Independent Slate Supplies
Our experienced team
Independent Slate Supplies
Our experienced team
Our Team
With our years of experience in the slate industry working with established and trusted suppliers, we can provide of the very best quality slate nationally.
In our Cornish head office, we have a team of very experienced sales staff that are available to help, as well as our admin, finance, and yard staff. We also have our team in the Welsh depot ready to help you, and a head of procurement based in Spain.
Our team of Business Development Managers (BDMs) are out on the road based in England and Wales. The BDMs offer over 100 years of combined experience in the roofing and building industry.
Meet our experienced team:
Justin King
National Sales Director –
Stratford, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Berkshire.
Justin has been involved within the construction industry for over 30 years. He started his career with the Builders merchant sector before moving into flat Roofing industry. Justin joined ISS 7 years ago and has continued to work alongside Architects, Roofing Contractors, Property Developers, Building Merchants and Roofing Distributors and as such understands the level of service the construction industry expects.
External Business Development Manager – Devon & Cornwall
Steve has spent his career in the construction industry, initially within the Builders Merchant sector. The last 30 years have been solely roofing focused, a number of years working for one of the country’s largest manufacturer of concrete roof tiles, followed by10 years in the supply and fix sector. Steve joined ISS in 2015, he brings with him a broad and varied knowledge base of our industry, he has experience dealing with architects and specifiers, contractors and developers and will happily assist end users in their product selection.
External Business Development Manager – Northern England
Richie joined the ISS team in May 2019 with 20 years of roofing experience, having previously worked at Gordon H Richards, Clydesdale Roofing and SIG Roofing Supplies. Richie says he understands the challenges that merchants and contractors face, and can bring this knowledge to the company to ensure it continues providing its customers with technical and site support. Richie is a passionate supporter of the Welsh language, and communicates in Welsh where he can.
External Business Development Manager – South Wales & Midlands
Having studied in the Building and Construction industry, Rob specialised in the roofing sector, working for one of Europe’s largest slate manufacturers, starting as an internal sales manager before culminating as the UK Sales Director for Natural Slates, and finally, the ‘Supply Chain Manager’ for the holdings group. This role involved travelling the world sourcing Natural Slate for the UK and European group holdings. With over 25 years’ experience, Rob’s love of natural slate brought him to ISS in 2018, ‘to work with like-minded people that understood the natural slate industry’. The fact that ISS was an independent family-owned business with over 35 years’ trading, weighed heavily in Rob’s decision to join the company.
External Business Development Manager – London & South East
Having spent most of his career in the building industry and having real world experience as a builder and then a roofing contractor, Andy has put his broad knowledge and experience into the sales sector through a builders merchant in Surrey doing various roles, to later become a Housebuilder Sales Manager at Monier Redland.
In 2016, Andy joined Cembrit as a Regional Sales Manager developing strong relationships within the industry. Cembrit was his first introduction into the natural slate business, an industry that he has thrived in and is enthusiastic to be involved with again. Andy covers the London and Southeast area, a patch that he knows very well. If you are from a roofing or builders merchant in this area, Andy is the perfect contact, for clear and sound technical advice and guidance on all things natural slate.
