Office Depot has made several changes to its organisational structure that it says are designed to strengthen North American operations by consolidating responsibility for key operating functions.
The changes include the creation of a new position of president, North America, with responsibility for all operating functions in North America. In addition it has appointed Mark Holifield to the new role of executive vice president, supply chain, and created the position of executive vice president, delivery sales with overall responsibility for all delivery sales in North America. Cynthia Campbell, currently senior vice president of sales for the East Region of the Business Services Group (BSG), has been promoted to this new role. Robert Keller, president of BSG, has decided to leave as a result of the organisational changes.
Bruce Nelson, CEO and chairman, comments on the new position of president, North America: "With our acquisition of Guilbert earlier this year and the continued growth of our businesses on a multi-national basis, I recognised the need to consolidate responsibility for the operational activities of our company in North America, just as they are consolidated under our European President, Rolf van Kaldekerken, who has overall responsibility for European operations and reports to me.
“This newly created position will add depth and strength to our leadership organisation and will give me the opportunity to spend more time and more of my focus and attention on our worldwide strategic and growth initiatives. We have been engaged for several months with a leading search firm to find the right person to fill this significant leadership role and expect to name an executive to fill this important position in the near future."
29-Sep-2003
