United Stationers Inc., Deerfield, IL, master distributor of business, jan-san and industrial products, has tapped Stephen A. Schultz to the position of group president, LagasseSweet and ORS Nasco.
In this new role, he will assume responsibility for setting and monitoring the delivery of strategic goals and objectives for both business units. Schultz joined Lagasse, the company’s janitorial and breakroom supplies division, in early 1999 and has served as its president since 2001.
Todd A. Shelton has been promoted to president of LagasseSweet after serving since 2005 as its COO. Shelton joined Lagasse in 2001, directing its financial and operational functions. In his new role, he will be responsible for leading LagasseSweet in the development and execution of strategic business unit initiatives and the delivery of operating plans and goals.
William K. Scheller, senior vice president and president of ORS Nasco Inc., the company’s industrial supplies division acquired in December 2007, has resigned from the company effective at the end of September 2008 for personal reasons. Schultz will manage this business while the company searches for Scheller’s successor.
United Stationers has sales of $4.6 billion in 2007. The company stocks technology products, traditional office products, janitorial and breakroom supplies, office furniture, and industrial supplies.
