Unimer promotes Beal to trading director

Builders merchant invoice clearing house Unimer have appointed a new trading director.

Robin Beal has been promoted from supply chain director to the post of trading director and now takes on additional responsibility for trading relationships with merchant members as well as his current remit of supporting supplier members.

Beal has been supply chain director for nearly two years, managing Unimer’s business relationships with existing approved suppliers, including the identification and recruitment of new suppliers. As part of his new role Unimer’s team of key account managers and marketing will now also report to Beal.

Howard Grant, managing director of Unimer, says: “We are confident that the promotion of Robin will further strengthen our relationships with our members, and Robin will continue to add value to the membership, both suppliers and merchants.”