Kinedyne Names Ellie Ramey Vice President – Sales and Marketing
Expanded role covers all segments across North America
Prattville, AL – (Trailer Technician) — Kinedyne LLC, a leading cargo control solutions manufacturer, is pleased to welcome Ellie Ramey as vice president – sales and marketing. In this newly expanded role, Ms. Ramey will direct sales and marketing for Kinedyne’s Core Cargo, Curtainside Solutions, and Decking Solutions segments in the United States and Canada, along with expanding sales and marketing efforts for the Defend brand in the Government/Military segment and Core Cargo brands internationally. She will also have indirect sales and marketing responsibility for all segments within Mexico.
Ms. Ramey is an experienced sales and marketing executive with operational acumen in both the manufacturing and distribution sectors. In her leadership of the combined sales and marketing arms at Kinedyne, she will develop and deliver programs that drive new customer acquisition, grow revenue, and increase bottom-line profitability while continuing to best serve Kinedyne customers.
“Adept at challenges in new markets, Ellie is a natural fit for Kinedyne due to her extensive history of increasing market penetration through distribution platforms across North America,” says Dan Schlotterbeck, Kinedyne president. “I am confident that her business acumen managing distribution channel sales and extensive experience in talent development and quantitative analysis, will help Kinedyne achieve our sales goals and drive our overall strategic plan.”
Under her direction and talents, Ms. Ramey plans to deliver growth through forward-thinking segment strategies that highlight the industry’s demand for new and innovative products. She also looks forward to inspiring her team to maximize their potential by taking advantage of various talent development and mentoring program opportunities Kinedyne offers.
Ms. Ramey comes to Kinedyne from her position as vice president of sales at Global Finishing Solutions. Her background also includes prior roles in sales leadership and account management with increasing responsibility at AkzoNobel and General Motors’ accessory distributor, VIP Distributing Company.
Ms. Ramey attended Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, on a full basketball scholarship, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management in 1997. She is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration at Spring Hill, with expected completion in 2023.
Ms. Ramey is based in St. Louis, Missouri.
About Kinedyne
Founded in 1968, Kinedyne LLC is a world-leading designer, manufacturer, and distributor of cargo control technologies, including cargo securement, capacity, and access solutions for the transportation industry. Kinedyne LLC manufactures products and provides services in a variety of industry sectors and is known for the development and engineering of high-quality equipment, holding multiple patents for many of its innovative products. Kinedyne serves a broad range of users, which include OEMs, fleets, and independent owner-operators, across a wide variety of markets, including heavy-duty trucking, government, military, agriculture, automotive, recreational vehicle, moving, and storage. Kinedyne’s world headquarters are in Prattville, Alabama, and the company has affiliates strategically located around the globe, including Kinedyne Canada Limited in Canada, Sistemas Kinedyne, S.A. de C.V., in Mexico, and Nantong Kinedyne Limited in China. Read more about Kinedyne LLC at kinedyne.com. Kinedyne is owned by The Heico Companies, LLC, a holding company with a diversified portfolio of businesses in manufacturing, construction, and industrial services. Read more about The Heico Companies LLC at heicocompanies.com. Kinedyne LLC is certified in the United States by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and in Canada by the Women’s Business Enterprise Canada Council (WBE Canada).
Kinedyne is a registered trademark of Kinedyne LLC and Kinedyne Canada Limited.