JOST Australia has appointed Adrian Rocks as State Sales Manager of Victoria and Tasmania.
Rocks first joined JOST in 1998 where he served as Sales Engineer of New South Wales for two years.
He then relocated to Melbourne in 2000 to run JOST’s facility as Area Manager of Victoria.
In 2010, Rocks joined CIMC as Sales Manager of Victoria and Tasmania and spent two years improving his wholesale skills, before joining Volvo Group in 2012 and spending the next 14 years at the business as UD Trucks Regional Commercial Manager Southern Region Oceania.
He now returns to JOST after 16 years with the responsibility of growing its Victorian sales team.
“Adrian joins JOST in a newly created role which will see him lead and develop the sales team,” JOST Australia General Manager of Sales and Marketing, Corey Povey, told Trailer.
“As the team grows along with our product portfolio, it needs to be managed accordingly.
“This stems from the acquisition of HYVA along with new products being released over the coming months – the next-generation Rockinger coupling as well as axles and suspension systems.”
A key part of Rock’s role will be managing and delivering customer service excellence – a long-term priority of JOST’s.
“We want every point of contact to be a positive one, especially with our sales teams,” Povey told Trailer.
Rocks said he is looking forward to managing JOST’s Victorian sales team in its day-to-day sales business, customer management and business development duties.
“It’s great to be back,” he told Trailer.
“JOST is very well-respected in the industry, and the business is supported by customers who do enjoy working with it because they are taken care of.
“I gained a lot of knowledge about the JOST product during my initial stint, and I’ve since obtained a lot of background insight into different systems in the way of forecasting, pipeline management and team building.
“I’ve always been passionate about the JOST product and I’m excited to be working with it again.”
In other news, Northern Stevedoring Services has announced the completion of a $5 million state-of-the-art facility at the Port of Townsville.
