E P Barrus Ltd announced at their two Dealer Days which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday this week at Upper Aynho Grounds, Oxfordshire, the appointment of Phil Noble to the role of Field Sales & Technical Manager for the Garden Division.
Phil Noble
After 19 years’ service with Barrus, Phil will be stepping up from his position as Area Sales Manager. Phil has a long track record in the garden machinery sector gaining extensive experience working in both technical and sales positions for a number of garden machinery companies and dealerships.
Working alongside his predecessor at Barrus, Martin Wasley, who will retire at the end of September, Barrus says Phil has been a committed and proactive member of the team and helped to build and shape the divisions business.
“I am delighted to take up this new challenge at such an exciting time in the Garden Divisions development,” said Phil. “The new Cub Cadet model line-up introduced this season has been extremely well received, both by our dealer network and the end user and we have an impressive range of products and industry first enhancements lined up for 2018. With the support of an experienced external and internal sales team, I am looking forward to driving the business forward and providing the highest levels of sales and technical after-sales back-up to our loyal dealer network.”
Tim Hart, Director of Sales & Marketing at Barrus added, “With such a strong background in the garden industry and many years of experience gained working with our supplier partners and our dealer network, Phil will play a major role in the division’s next phase of growth and in supporting the requirements of our customers in all areas of our service.”
DEALER DAYS
The two Dealer Days this week saw a strong turnout of dealers with around 100 in attendance on Tuesday when Service Dealer visited, with a similar number expected for the Wednesday.
Dealers had four product stations to be introduced to by the Barrus team with plenty of time after lunch to get their hands-on the equipment and try out the new offerings.
Phil Noble talked the dealers through the extensive range of Cub Cadet walk-behind and ride-on mowers for the new season. He said, "There's no doubt about it, we are definitely shaking up our competitors. And that's because of the full range we offer."
David Duncan explained the Cub Cadet zero turn machines which included the XZ2 and the more commercial XZ3 units. Also presented was a new 72" cut zero turn model which David said would "..open up a whole new customer base for Cub Cadet."
Peter McVeigh spoke about the Wolf Garten machines ranging from the domestic lithium-ion walk behinds to the Wolf Expert ride-on machines. He said, "Wolf is household name and with this new range we expect to sell an awful lot of machines."
Martin Wolsey in one of his final engagements before retiring from the company introduced the new MTD Lawnflite walk behind and ride-on models. Dealers also got a change to see the new range of CE UK garden tools which Barrus will now be handling.
Below is a selection of images showing the attending dealers trying out the new range of machines from across the brands.
