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Employee Spotlight: Jeff Watkins

Employee Spotlight: Jeff Watkins

We’re engineers, customer service representatives, accounting gurus, tech support superheroes, and more — but we’re also real humans. In our new blog series, “Employee Spotlight”, you’ll meet BBP employees, learn about their background and roles, and discover what they like most about working at BBP.                                                                                                                                           

Name:  Jeff Watkins

Title: Sr. Account Manager

City of Residence: Gonzales, LA

Hometown: West Memphis, AR

Family Status: Married to Charlotte with two daughters, Lindsey (25) and Celia (19)

What is your role at BBP? To grow sales by generating opportunities through personal customer contacts.

How long have you been in the industry?  16 years

What do you enjoy most about your role? I love building relationships with our customers and solving their problems with our team’s support.  Our team is all on the same page of satisfying customers needs with a positive attitude!

What makes you proud to work at BBP?  BBP has a family atmosphere, we’re hard-working and customer-focused.

What are 3 words to describe BBP? Like/Trust/Commitment

What is something that most people do not know about you?   My ancestors came to North America through the Jamestown, VA colony.

What is your favorite quote? “Let’s don’t confuse effort with results”.  – former boss

Motto or Personal Mantra: Be truthful, honest and hard working!

If I could do it all over again, I would: Have studied harder in school!!

Which four individuals, living or dead, would you like to eat dinner with the most? Jesus Christ, Ernest Hemingway and Ronald Reagan

If your life had a theme song, what would it be?  Roller Coaster!

Well what type of music do you listen to?  Anything written between 1965 and 1980/Contemporary Christian

What advice do you have for prospective BBP employees?  BBP is the greatest company I’ve ever worked for, representing outstanding, quality product lines.  If you have the chance…join the “A” team!!