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Experienced retail professional Elaine Feeney joins the company as regional development manager covering the west and south of Scotland after 17 years with Sainsbury’s where she was a retail commercial support manager.
In addition, Les Harvison comes to Filshill to take on the newly-created role of area development manager for the firm’s expanding click-and-collect operation. He joins the company from Booker Wholesale where he was a retail development manager in Ayrshire. He has also previously worked for Bestway Wholesale. Earlier in his career, Harvison spent 17 years at drinks giant Diageo where he worked across a number of roles.
Craig Brown, Filshill’s chief sales and marketing officer, said: “We’re very much in a phase of growth just now and have welcomed a large number of new customers to the KeyStore family during the lockdown months so bringing in new talent will help us continue on that growth trajectory. Elaine and Les bring a combined wealth of retail and wholesale experience to the business along with a ‘can-do’ attitude and desire to get results.
“As an experienced retail operator with an outstanding track record focused around customer service, Elaine is ideally placed to help us achieve ambitious goals to grow the business. Having built valuable experience in non-food and specifically with Argos during her time at Sainsbury’s where ordering and collecting process is fast, efficient and innovative, Elaine will use this knowledge to move the Filshill click-and-collect service to the next level, working with Les in the new role of area development manager.
“By creating the role of area development manager for our click-and-collect operation we are confident that even more of our customers will benefit from a value-added service that has exceeded our expectations and been a much-needed service for many in recent months. As we ease further out of lockdown, we want to ensure that customers can rely on us whichever way they choose to trade with us.”
Filshill, which currently supplies more than 190 independent KeyStore outlets across Scotland and the north of England, is a member of Unitas Wholesale.
