TIM-BR MART Group Announces Changes

Dave Toth of Challenger Building Supplies Ltd has joined the National Board as Director for LBM/OEM for Alberta.

 

Bret Walters has been appointed General Manager of Chalifour Canada.  Reporting to Barbara Hopper, COO, he is a supply chain, logistics and operations specialist. In addition to having full P&L responsibility for Chalifour Canada, he is responsible for category management, inventory management and operations of the five distribution centres.  Mr. Walters is based in the Chalifour Canada London facility.

Also reporting to Ms. Hopper, Randy Martin, Vice President of Merchandise, has relocated to the Calgary office. In addition to negotiating SPANCAN contracts for Chalifour and TIM-BR MART, he will be responsible for building material programs, specifically for western Canada working alongside John Morrissey, Vice President Building Materials.

Working closely with Bret Walters to build the Chalifour Canada distribution business is Andrew Pantelides, who has been promoted to Procurement and Merchandising Manager. All of the Chalifour Canada hardware Category Managers now report to Mr. Pantelides. He is based in the Chalifour Canada London facility.

Kurt Norlen has joined Chalifour Canada as Building Materials Trader.  In this role, Kurt will focus on "truckload buys" for non-wood commodity building materials for western Canada dealers.

In operation since 1967, TIM-BR MART Group is a $2 billion+ member-owned organization serving over 750 building material and hardware retailers, commercial dealers and manufacturers across Canada. The organization exists to help Canadian entrepreneurs involved in the sale of building materials and hardware be more profitable.