ENVIROVENT WELCOMES NEW HEAD OF SALES DISTRIBUTION

By Ruth MacEachern

Product Manager

EnviroVent, one of the UK’s leading ventilation designers and manufacturers, has appointed a new Head of Sales Distribution, Darren Ayres, to enhance customer service for its distribution channels and drive sales.

In his new role, Darren, who is based in Peterborough, will head up a team of two Regional Sales Managers and 12 Area Sales Managers across the country who are responsible for supporting EnviroVent’s electrical wholesalers and distributor network.

His previous roles include being UK Business Director for Farho, a Spanish manufacture of low energy radiators, with responsibility for the overall leadership and direction of the UK business.  Here, Darren worked with electrical wholesalers and buying groups throughout the country, as well as with contractors and architects on residential developments across the construction industry.   He also worked for a number of years as National Account Manager for Whirlpool, selling white goods into both b2c and b2b distribution channels.

Darren Ayres, Head of Sales - Distribution

“I am excited to be joining the EnviroVent team.  The company has a strong culture and core values that I completely align with and am looking forward to heading up the distribution team.   The company has a strong offer to distributors and I will be looking at ways to enhance this and how we can help wholesalers to maximise sales of ventilation products.”

As well as managing the Sales Distribution team, Darren’s role will involve managing commercial partnerships and ensuring plans are in place to support distributors with their individual requirements.  EnviroVent has a compelling offer to electrical wholesalers and distributors including providing technical sales training to staff and their contractors and professional marketing support for point of sale material.

Darren adds “EnviroVent is renowned for quality and reliability and it is great to be part of such a dedicated team.  I will be working closely with our internal teams, including new build and social housing to ensure that all areas of the business collaborate in the best interests of customers. 

“I strongly believe in supporting our internal team and am looking forward to getting out to branches with our Regional Sales Managers, meeting the people and identifying even more ways we can enhance the experience for customers.”

Edward Sims, Customer Experience Director at EnviroVent

“It is great to welcome Darren to the business. His vast experience within the electrical wholesale industry, as well as years spent leading successful performing sales teams across high value brands gives Envirovent further opportunities to grow our trade sales and further enhance our position in the market.”

EnviroVent offers unrivalled support to distributors including training and support for electrical contractors, wholesalers, and stockists. This includes access to expert knowledge on residential ventilation best practices and compliance. EnviroVent is also an approved training Centre for the NICEIC Domestic Ventilation course, developed by leading industry experts it focuses on  providing a technical competency for electricians, contractors, heating engineers and ventilation  installers. EnviroVent also offers promotional merchandise and marketing support to product their products, plus monthly offers throughout the year to distributors. 

To find out more about ventilation products and services from EnviroVent, visit https://www.envirovent.com/.