
{"id":56764,"date":"2017-07-31T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-gb\/?p=56764"},"modified":"2017-07-28T14:39:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T13:39:43","slug":"introducing-mark-cain-industry-manager-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-gb\/introducing-mark-cain-industry-manager-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing&#8230;Mark Cain, Industry Manager- Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Written by Mark Cain, Industry Manager- Infrastructure (UK)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" style=\"margin-top: 0.857143rem;margin-bottom: 0.857143rem;margin-left: 1.71429rem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixcontact.com\/assets\/images_ed\/local_gb\/web_content_1col\/pic_con1_gb_0018998_en.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Cain\" width=\"220\" height=\"201\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Getting started!<\/p>\n<p>I have just completed my first two weeks with Phoenix Contact UK and my goodness there\u2019s a lot to learn. With 60,000 plus products spread over six catalogues just trying to imagine presenting our offering to customers is overwhelming to say the least. To be honest I was slightly concerned about how a company could manage such a vast product portfolio. I have quickly learnt that the business is structured in such a way that each group of products has a dedicated team managing their lines and experts offering support. Getting to know the product managers is going to be a high priority!<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I have an engineering background which started with an apprenticeship from British Sugar followed by a mechanical engineering degree. I began my sales career with Schneider Electric selling BMS and energy solutions in the Midlands. I have since worked for a couple of companies focusing mainly on the water industry and larger industrial end users. My role at Phoenix Contact is Industry Manager \u2013 Infrastructure, which covers quite a broad spectrum. I will be focusing on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixcontact.com\/online\/portal\/gb?1dmy&amp;urile=wcm%3apath%3a\/gben\/web\/main\/solutions\/subcategory_pages\/Water_wastewater_treatment\/08d0ae47-8e32-4ee1-bebd-18083e751c39?cpn=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\"> water and waste water<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixcontact.com\/online\/portal\/gb?1dmy&amp;urile=wcm%3apath%3a\/gben\/web\/main\/solutions\/subcategory_pages\/Transportation_Infrastructure\/81af6ab5-7f6c-4f03-b87b-6ce41c160ad1?cpn=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">transportation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixcontact.com\/online\/portal\/gb?1dmy&amp;urile=wcm%3apath%3a\/gben\/web\/main\/solutions\/subcategory_pages\/Building\/39f6c6e8-7ff0-4ae5-b70d-102117708f81?cpn=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">smart buildings<\/a> and smart cities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixcontact.com\/assets\/images_ed\/local_gb\/web_content_3col\/pic_con3_gb_0019002_en.jpg\" alt=\"Industry Solutions\" width=\"676\" height=\"478\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I will be spending the next few weeks introducing myself to partners and end users and building a plan to increase the Phoenix Contact presence in the above areas. Now I\u2019m excited to get going and hopefully I will be seeing some of you soon and would appreciate your patience and advice while I am still learning.<\/p>\n<p>You would like to contact Mark, email <a href=\"mailto:mcain@phoenixcontact.com\">mcain@phoenixcontact.com<\/a> or tel: 07798 561832<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Mark Cain, Industry Manager- Infrastructure (UK) Getting started! I have just completed my first two weeks with Phoenix Contact UK and my goodness there\u2019s a lot to learn. With 60,000 plus products spread over six catalogues just trying to imagine presenting our offering to customers is overwhelming to say the least. 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