East Manufacturing Sabol Adds Senior Director to Title
East Manufacturing announced the promotion of Mark Sabol to senior director of retail sales as well as senior director of aftermarket parts sales.

In his new roles, Sabol is responsible for new parts programs and new ways to sell Aftermarket parts in both the dealer and retail networks.
Photo: East Manufacturing
East Manufacturing, manufacturer of aluminum flatbed, drop deck, dump, and refuse trailers as well as aluminum truck bodies and steel dump trailers, announced the promotion of Mark Sabol to senior director of retail sales as well as senior director of aftermarket parts sales.
“In addition to providing his dealer and retail insight in Aftermarket Parts, Mark will continue in his role as Platform Product Manager,” said Howard Booher, Owner & CEO of East Manufacturing.
In his new roles, Sabol is responsible for new parts programs and new ways to sell aftermarket parts in both the dealer and retail networks. In addition to his continued guidance of retail sales, he will be responsible for developing and growing the used-trailer sales segment of East.
Joining East in 1990, Sabol began his East career as Western region marketing representative. He became refuse product manager in 1995 and subsequently director of retail sales in 2007. In his new role in retail sales, all retail sales staff will continue to report to Sabol.
Prior to his senior director positions, Sabol was promoted to platform product manager in 2019, a position he will continue to retain.
In June 2020, East announced a new narrow spec dump trailer and earlier in the year launched new customized rendering trailers.
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