally and nationally. Dharmesh Devabhai also joins the group as PPE specialist. Additionally, Amber Bloore has joined as site service co-ordinator, with the job of supporting vending contracts and additional services across the country. Additional site service co-ordinators are also currently being recruited. Gary Quinney has also joined the business as senior technical support – bids and tenders.
Finally, Sian Fletcher has also joined the Birmingham-based subsidiary as finance manager, a position that was previously based in Germany, as part of Hoffmann Group’s continued commitment to the UK market.
Tim Paddison, managing director at Hoffmann Group UK, said: “Our first year of operating in the UK has been, considering how challenging the past few months have been for the industry, an extremely successful one.
“We have grown rapidly, and even implemented a complete reorganisation of how we operate in order to provide a better service for our customers during these unprecedented times. As a result of this, we are now in a fantastic place to push on and support manufacturers through whatever challenges the coming months may bring.
Investment has also been made across other areas of the company, with the business having increased the size of its vehicle fleet in order to assist site service co-ordinators in fulfilling additional services and tool vending contracts. Furthermore, lower mileage company vehicle users have all switched to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, improving the businesses’ carbon footprint by enabling all of them to commute to and from the office using purely the electric engines.
Additional investment has also been committed towards computer aided design (CAD) software for its in-house specialists, further broadening its technical and design capabilities.
Hoffmann Group UK also has major expansion plans in place for 2021. Specifically, there are plans in place to increase headcount further to support the launch of Connected Manufacturing, a smart software solution for an efficient manufacturing organisation. Looking further ahead, the business also has plans in place to double in size by 2023, through more effectively delivering a broad range of services designed to help customers reduce costs and increase productivity.
Paddison added: “As we move into 2021, our goal is to build upon the strong foundations we have laid in place and strive for bigger and better goals for the business over the coming months – watch this space!”
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