Employee Spotlight: Steve Collier

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Employee Spotlight: Steve Collier

This month I sat down with Steve, our Warehouse Manager who has been with us many years and knows the company inside and out. Here’s what he had to say about his time here so far at Able Canopies.

“I first started my career at Able Canopies nearly 16 years ago as their Warehouse Manager and although my job title hasn’t changed over the years, my job role has; I have evolved with the company, learning new skills and completing courses to complement the company’s growth.

My current job role involves running the warehouse and ensuring all jobs are cut, safely packaged and ready to load onto the vans for delivery on site. I also take care of stock management, making sure we have ample canopy extrusions, parts and accessories for the month ahead and using a forklift, I unload deliveries from our suppliers.

My main motivation at work are my goals, each job must be ready to load onto the vehicles on specific date, to ensure they arrive on site promptly. Ready to be installed by our fitting teams. I like to make sure they are ready well in advance, to ensure each jobs runs smoothly. And I guess that’s my favourite part of my job; seeing the components on the back of the truck, knowing they’re ready to be transformed into a shade and shelter structures that someone is looking forward to.

Running the warehouse and ensuring all jobs are sent out on time and correctly is probably what I am most proud of within my role, and what I strive to achieve every day.

What I enjoy most about working at Able Canopies, is that we are like one big family, and we are trusted to achieve our daily tasks without being observed and scrutinised; trust goes a long way, and in-turn earns respect.

When it comes to my personal life, my main motivation are my daughters, and if you were to ask them what my secret talent is, they might not tell you, that it is singing along to the radio at work, which my colleagues are very familiar with!

However, something my colleagues don’t know about me is that when I was younger, I was a Cub Scout, and we held a show at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester called The Gang Show. I was also born in Malaysia and am a big dog lover – but everyone knows that!”

Meet the rest of our team:

(We will add each team member once we have introduced them.)

Jack Johnson

Project Account Manager

Rachel Batchelor

Projects Department Manager

Chantelle Cartwright

Sales Advisor

Annabel Groombridge

Marketing Administration Assistant

Dawn Jameson

Finance Manager

Shane Jerram

Operations Director

Able Canopies Ltd. design, manufacture and install commercial grade canopies, shade sails, awnings and shelters across the UK. We specialise in servicing the education, leisure, healthcare and retail sectors and have extensive experience working with schools, councils, architects and contracting firms.
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