New global product directors for Potain cranes
Thibaut Le Besnerais has been named global product director for Manitowoc’s Potain tower crane line. In this role Le Besnerais will utilize his in-depth market knowledge to create and oversee product strategy for Manitowoc’s range of tower cranes built under the Potain brand.
In addition Rémi Deporte currently global product director for mechanisms at Potain will expand his responsibilities to include Manitowoc’s line of Potain self-erecting cranes. In this new role Deporte will report to Le Besnerais.
Le Besnerais in turn will report to senior vice president of marketing and product management Ingo Schiller. Le Besnerais will work closely with the regional executive vice presidents as well as with the company’s engineering marketing sales and operations teams to coordinate and facilitate new product launches and product updates.
Le Besnerais is a highly experienced Manitowoc executive and according to Schiller his extensive working history at the company makes him an excellent fit for the role.
“Thibaut’s history of leadership roles with Manitowoc has given him a comprehensive understanding of our products and customers as well as the tower crane market as a whole ” he said. “His experience will help us fulfill the strategic vision we have for our tower crane product lines.”
Le Besnerais has more than 15 years of experience at Manitowoc. He first joined the company as commercial director for France and has since assumed several other roles including running Manitowoc Crane Care for the EMEA region. His latest role which he assumed in 2009 was vice president for Manitowoc’s range of special application cranes (which are also built under the Potain brand). He was also responsible for sales of used cranes in EMEA.
Both Le Besnerais and Deporte will continue to be based at Manitowoc’s Ecully France location.
In addition Rémi Deporte currently global product director for mechanisms at Potain will expand his responsibilities to include Manitowoc’s line of Potain self-erecting cranes. In this new role Deporte will report to Le Besnerais.
Le Besnerais in turn will report to senior vice president of marketing and product management Ingo Schiller. Le Besnerais will work closely with the regional executive vice presidents as well as with the company’s engineering marketing sales and operations teams to coordinate and facilitate new product launches and product updates.
Le Besnerais is a highly experienced Manitowoc executive and according to Schiller his extensive working history at the company makes him an excellent fit for the role.
“Thibaut’s history of leadership roles with Manitowoc has given him a comprehensive understanding of our products and customers as well as the tower crane market as a whole ” he said. “His experience will help us fulfill the strategic vision we have for our tower crane product lines.”
Le Besnerais has more than 15 years of experience at Manitowoc. He first joined the company as commercial director for France and has since assumed several other roles including running Manitowoc Crane Care for the EMEA region. His latest role which he assumed in 2009 was vice president for Manitowoc’s range of special application cranes (which are also built under the Potain brand). He was also responsible for sales of used cranes in EMEA.
Both Le Besnerais and Deporte will continue to be based at Manitowoc’s Ecully France location.
Brand
POTAIN
Potain tower cranes are known around the world for their lifting power, reliability and innovative designs. Potain builds more than 60 types of tower cranes to fit a wide variety of job sites: high capacity top slewing cranes on infrastructure jobs, luffing jib cranes that construct “supertall” skyscrapers, topless cranes reshaping our urban environment and Hup self-erecting cranes transforming residential construction. Known for their ease of use, efficient transport and quick erection times, there are many reasons why Potain tower cranes dot skylines across the globe.
