Miller Lifting Products recently announced two new leadership appointments in February:
Marty Kloss has agreed to join Miller Lifting as Director of Sales reporting to CEO, Paul Jankovic. Kloss will have overall responsibility for domestic and international sales activity for all products. He brings extensive sales and marketing experience in the material handling and lifting industry and comes to Miller from Tractel, Inc. where, over 20 years he held the positions of Material Handling Division Manager and VP Sales and Marketing, with responsibility for material handling products for North America. He will be based in Miller’s Massachusetts offices.
“Marty Kloss brings the acumen, energy, and experience necessary to broaden and invigorate the sales process, strengthen connections with current customers, gain new customers, and build the brand of Miller Lifting products. We are very excited to have gained his talent and expertise”, said Jankovic.
In a second announcement, Brent J. Parrish has been appointed Manager of Materials, located in Charlton, MA, reporting to Jack Gardner, Plant Manager. Parrish will have overall responsibility for production planning and control, inventory management, domestic and international procurement, and logistics.
Having held positions in procurement engineering, supplier quality, purchasing, and production control, including a number of leadership positions, Parrish brings the full range of materials management background to his new role. He joins Miller from J. Kittredge & Sons in Hudson, MA. His prior employers include Kollmorgen Corporation, American Thermaflo, and the US Navy where he was a submariner.
Miller Lifting Products is a manufacturer of high quality lifting and rigging components sold worldwide for all types of cranes and material handling applications in the energy, construction, utility, communications, manufacturing, maritime, military and other industrial sectors. Products include load hooks, hook blocks, ball bearing swivels, sheaves, and insulated lifting devices used for industrial cranes and for power line electrical safety. Miller Lifting Products has locations in Charlton, MA and Houston, TX and is a brand division of GHM Industries, Inc.