Johnson City, TN, March 20, 2006--Pat Oakley has been promoted to national sales manager for Mullican Flooring. He will work out of the company’s headquarters in Johnson City, Tenn.
In his new position, Oakley will supervise regional managers, oversee national sales goals and establish relationships with key retailers, builders and distribution partners. Oakley has more than 18 years of sales management and product marketing experience in the surface covering and flooring industry, including five years as regional sales manager for Mullican Flooring.
“Pat’s sales experience and knowledge of our company and the hardwood flooring industry will be a tremendous boost to Mullican as we look to expand our presence throughout the U.S.,” says Brian Greenwell, Mullican’s vice president of sales and marketing. “We are excited to have another Mullican veteran on our management team of talented and skilled hardwood flooring professionals.”
Oakley is equally excited about the transition. “This is a great opportunity for me to take my career path to the next level with a solid organization,” Oakley said. “Mullican is a great company to work for, and it is known for its outstanding management team. I am very excited about the new position, and I look forward to the challenges ahead.”
Oakley and his wife, Wendy, and their son, Jacob, will be moving to the Tri-Cities region from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mullican Flooring is the nation’s largest manufacturer of 3/4-inch unfinished solid hardwood flooring. The company has facilities in five states, including plants in Norton, Va., Holland, N.Y., Bowling Green, Ky., Ronceverte, W.Va., and Johnson City.
Mullican offers a complete line of unfinished solid flooring that includes clear, clear-quartered and select-quartered oaks, herringbone slats and specialty species such as ash, cherry, walnut, hickory, hard maple, red oak and white oak. Plank is available in three-, four-, five-, six- and seven-inch widths in a wide variety of species. Rustic grades are also available. Mullican offers a complete line of prefinished solid flooring that includes oak, maple, cherry, walnut, hickory, rustics, hand-sculpted products in three-, four-, five- and six-inch widths and an extensive selection of exotic species.
Mullican’s prefinished engineered product is available in a number of species featured in 9/16-, 1/2-, 3/8- and 5/16-inch thicknesses and three- and five-inch widths. The company offers a 1/2-inch hand-sculpted engineered product available in five-inch widths of oak, hickory, maple and walnut, in addition to five-inch widths of machine distressed and wire brushed flooring, featuring 14 species and color combinations.
