"Carl is a natural for the position" according to Greg Arnold, Truman Arnold Cos. president and CEO. "His knowledge of the wholesale petroleum products industry and understanding the challenges a fuel purchaser faces today brings a wealth of [image-nocss] talent and added value to our clients."
Nelson's career in the petroleum industry spans from convenience store district manager, regional manager and centralized purchasing to wholesale petroleum sales. After functioning as vice president of sales and marketing with a competing petroleum wholesaler from 2005 until 2009, Nelson joined TAC Energy through acquisition, maintaining 95% of the customer base.
The national account manager position is just one component of TAC Energy's growth strategy. Truman Arnold Cos. announced last week an expansion of the company's Dallas sales office, which will include enhancement of TAC Energy Supply & Logistics services.
TAC Energy vice president and COO John Rettiger said, "We're using this
opportunity to revolutionize the service our clients are receiving. Integrating our trading, supply and logistics and sales together in a national hub like Dallas will bring a higher level of speed and supply opportunities."
Rettiger said that more customer service enhancements will be coming online by late third quarter to early fourth quarter of this year. "We're extremely excited about the synergy our move to Dallas is bringing. Implementation of an advanced computerized billing system and complete integration of our customer's transactions from quoting, 24/7 supply and logistics hotline, inventory management and price risk management programs to the highest degree of speed and accuracy with billing is very exciting."
He added, "TAC Energy will offer the most sophisticated services of any petroleum wholesaler in the nation--including big oil--yet maintain the nimbleness of an independent. It's a perfect combination."
Regarding Truman Arnold Cos. expansion of the Dallas office, Arnold said, "It's our goal to double the size of TAC in five years. In order to do so, we've got to be strategic in the geographic positioning of our sales and their immediate support personnel to where the greatest growth opportunities are."
Truman Arnold Cos. aviation division, TAC Air, will also be moving sales, marketing and customer service to the TAC Dallas office.
Arnold confirmed the company headquarters will remain in Texarkana, Texas, stating, "We're committed to maintaining our operational support services in Texarkana. Financial, legal, information technology and other support services will remain where they are. As we grow the company, over time the Texarkana operations will have to grow in order to keep up with demand."
Truman Arnold Cos. is a Texarkana, Texas-based company founded by Truman Arnold in 1964 as a branded petroleum jobber. Today, TAC is a leading regional petroleum marketing company, offering customers a variety of services through its network of petroleum terminals, Road Runner convenience stores and aviation Fixed Base Operations (FBO) facilities. The private company has more than 400 associates with fuel volume exceeding two billion gallons annually.
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