Kuhn Farm Machinery has announced details of an ambitious recruitment drive that will add eight new sales and product specialists to its UK staff structure.
The recruitment campaign is being implemented in order to enable Kuhn to take a greater market share in several key areas and to provide additional customer support via its network of dealerships.
Kuhns existing team of six territorial sales managers will continue to focus on driving sales of Kuhn’s fertiliser spreaders, grassland machinery, PTO-driven soil cultivation equipment, non min till seed drills, ploughs, shredders, balers and wrappers, and will be joined by four new sales specialists, two product marketing specialists and two parts and Amenity Pro sales specialists.
The four new sales specialists will have a remit to drive sales of mixer wagons, bedding machines, hedgecutters, balers and wrappers, min till cultivators and drills, sprayers and precision drills, with two of the new positions covering the north and two covering the south of the UK.
As well as taking responsibility for Kuhn’s amenity machinery range, the parts and Amenity Pro specialists will also assist with the promotion of Kuhn’s OEM replacement parts, consumables and Kuhn’s merchandise shop.
The two product specialists will work closely alongside the sales managers and will provide a specific focus on Kuhn’s pneumatic fertiliser spreaders, sprayers, and electronic control functionalities.
Increasing staff by 25%
"We have embarked on an ambitious recruitment drive which will increase Kuhn’s total UK staff numbers by 25%," explains Sian Pritchard, Managing Director of Kuhn UK.
"We hope to have the majority of the new roles filled and operational by 1st September 2016 and have already begun to interview some very impressive individuals.
"Our aim is to extend our market share across several machinery ranges with a specific focus on certain key product lines.
"In order to achieve that, we need to develop product specific expertise to compliment our existing field sales team.
"The extended sales and marketing team will mean more people on the ground to give support to our UK dealer network and to improve the flow of communication between Kuhn, its dealers and their customers.
"Our goal is to push our UK sales figures to new heights and to provide a more complete, efficient and thorough service to our UK customers."
