Fox River Fiber announces two new hires

Lavery	Watermolen

Fox River Fiber, a privately owned deinking pulp facility in De Pere, Wisconsin, has announced that John Lavery has joined the company as sales manager for its deinked pulp. Fox River also has named Brian Watermolen as supply chain manager. In this position, Watermolen will be responsible for leading the paper company’s procurement, logistics and customer service functions.

Lavery and Watermolen will serve on Fox River Fiber’s leadership team.

Lavery will be responsible for facilitating the sales growth of the company’s deinked pulp through relationships with existing customers and new business development.

He has more than 20 years of sales and management experience.

Watermolen will be tasked with developing optimization strategies and providing support, innovation and processes necessary to implement the company’s strategies.

Watermolen previously worked for Kimberly-Clark and over his 16 years at that company held roles in progressive sourcing, purchasing and management.