Chicago Pneumatic Honors Top Sales Performances

Chicago Pneumatic Power Technique (CP) honored individuals and reps that have demonstrated outstanding achievement in sales and customer care at its annual manufacturer’s representative sales meeting Feb. 17th, coinciding with The ARA Show in Anaheim, Calif.

Michael Roth

March 16, 2019

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Vice president of sales Jonathan Cook left presents award for pump sales to Paul McClendon — Vice president of sales Jonathan Cook, left, presents award for pump sales to Paul McClendon.

Chicago Pneumatic Power Technique (CP) honored individuals and reps that have demonstrated outstanding achievement in sales and customer care at its annual manufacturer’s representative sales meeting Feb. 17^th, coinciding with The ARA Show in Anaheim, Calif.

Winners were selected based on their performance in 2018. The three categories included CP Regional Sales Manager of the Year, Rep Group of the Year, in addition to a special award this year.

“We look forward to our sales meeting every year — it isn’t just a good time to connect with our rep groups, but also a great way to celebrate all the hard work everyone puts in to make the CP name great,” said Jonathan Cook, vice president of sales at CP. “All honorees are deserving for consistently going above and beyond their job requirements, and we are proud to present these awards to them.”

Regional Sales Manager of the Year

Based out of LaPorte, Indiana, Rob Teasley was awarded Regional Sales Manager of the Year for CP. The award goes to the sales manager with the highest volume of sales on the CP team. Teasley, who has been a regional sales manager at CP for five years, is responsible for increasing market share and new business development, managing the Midwest.

Rep Group of the Year

Serving the Midwest, Construction Product Sales (CPS) of Chicago was awarded Rep Group of the Year with the highest volume of sales overall across all CP product lines. Established in 1981, CPS is one of the largest, growth-oriented agencies in the Midwest. CPS specializes in sales and service to rental yards, STAFDA, contractor’s supply, safety houses, industrial distributor and dealer networks.

Special Award: Pump Sales of the Year

After launching several new pumps in 2018 and putting more focus on the product, CP created a special award this year for pumps sales. The award goes to the sales manager with the highest volume of pump sales on the CP team. Paul McClendon was recognized with the award for outstanding sales performance. Based in Frisco, Texas, McClendon has been a regional sales manager at CP for 11 years, managing the south.

For more information on Chicago Pneumatic, please visit www.cp.com.

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.