Surrey’s Amazon Filters targets growth with nine hires and promotions

Amazon Filters has made a series of nine appointments and promotions to strengthen its reach into specialist process industries worldwide.

The Surrey-headquartered filter manufacturer recruited three experts to lead or support product design, learning and development, and the marketing of filtration solutions in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. 

At the same time, five internal promotions will bolster functions in quality management, fabrication, housing stores and despatch.

And in a drive for further European export growth, the new job role of head of business – central Europe has been created to drive business activities through the company’s German subsidiary.

The moves complement a programme of capital investment and expansion which has been taking place at Amazon Filters’ main production centre in Camberley.

Among the external appointments, the firm has rehired a former employee from several years ago, design engineer Robert Leddy, as its new design manager.

Robert will manage the housings design team, reporting directly to operations director Karl Pizzey and taking responsibility for both standard and made-to-order products.

The role involves close liaison with technical, production, project and quality managers.    

The sales team will be boosted from October 2024 with the arrival of Mafalda Silva as market manager – pharmaceutical and healthcare.

Working with fellow sales colleagues and distributors, Mafalda will be responsible for delivering an international sales plan for pharma and healthcare in key target territories such as Italy, Singapore and North America.

Her sector-specific focus follows a similar, dedicated strategy for the oil and gas sectors, which has been successfully led by project specialist Padrig O’Hara.

In the human resources team, Pauline Guittap has joined as Amazon Filters’ new learning, development and people administrator responsible for a range of activities involving training, career progression and people management.

The internal promotions also bring further responsibilities for Ulrich Bräutigam in German subsidiary Amazon Filters GmbH.

As head of business – central Europe, he’ll be tasked with a strategy for achieving all business goals and future growth there.

Back in Camberley, Thomas Courtez-Brown has been promoted from maintenance engineer to the new position of quality manager.

Thomas’s duties include maintaining all the company’s quality procedures, standards and specifications.

He’ll work alongside the firm’s procurement team on audit and performance monitoring to ensure quality requirements are met by external suppliers.

Four temporary staff have also been appointed to permanent roles.

Joven Rosario, Roshan Gurung and Aaron Jones are now permanent despatch team members, while Connor Moorcroft moves from a bead blasting post in the fabrication team to join colleagues in housing stores.

Neil Pizzey, managing director of Amazon Filters, said: “Congratulations to all our new appointees.

“We are thrilled to acquire the skills of external recruits to strengthen our activities.

“At the same time, we recognise the strengths of existing team members and so are making much deserved promotions. 

“This is all about going for growth and building on our capital investment in ‘quick and able’ manufacturing capacity and facilities. 

“The aim is to be more competitive, flexible and responsive to customer need here in the UK and in export markets worldwide.

“We are laser focused on delivering great products, solutions and services across all the sectors we serve, whether municipal water, energy, pharma and healthcare, chemicals and coatings, building services, or food and beverage.”