Stellar, a Garner, Illinois-based manufacturer of work trucks, related accessories and trailers, has announced the hiring of two employees to its sales team. According to a release from the company, Thomas “Tommy” Rorex will join the team as regional sales manager for the South Central region, and Chad Rae will take on the role as regional sales manager for the Midwest and Great Lakes region.
Both Rorex and Rea’s primary responsibilities will include further enhancing a distributors network in their regions, providing support to current distributors and continuous promotion of the Stellar brand within the industry.
Rorex joins the Stellar team with more than 20 years of transportation and refuse industry experience. “Stellar has always stood out as a standard-bearer of quality, dependability and customer service,” says Rorex. “Throughout my many years in the industry, I had always thought of Stellar as a destination company that I wished I would eventually be a part of—I am honored that I am now a part of the team and I look forward to the success we will enjoy together.”
Rea joins the Stellar team from Shurco/Donovan. There, as the director of sales for the company’s waste segment, Rea was responsible for top-line sales growth, managing bottom-line costs, dealer and sales team training, input into product design, marketing plans, and day-to-day sales functions. Rea says he is most looking forward to forging relationships within his territory at Stellar and is confident that growing and strengthening those relationships will be very natural.
“I really enjoy finding new customers or dealers and then growing and nurturing those relationships,” says Rea. “I truly believe Stellar has the best product in the industry.”
Rorex will be relocating to the Beaumont, Texas, area and Rea resides in Sioux City, Iowa.