Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. Announces Executive Changes
November 17, 2020 at 06:45 am EST
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Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. announced a number of senior leadership team appointments in the areas of Finance, Operations and Information Technology, consistent with the Company’s prior succession planning. The Company also announced that Aaron Alt, President of Sally Beauty Supply, will be leaving the company, effective November 27, 2020, in order to pursue other opportunities. John Goss has been appointed as Senior Vice President and President of Sally Beauty Supply. Mr. Goss brings over 30 years of retail experience to the role, having most recently served as Group Vice President and Head of Stores and Operations for Sally Beauty Supply. His responsibilities included leading over 2,900 retail stores and supporting the operations team, and most recently he led the deployment of Ship-From-Store (SFS) and Buy Online/Pickup in Store (BOPIS) across the Sally Beauty store network. Prior to joining the Company in 2016, Mr. Goss served consecutively as Vice President of Operations and then Vice President of Transformation Management Office for Signet Jewelers. Mr. Goss has held various leadership roles at Zales Jeweler, T-Mobile, Gap Inc., and L Brands throughout his career. Mary Beth Edwards has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Transformation Officer. Previously, Ms. Edwards served as Group Vice President, Global Sourcing of Sally Beauty Holdings since April 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Edwards was Vice President of Global Operations at Arrow Electronics from 2015 to 2019 and Vice President, Operations ECS, Arrow Electronics from 2009 to 2015.
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. is an international specialty retailer and distributor of professional beauty supplies with operations primarily in North America, South America, and Europe. The Company operates through two business segments: Sally Beauty Supply (SBS) and Beauty Systems Group (BSG). The SBS segment is a domestic and international chain of cash and carry retail stores, which offers professional beauty supplies to both salon professionals and retail customers, primarily in North America, Puerto Rico, and parts of Europe and South America. The BSG segment includes its franchise-based business Armstrong McCall, a service distributor of beauty products and supplies that offers professional beauty products directly to salons and salon professionals through its professional-only stores, e-commerce platforms and its own sales force in partially geographical territories in the United States and Canada. The Company operates approximately 4,486 company-operated stores.