Next year, Doorfit will be celebrating their diamond jubilee, marking their considerable achievements and contribution to the garage door, locksmith and ironmongery industries over the last 6 decades.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a massive and important milestone for the whole company, and to kick start the celebrations, we\u2019d like to highlight some of our longest serving employees.\u00a0 Following 25 years of service, each employee is presented with a gold watch to thank them for their knowledge, experience and commitment to helping us stay at the top of our game. We now have 11 members of our Gold Watch club (with many more due to join in the next few years), so you can see that our combined years of experience are what make us the best in the West Midlands and beyond.<\/p>\n
During the next few months, we\u2019ll be posting regularly about the Gold Watch members, starting with the Door Gear team, introducing them and talking about what makes them not only a great asset to the company and our customers, but also great people.<\/p>\n
Name:<\/strong> Alan George Alan\u2019s one of our longest-serving employees.\u00a0 He set up the garage door and sliding door gear side of the business in 1956, following Henderson\u2019s search for a West Midlands-based partner to support their expansion into the housing market, and he\u2019s still very much a key member of the team, being in charge of purchasing and stock control in both garage doors and sliding door gear.<\/p>\n Thanks to his years in the industry, he is very well known, extremely knowledgeable and certainly very well respected!\u00a0 Once a company director, he regularly reminds us that he\u2019s \u201cforgotten more than you\u2019ve learnt,\u201d and that \u201cthere\u2019s no substitute for experience!\u201d<\/p>\n Outside of Doorfit, Alan relishes an active lifestyle, continues to play squash at a competitive level and enjoys riding his horses, and we\u2019re delighted to have such an expert as part of our team.<\/p>\n Name:<\/strong> Sheila Kyte When she first joined us, Sheila worked in the ironmongery side of business.\u00a0 She became part of the Door Gear team in 1997, injecting some much-needed glamour into the department!<\/p>\n During her time in the Door Gear team, Sheila\u2019s role has changed and developed. Originally part of the admin team, she moved into the contracts department to concentrate on our activities with house builders, and now fills a more generic sales role as her calm and pleasant approach is a real hit with our customers!<\/p>\n Name:<\/strong> Tony Stokes Tony became part of the Doorfit team in 1979, coming straight into the business after finishing school \u2013 although, as he always adds, \u201cI went home first!\u201d As such, he was part of the original Doorfit team when we were based at Vyse Street in Birmingham\u2019s Jewellery Quarter, and came with us through both moves to Icknield Street and Heaton Street.<\/p>\n He was head of our Garage Door Contracts department for a number of years, and is now back with us as Assistant General Manager following a short break.\u00a0 As part of his job role, Tony helps to look after our internal sales teams, and his calm demeanour is rarely tested (well, except when he\u2019s watching his beloved Aston Villa, that is!).<\/p>\n We\u2019re proud to work with such experts in the industry, and are delighted that they share their knowledge with the rest our team and our customers on a daily basis.\u00a0 We know that there\u2019s no substitute for experience, and our Door Gear team have plenty!<\/p>\n Each member of our Gold Watch team has what it takes to ensure that you choose the most suitable product for your needs, and that you\u2019re completely satisfied with the service we provide, so for the very best in garage doors and sliding door gears from a team with over one hundred years of combined experience, please don\u2019t hesitate to get in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Next year, Doorfit will be celebrating their diamond jubilee, marking their considerable achievements and contribution to the garage door, locksmith and ironmongery industries over the last 6 decades. It\u2019s a massive and important milestone for the whole company, and to kick start the celebrations, we\u2019d like to highlight some of our longest serving employees.\u00a0 Following 25 years of service, each employee is presented with a gold watch to thank them for their knowledge, experience and commitment to helping us stay at the top of our…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66,43,32,67,53,68],"class_list":["post-3792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-company-news","tag-door-gear-team","tag-doorfit","tag-garage-doors","tag-gold-watch-members","tag-ironmongery","tag-locksmith"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nLength of service<\/strong>: 56 years<\/p>\n
\nLength of service<\/strong>: 26 years<\/p>\n
\nLength of service:<\/strong> 31 years<\/p>\n