MELROSE PARK, Ill. -- Convenience Valet has announced the addition of Ryan Harris as regional sales manager for the western region. He will be responsible for sales and business development with convenience store retailers and wholesalers throughout that region.
Harris joins the Convenience Valet team from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). During his 14-year tenure at GSK, he led sales and business development efforts for a broad array of retailers including drug, mass, discount and convenience in multiple geographic markets. Harris was also instrumental in helping to manage the partnership between Advantage Sales & Marketing and the GSK convenience store team.
Jim Blosser, executive vice president of sales, said, "We are very excited to welcome Ryan to our team at Convenience Valet. Not only will he bring a dedicated focus on building relationships with our customers, but he will also be a great category leader within the health and beauty care [HBC] segment due to his previous role with GSK."
Convenience Valet offers a line of nationally branded convenience-size HBC items, over-the-counter (OTC) medications in single- and double-dose packets and other diverse consumer products. Convenience Valet continues to expand in all classes of trade offering more than 500 product SKUs. It has 50 years of experience servicing the convenience, grocery, drug, vending, hotel, travel and food industries and has a large selection of nationally branded products.
The company is a division of Mechanical Servants Inc., based in Melrose Park, Ill.
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