PCS Sales on June 1 announced several organizational changes and promotions. Effective July 1, 2010, Bernie Rock, vice president, Industrial Sales/Trinidad Ammonia, will be promoted to senior vice president, Fertilizer Sales/Trinidad Ammonia, and will report to Stephen Dowdle, newly appointed president of PCS Sales. Darryl Stann, vice president, Marketing, is promoted to vice president, Industrial Sales, reporting to Dowdle. Dave Vincent, director, Product Management – Potash, is promoted to vice president, Marketing, and will also report to Dowdle.
Joe Murphy, director, Product Management – Phosphate, is promoted to director, Product Management – Potash, reporting to Vincent. Chaitanya Kosaraju, manager, Supply Chain Planning & Analysis, is promoted to director, Product Management – Phosphate, also reporting to Vincent.
Rob Kingwell, supervisor, Supply Chain Planning & Analysis, is promoted to manager, Supply Chain Planning & Analysis, and will continue to report to Alton Anderson. Chris Reynolds, senior director, International Sales/Trinidad Ammonia, is promoted to vice president, International Fertilizer Sales/Trinidad Ammonia, and will now report to Rock. Dandan Xiang, manager, International Fertilizer Sales, is promoted to director, International Sales – Fertilizer & Feed, and will continue to report to Reynolds. Shane Williams, senior director, North American Feed, will become senior director, North American and International Sales – Feed, and will continue reporting to Mark Etienne.
The PCS Sales organizational changes come in the wake of the May 25 announcement from Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. that James Dietz, executive vice president and chief operating officer, is retiring at the end of June, and that David Delaney, current president of PCS Sales, would be taking Dietz’s place (GM May 31, p. 9). Dowdle, current senior vice president of fertilizer sales, will be taking over for Delaney at the helm of PCS Sales on July 1.
Bob Duckworth has joined Jim Hicks & Company as vice president and general manager as of June 1, 2010. He will work out of the company’s Brea, Calif., office, and can be reached at 800-692-2690. Duckworth has many years of purchasing, sales, and management experience in the industry, most recently with Western Farm Service. Prior to that he held positions with Agrium, Tessenderlo Kerley, and Pure Gro Company. He has a B.A. in business from the University of Akron, Ohio.
Martin Midstream Partners L.P. (MMLP), Kilgore, Texas, announced that effective May 28, John P. Gaylord resigned his position as a member of the board of directors of Martin Midstream GP LLC, the general partner of MMLP. Ruben Martin, president and CEO of Martin Midstream GP LLC, said Gaylord left to pursue other personal business interests. “We are grateful for the time he spent with us and his many contributions during MMLP’s formative years,” Martin said. An immediate replacement for Gaylord on the board has not yet been announced.
Gavilon Fertilizer LLC, Savannah, Ga., announced on May 27 that it has established a representative office in the Russian Federation. The Moscow office, located at 3 Frunzenskaya Street, 9, began sourcing a broad range of fertilizer products from Russia last month. “The Moscow Representative Office will be an important asset to our fertilizer operations,” said Brian Harlander, president of Gavilon Fertilizer. “The addition of the Moscow office will enable us to strengthen our relationships and better communicate with key suppliers in the region.”
Gavilon’s Moscow office is managed by Ivan Gostenin, who most recently served as a regional manager at UralChem Group. Business inquiries can be made by calling +7 (499) 940-86-30.
Consolidated Sourcing Solutions (CSS), the new fertilizer sourcing group formed by Central Valley Ag Cooperative of O’Neill, Neb., South Dakota Wheat Growers of Aberdeen, South Dakota, and Famers Cooperative Co. of Ames, Iowa, announced on June 3 that Douglas M. Stone has been hired as president of the organization. Stone is a 20-year veteran of Terra Industries, where he most recently served as senior vice president of sales and marketing. Stone lives in Sioux City, Iowa, and will continue to reside there in his new position with CSS. He has a B.B.A. in marketing from the University of Iowa, as well as an M.B.A. from the University of South Dakota.