ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Con-way
Freight, the less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of
Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), announced today the promotion of
Lori A. Blaney to vice president of
national account sales.
Blaney began her career with Con-way in 1993 as an account
manager and undertakes her new duties immediately. In her new role,
she assumes the leadership of Con-way Freight's national account
sales organization, heading a team of more than 40 senior sales
professionals focused on large, multilocation retail, industrial
and manufacturing shippers in North
America.
Her responsibilities directing the national account team include
sales strategy and operations planning, customer solution
development, customer acquisition strategies, sales training,
personnel development and the application of Lean methodologies and
practices to sales processes. Based in Ann Arbor, she reports to Stephen F. Dean, Con-way Freight's senior vice
president of sales.
"Lori's extensive experience, team-building skills and intuitive
knowledge of our customers and our business will be considerable
assets as she heads up our national account sales efforts," said
Dean. "She's a valuable complement to our executive team, and we
look forward to her insights and expertise as she leads the
strategic growth and development of our national account sales
efforts."
Blaney's 20-plus-year career at Con-way has seen her advance
through a variety of positions with increasing responsibility,
including account executive, marketing manager, manager of business
development and human resources, director of business development,
sales manager and director of sales operations. She is a 2014
graduate of Con-way's Advanced Leadership Preparation for Highest
Achievement (ALPHA) program and has been recognized with the
company's Quarterly Leadership Award. Blaney also is a graduate of
Eastern Michigan University, where she
earned her bachelor's degree in marketing.
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About Con-way Freight
Con-way Freight is the
industry's leading less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation
company, providing guaranteed, day-definite regional and
transcontinental service with exception-free delivery, on-time
service performance and faster transit times through a single,
unified network of more than 425 service locations serving
the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto
Rico. Con-way Freight offers LTL freight transportation
across North America and through
Global LTLTM delivery in the
United States from around the world. Global solutions
include international less-than-container (LCL) ocean shipments
from Asia through its
OceanGuaranteed® service; U.S. and Europe delivery for inbound and outbound
international cargoes through an exclusive alliance with TNT;
direct service to more than 30 Bahamian and Caribbean ports; and domestic offshore
transportation to Alaska,
Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Con-way Freight is a
certified FAST highway carrier and is C-TPAT/PIP, ACE- and
CSA-certified.
Con-way Freight is a subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), a
$5.8 billion diversified freight
transportation and logistics services company. For more
information, visit www.con-way.com/en/freight.
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