McCoy's promotes Rae and Bishop to vice president
McCoy’s Building Supply announced that Melanie Rae has been promoted to vice president of people development, benefits, and training while Brandon Bishop has been promoted to vice president of merchandising.
Rae has over 20 years of experience at McCoy’s starting as a human resources generalist before moving into manager and supervisor roles helping to establish and grow McCoy’s people development, benefits, and training departments, the company said.
Most recently, Rae served as director of people development providing leadership to her department and mentorship to employees across McCoy’s.
“I’m so excited for this next step and to be able to foster development in our McCoy’s team,” said Rae. “As a team, we will continue to champion our unique McCoy’s culture while finding strategic ways to enhance their employment experience."
Bishop has spent 15 years at McCoy’s including five years working at the company’s Stephenville location.
He served at headquarters as a forest products buyer before moving into management roles in the commodities department. Most recently, he served as director of merchandising – Commodities leading his team while working closely with members of McCoy’s vendor community during supply chain challenges.
“I’m looking forward to continuing to support the Commodities side of our business while also expanding to work with Hardlines and our Store Planning teams as well as their vendor partners,” said Bishop. “Overall, Merchandising has such a direct impact on our store teams and our customers. This new role allows a specific voice on the Executive Team to fully represent this department which is exciting.”
McCoy’s is one of the nation’s largest privately held building supply retailers.
Based in San Marcos, Texas, the company has more than 3,000 employees and operates 85 stores, 3 distribution centers, and 2 millwork facilities in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.
“It is such an honor to welcome Melanie and Brandon to our Executive Team. I appreciate the balanced and wise view that Melanie brings to complex issues. And Brandon is an analytical thinker and a diligent student of our industry,” said Meagan McCoy Jones, president and CEO of McCoy's Building Supply. “Every responsibility in McCoy’s ultimately reports up to one of the 12 leaders on our Executive Team, and they have my trust and confidence as our company continues to grow and thrive.”