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The property services specialist has appointed Valerie Miller as Sales & Marketing Director. She will be responsible for leading DMA’s exponential growth through its marketing and sales efforts.
Miller’s career in FM spans over 22 years, much of which was spent at Bellrock Property and Facilities Management, which was recently sold to Sun European Partners. Miller worked her way through FM and account management roles to become Group Sales & Marketing Director responsible for all aspects of growth.
She led Bellrock’s growth as a VC-backed FM business, leading to a successful business exit. Her skills and experience of growing a business with a strong FM technology platform align with DMA’s vision to reinvent and modernise the UK maintenance industry through its proprietary technology platform, BiO®.
Speaking about her new role, Miller said: “DMA Group has core family values which align to mine perfectly, including my passion for always putting the customer first and the endless future possibilities of tech in FM. I am excited to be working alongside the DMA leadership team and the wider DMA family and to realise the businesses full potential.”
Steve McGregor, MD at DMA commented: “DMA Group is delighted to welcome Valerie as Sales & Marketing Director. Her skills and experience align closely with our vision to revolutionise the UK maintenance industry powered by transformational technology. We look forward to her valued contributions to make it happen and she will be an integral part of our team.”
According to Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index, worldwide parcel volume is likely to double in the next five years, with the UK showing the highest increase in carrier revenue of all 13 countries in the Index.
Alongside a huge uptake in the volume of parcel volume and spend, post pandemic, the adoption of hybrid working patterns means that FMs need to find ways to enable staff to book / host collaborative meetings in available workspaces and to find desk, office and parking spaces by utilising automation and data capture to enable site governance.
Yet a recent survey by FMJ in partnership with Pitney Bowes found that 20 per cent of recipients are still using manual paper-based visitor systems, which doesn’t fit with their top priority – to maintain a safe and operational environment.
This overwhelming reliance on paper-based systems is causing many respondents bottlenecks, resulting in a lack of efficiently in logging and tracking packages and people coming into the organisation.
In this webinar, Gary Abbott Director of Business Development and Stuart Bushaway, Head of Dealers Operations and FM Relationships at Pitney Bowes will outline the main findings of the two surveys and what this could mean for FMs, followed by a discussion, chaired by FMJ Editor Sara Bean with a panel of thought leaders into the solutions available to meet these challenges.
Register for the webinar here.
