Protect-A-Bed Promotes Chris Taheny To Sales Manager, Midwest Region
Furniture World News Desk on
5/21/2017
Protect-A-Bed recently announced that it has promoted Sales Trainer, Chris Taheny to Sales Manager of the Midwest Region.
Taheny, who came to the bedding industry from the fitness industry, has spent the last four years supporting stores throughout the Great Lakes region with Protect-A-Bed’s training program. “I have a great deal of pride building strategic relationships with our customers. It has provided valuable insight into how to assist our retail partners in growing their businesses”, comments Taheny.
In 2014, during his first full year, Taheny was named Protect-A-Bed’s Trainer of the year.
John Rachid, President of Protect-A-Bed had this to say, “I’m really happy to announce Chris’s promotion. He’s put the customers at the center of everything he does at Protect-A-Bed. Many of the retailers he has worked with have went out of their way to share praise and positive feedback on Chris’s efforts and the results he’s created.”
Taheny’s new role will offer expanded challenges and opportunities. He will be responsible for sales management and support throughout the Midwest region, “I am looking forward to working with existing and potential retail partners to develop accessories programs best suited to grow their retail baskets. I’m confident that our key programs will enhance the overall value of doing business together,” he added.
The second promotion from the Protect-A-Bed training team in as many months, Protect-A-Bed may have found a sustainable source for talent development. Training team founder, Jennifer Hillman commented, “We’ve created something special with the Protect-A-bed training program. Our people not only have a deep knowledge of the products, but working directly with retail partners, they get to learn first-hand how to effectively utilize accessories to increase store performance.”
More about Protect-A-Bed: Protect-A-Bed is focused on providing a clean, healthy and comfortable sleep environment for every home. With more than 30 years of experience in bedding protection product development, over 1,800 skus in 40 categories, multiple awards, and a presence in 48 countries, Protect-A-Bed is recognized as a worldwide leader in mattress protection, accessories and sleep technology innovation.
Protect-A-Bed is based in the Chicagoland area. For more information, visit www.protectabed.com.