Erie Materials

Erie Materials announced that BILL RAY has been promoted to general manager of the firm’s distribution center in Syracuse. He had previously been operations manager at the facility. Ray joined Erie Materials in 1997 and has worked in the warehouse, as a driver, in the purchasing department, and as an inside sales representative at the Syracuse branch. STEVE SCHANTZ has joined the general contracting/architectural department as a territory manager for the Syracuse and Central New York market. He has been with Erie Materials as an inside sales representative at the Syracuse branch since 2013. Schantz previously worked in contractor sales and in the building trades. GARY EWAIN and BRIAN DIEHL were named inside sales representatives at the Binghamton branch. Ewain has been with Erie Materials since 2012, starting as a driver, moving into the warehouse, and serving as a hybrid inside sales/warehouse person. Previously, Diehl worked for a building-materials distributor in Pennsylvania. SAM VROMAN transferred from Binghamton to the Elmira branch as an inside sales representative. He started as temporary warehouse help in 2004, was hired for the warehouse full time in 2005, and then was promoted to inside sales in 2007.