GEZE continues global expansion with appointment of Karen Sum

With more than 30 subsidiaries serving 100 countries GEZE is supporting its worldwide growth with the appointment of a dedicated global account manager. Karen Sum, who is based at GEZE UK’s HQ in Staffordshire, will work with both the UK operation and GEZE GmbH in Germany to promote the company as a window and door technology solutions partner for large multinational organisations. In her new role, Karen will co-ordinate international projects from the provision of bespoke solutions through to developing service contracts and trading agreements to be handled both centrally and locally by the company’s subsidiaries. She will work closely with the business development, specification and area sales teams in each territory to maximise sales, as well as monitoring industrial requirements and trends across core industries worldwide. Karen will draw on her many years of experience and knowledge of working with glass systems, processing methods and installation through sales, operations and project management roles with the Saint-Gobain Group (Glassolutions). As well as being Schuco and Technal system trained, she has NVQs in Kaizen techniques, is fluent in French, speaks German and Italian and is learning Cantonese. Karen said: “GEZE’s focus on consistent quality and service was something I strongly admired as a customer, so to have the opportunity to help the company to develop a new programme for delivering this consistency of service on a global scale was too good an opportunity to turn down. “I am looking forward to developing compelling solutions for customers who operate on a global basis, as well as for our local teams to use for their own customer accounts. This in turn will create sustainable partnership agreements, service opportunities and of course increased business. Kaz Spiewakowski, managing director of GEZE UK added: “GEZE is truly a global business and Karen’s appointment demonstrates our commitment to providing large multinationals with the consistency of service they require to ensure that bespoke projects are delivered to the same exacting standards no matter where that project is based. “Karen brings with her a wealth of experience to this role and is already proving to be a valuable asset to the teams here in the UK and in Germany. I’m certain that she will make a significant difference to GEZE customers.” For more information about GEZE UK’s comprehensive range of automatic and manual door closers call 01543 443000 or visit www.geze.co.uk.

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