SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Core-Mark Holding Co. Inc. has announced a realignment of its senior executive team.
Thomas B. Perkins has been named senior vice president of resources and will be responsible for information technology, employee and corporate services, and logistics. He will retain his executive responsibilities for Core-Mark's two third-party logistic operations. Perkins has served in Core-Mark for the past 14 years in various operating division capacities.
Christopher L. Walsh, senior vice president, will be [image-nocss] assuming the responsibilities for U.S. Distribution (West), overseeing 11 divisions. Walsh has served with the company for the past 12 years in various sales and marketing executive roles.
Chris Murray has been named senior vice president of marketing and vendor consolidation. He will be responsible for corporate purchasing, marketing, and will lead the company's efforts in the vendor consolidation initiative. Murray joined Core-Mark three years ago with a substantial career portfolio in the convenience retailing business.
And Scott McPherson has been named senior vice president and will continue his operating responsibilities for U.S. Distribution (East) and will assume additional responsibilities related to geographic expansion. He has served with Core-Mark for the past 15 years in various operating division capacities.
Along with Bill Prokop, Core-Mark?s president of Canada, these five individuals will constitute the senior operating executive team.
"These organizational changes are designed for three reasons: to strengthen our ability to meet the needs of our customers, to provide a more effective structure in pursuit of specific key company objectives and to allow me to focus more intently on strategic initiatives over the years to come," said J. Michael Walsh, CEO. "These individuals have greatly contributed to the continued progress of the company. The board of directors, including myself, believes this realignment will enable Core-Mark to more effectively pursue its mission to be the premier supplier to the convenience industry in North America."
South San Francisco, Calif.-based Core-Mark is a major broad-line, full-service wholesale distributor of packaged consumer products to the convenience retail industry in North America. Founded in 1888, Core-Mark provides distribution and logistics services as well as marketing programs to more than 21,000 retail locations in 45 states and five Canadian provinces through 24 distribution centers, two of which Core-Mark operates as a third-party logistics provider. Core-Mark services traditional convenience retailers, grocers, drug, liquor and specialty stores, and other stores that carry consumer packaged goods.
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