Senior appointments support Lowe's Canadian
growth and business strategy
BOUCHERVILLE, QC, June 14, 2016 /CNW/ - Lowe's Canada announced today its new leadership team
positioned to help drive Lowe's Canadian business strategy by
leading a new operating model focused on growth. This model
will help Lowe's Canada, and its
network of stores, banners and formats, deliver better customer
experiences in each segment and market it serves.
"Our new structure will allow us to increase our focus on
customers, allowing us to better co-ordinate our resources and
efforts and to have a maximum impact on the segments we serve,"
said Sylvain Prud'homme, president
and CEO, Lowe's Canada. "Each
member of the leadership team will play a key role, enabling us to
maximize the potential of all of our banners to ensure strong
growth across all of our different markets," said Sylvain.
"Following Lowe's recent acquisition of RONA, this team of seasoned
experts will contribute to the alignment of our two organizations
so we can become the number one choice of Canadians for all their
home improvement needs."
These leaders will report directly to Sylvain:
- Alain Brisebois will work
closely with the leadership team to define and implement the banner
strategies. He will also lead the operations functions supporting
all the business units as well as our distribution activities to
the affiliate dealers. Alain joined RONA in 2013 and has more than
30 years' experience in the retail industry, including at
Alimentation Couche-Tard and Metro.
- Guy Beaumier will lead
our pro-contractor stores and Reno-Depot. Guy has been with Lowe's
since 2014. With more the 25 years of retail industry experience,
Guy worked for Loblaws, Sobey's, Labatt and Super C.
- Christian Proulx will
lead human resources and communications. Christian, who joined RONA
in 2007, has held several leadership positions in human resources
during a career spanning more than 30 years, 14 of which were in
the pharmaceutical industry in Canada and abroad.
- Jim Caldwell will join
Lowe's on June 20 and will lead the
big-box business unit. Most recently, Jim was president of
the Brick Group, Canada's largest
furniture retailer. He also worked for Wal-Mart in Canada, and has a vast and distinguished
career in the retail industry, having held senior leadership
positions in retail operations, merchandising, distribution and
marketing. Jim is a member of the board of directors of the Retail
Council of Canada.
- Serge Ethier will lead
the proximity stores. Serge joined RONA in 2014 and has served in
various leadership positions in retail over the past 25 years,
incluiding The Home Depot, Provigo/Loblaws and Costco.
- Brendan Hughes will lead
the alignment of the different banner strategies and will lead the
project management office and business intelligence. Brendan joined
Lowe's in 2005 and has more than 16 years' experience in the retail
sector. He was previously with Walgreens and Food Lion.
- Recruitment is currently underway to select a candidate to lead
the Administration function, including financial business support,
accounting and legal.
About Lowe's Canada
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home
improvement company serving more than 17 million customers a week
in the United States, Canada and Mexico. With fiscal 2015
sales of $59.1 billion, Lowe's
operates or services more than 2,355 home improvement and hardware
stores and has over 285,000 employees. Based in Boucherville, Quebec, Lowe's Canadian
businesses, including RONA inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, operate
over 535 corporate and independent affiliate dealer stores in a
number of complementary formats under different banners. These
include Lowe's, RONA, Réno-Dépôt, Marcil, Dick's Lumber and Ace. In
Canada, the businesses have more
than 24,000 employees, as well as more than 5,000 employees in the
stores of RONA's independent affiliate dealers. For more
information, visit Lowes.ca.
SOURCE Lowe's Canada