Mattress producer Kingsdown Inc. has promoted Kishan Chawhan to sales manager for the Snooze retail account in Australia, a new position. He is responsible for providing retail account and sales management, sales training and customer service to Snooze, a large, Melbourne–based sleep shop chain.
Chawhan has been with Kingsdown, which has headquarters in Mebane, N.C., since 2002. Previously, he was a retail training specialist and is credited with developing Kingsdown and its Sleep to Live brand in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland.
“Kishan has been pivotal in launching the Kingsdown and Sleep to Live business in Australia and continues to grow the Sleep to Live brand throughout Australia,” said Lee Hinshaw, Kingsdown senior vice president of global branding and president of international sales. “We know he will thrive in this challenging new role.”