EMPORIA, Kan. – Hopkins Manufacturing Corp.announces the addition of Rick Stempien as vice president – sales. Stempien will lead and direct the sales activities for Hopkins with its leading market positions in the automotive and recreational vehicle aftermarket.
“We are pleased to have Rick join our team at Hopkins,” said Bradley Kraft, president and CEO of Hopkins. “His extensive background in consumer products, sales management and the automotive aftermarket will be an asset to our organization.”
Most recently, Stempien was the vice president of sales & marketing for Trico Products Corp. In this position, he managed the sales and marketing activities and developed growth initiatives for the aftermarket business of Trico. Prior to Trico, Stempien was the vice president of sales for Fabsol, a supplier of rubber components to automotive and other OEM customers. He also previously was the VP of Sales for Holley Performance Products, handling aftermarket and OEM customers at various times; and he was with JC Whitney as merchandising manager and Tenneco Automotive as a marketing manager.