MSC Industrial Supply Co. promoted executive VP and COO Martina McIsaac to President and COO.

In her new role, Ms. McIsaac will have formal responsibility for the entirety of MSC’s day-to-day operations, which include Sales, Marketing, Solutions, Supply Chain, Category Management, Supplier Relations, Sustainability and IT.

“Over the past two years, Martina has made significant improvements to our internal and external operations,” stated CEO Erik Gershwind. “She has elevated the customer experience by improving service levels and fill rates, executed strategic initiatives across our Supply Chain and further improved our working capital efficiencies.”

Gershwind added that the move “improves our ability to capture synergies between our technology functions and the operations of our business.”

McIsaac joined MSC in October 2022 following a nine-year tenure with Hilti Corporation. She served as region head and CEO of Hilti, Inc. Prior to joining Hilti, McIsaac had a 14-year tenure with Avery Dennison, where she served in a range of sales, marketing, business development and operational roles in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Canada and the U.S. prior to being named VP and GM of its Performance Polymers Division.

Founded in 1941, Melville, NY-based MSC Industrial distributes 685,000 metalworking and MRO supplies. Web: MSCdirect.com