Wilder, Kentucky, Oct.22, 2024 – Jake Sims has been hired as Vice President, Product Management at EDGE Industrial Technologies (EDGE), a leading global producer of industrial machine knives and blades, punches, and related equipment. In the newly created position, Sims is responsible for ensuring EDGE’s product portfolio delivers differentiated value for customers.
“Across all EDGE companies, our mission is to provide unique solutions to meet our customers’ needs,” said Josh Slagle, CEO, EDGE Industrial Technologies. “By adding Jake to our team, we are investing further in our customers’ experience by ensuring we have the right products and production capabilities to deliver the best overall value. He brings impressive strategic experience to our team, and I’m confident his high-energy, hands-on, and people-first approach will benefit our customers, team members, and company.”
Sims’ responsibilities in the new position include product strategy, ensuring strong alignment between the company’s growth strategy, sales initiatives, and production capabilities; demand and product planning; value-based pricing; and strategic sourcing initiatives. He will lead the global supply chain team and report directly to Slagle.
Prior to joining EDGE, Sims was a plant manager at Avidity Science and has management experience from various roles at SPX Flow and Belden Inc. He earned a bachelor’s degree in supply chain and operations management from the University of South Carolina and a commercial engineering certificate from the University of Chile. Sims, his wife and young son are relocating from Wisconsin to Wilder.
About EDGE Industrial Technologies
EDGE Industrial Technologies is comprised of three industry leading brands – TGW International, Pearl Technologies Inc., and Leverwood Knife Works. EDGE companies are leading producers of industrial machine knives and blades, industrial punches, and related equipment, for a variety of markets, including packaging, processing, converting, print, and general industrial applications. EDGE Industrial Technologies is a global leader in the manufacture of these products, with plants in North America and Asia.
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