Morrison Container Handling Solutions Expands Salesforce, Hires Paul Thames and Brett Gill to Grow Midsouth and Southeast Sales Partnerships

Glenwood, IL – Morrison Container Handling Solutions is excited to announce the hiring of Paul Thames as the new Southeast Regional Sales Manager and Brett Gill as Midsouth Regional Sales Manager. Gill and Thames’s strong backgrounds in operations and sales development will be vital assets to Morrison’s growing salesforce.

Graduating from the University of Tennessee at Martin in 2010, Paul got his start in sales as a Territory Manager in the automotive industry. Coaching and mentoring the sales force within the automotive group he led, Thames became adept at having a deep understanding of how equipment, parts, and service all intertwine and are important to the customer.

“Paul has a strong background in sales development and growing territories through true partnerships with his customers,” says Dustin Lee, Morrison’s Director of Sales. “He has proven his ability to become an expert for his customers in any industry and will be a great asset to our OEM and Retail partners.”

(Left to right: Brett Gill and Paul Thames)

Thames has a deep understanding of customer insights and approaches his accounts always trying to gain a deeper understanding in their challenges and uniting them with solutions that will prove effective.

“Morrison’s approach to customer service through Support Built In® was something that attracted me to the organization right away,” Thames said. “They are growing rapidly and with my time spent growing a General Motors automotive group out of Atlanta, I’m confident we can continue this momentum and I can expand the reach of Support Built In® to the packaging industry in the Southeast.”

Excited to be part of the packaging industry, Paul has quickly learned how container handling equipment can make or break a plant’s ability to move more containers through production at quicker rates.

Brett Gill joins Morrison after a career in operations and change management at Wells Dairy. Coming from plant operations, he is poised to serve customers in a capacity of truly understanding how container handling can drastically improve many pain points on a production line.

“Having worked with Morrison in the past, I’ve been impressed by this team’s dedication to customer support and success and have found it unmatched in the industry,” Gill said. “I’m excited at the opportunity to join this team and bring their level of dedication to improve the operations of production lines through optimal container handling to this territory.”

Part of Morrison’s rapid growth has been the expansion of its sales team. Gill is joining as the company restructures its territories, and he will be serving a newly established territory as well as helping customers through this transitional period.

“With Brett having served as an operations supervisor and a continuous improvement manager, he brings an incredibly useful perspective to Morrison’s customers,” Lee said. “He has a particular eye for pinpointing how our products can improve the ROI and throughput in plants, and we’re excited to welcome him aboard.”

Together, Gill and Thames grow a sales team dedicated to bringing the best in customer service and custom container handling solutions to their new territories.

“Paul and Brett are just great additions to our team,” CEO Nancy Wilson said. “They both are excited to live our “support built in” philosophy and bring a hunger for growth.”

Thames will service the states of Alabama, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, while based outside of Atlanta. Based in Nebraska, Gill will manage the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado.

ABOUT MORRISON CONTAINER HANDLING SOLUTIONS:

Founded in 1971 by President Nick Wilson, Morrison Container Handling Solutions is well known in the packaging industry for developing customer focused, simple and innovative solutions for container handling needs. The company was started by Wilson to provide superior bottle handling parts and timing screws and has now grown to be recognized as the source for innovative container-focused handling solutions, even for the most difficult rigid or semi rigid containers. Since its inception, Morrison has provided solutions for companies within the United States and internationally. Morrison is well known industry-wide for attentive service to a wide variety of customers’ container handling needs – always with Support Built In®, the company’s promise to deliver quality products and support them 24/7, from initial concept to years after installation.

Continuing the legacy Nick’s son, Chris Wilson, has been with Morrison for more than 30 years and is now Vice President of Operations. In 2011, Nick convinced his wife, Nancy Wilson, to bring her 25 years of Ford Motor Company corporate marketing and leadership experience to the team. In 2013, Nancy became owner and CEO of Morrison and oversees daily operations.

At Morrison Container Handling Solutions, we believe in every human’s right to be treated with respect and equality, and the right to live without fear.

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