Manager

Spartan Chemical Company, Inc. announced the promotion of Ben Kilgore to the role of regional manager, effective June 16, 2024. Kilgore joins Spartan as the regional manager for the Eastern Iowa region. 

For the last five years, Ben worked as the east district manager for US Chemical in Knoxville, Tennessee where he managed high-value, mutually beneficial relationships with distributors in the janitorial and sanitation vertical and developing solutions for clients spanning food service, healthcare, and hospitality market segments. Prior to that, Mr. Kilgore also held the role of director of sales at Central Chemical Innovations in the Knoxville, Tennessee area where he worked for six years specializing in janitorial solutions within the hospitality and food service industries. 

Ben also gained over twelve years’ experience at Sealed Air Diversey Care working in sales as the distribution manager.  Ben attended Cincinnati Christian University, in Cincinnati,Ohio  where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Management and an Associate of Science in Marketing.