Raymond Vice President Retires After Four Decades in Materials Handling
GREENE, N.Y. - James B. Bennett III, vice president of sales and dealer development for The Raymond Corporation, has retired after 43 years in the materials handling industry. During his career with Raymond, Bennett was integral to the development and growth of Raymond's National and Major Account programs. He worked closely with the Raymond dealer network to facilitate and strengthen successful sales programs.
"Jim took great pride in improving the effectiveness of sales force members by teaching, challenging and motivating them to exceed not only the customers' expectations, but also their own," says Jim Malvaso, president and CEO for The Raymond Corporation. "His dedication and leadership led to a distinguished career at Raymond."
Bennett joined Raymond in 1994 as vice president and general manager for Dockstocker Corporation, managing all aspects of design, development and marketing of Dockstocker® products. Prior to joining Raymond, he spent 16 years in lift truck sales.
Bennett's professional accreditations and affiliations include the International Materials Management Society (IMMS) Professional Certification in Material Handling (PCMH); IMMS Professional Certification in Material Management (PCMM); vice chairman of the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) from 1987 to 1990; president of the Industrial Truck Association (ITA) in 1994; and vice president of ITA from 1988 to 1993.
At Raymond's Dealer Management Meeting on March 29, 2008, Bennett was honored with a Circle of Excellence award acknowledging his outstanding career accomplishments. The award recognizes continuous leadership in sales of all Raymond® products; a willingness to improve effectiveness through new techniques and motivation; and a winning, solution-oriented approach to every sales opportunity.
The Raymond Corporation is the leading North American provider of materials handling solutions that improve space utilization and productivity, with lower cost of operation and greater operator acceptance. High-performance, reliable, ergonomically designed Raymond products range from a full line of manual and electric pallet trucks and walkie stackers to counterbalanced trucks, Reach-Fork® trucks, orderpickers and dual-purpose (pallet handling/case picking) Swing-Reach® trucks.
