Framingham, MA — The TJX Companies, Inc. has made several senior management changes to better position the company for future growth.
Framingham, MA — The TJX Companies, Inc. has made several senior management changes to better position the company for future growth.
Michael MacMillan will assume leadership of the company’s European division as senior executive vice president, TJX Europe, moving from his current post as head of The Marmaxx Group (the company’s largest division comprised of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls). Previous posts for MacMillan include president of TJX Canada from 2003 and executive vice president of merchandising for TJX Canada. Having joined T.J. Maxx in 1985, MacMillan has served in progressively senior roles in finance, systems, distribution and merchandising at T.J. Maxx, Winners and Marmaxx. These management changes will be effective for fiscal 2013. MacMillan will replace Paul Sweetenham, who has decided to leave the company. Sweetenham joined TJX in 1993 as head of retail operations at T.K. Maxx and became president of that division in 2001.
Richard Sherr will return to The Marmaxx Group as senior executive vice president, having most recently held the post of president, HomeGoods. Prior to that, he held the position of chief operating officer at Marmaxx from 2007 until 2010.
Ernie Herrman continues as president of TJX, a title he assumed in February 2011, and will continue to report to Carol Meyrowitz, CEO of The TJX Companies, Inc., as will Jeffrey Naylor, senior executive vice president, chief financial and administrative officer.
Senior Executive Vice President Jerome Rossi, whose responsibilities include real estate, logistics, procurement and e-commerce, will continue to report to Herrman.
Ken Canestrari is being promoted to president, HomeGoods, replacing Sherr in that role. Canestrari has been with The TJX Companies since 1997 and has served in progressively senior roles in finance and operations at The Marmaxx Group and at the corporate level. Most recently, since 2008, Canestrari held the post of COO at HomeGoods.
In September 2011, Doug Mizzi was promoted to president, TJX Canada. Mizzi started with TJX in 1988 and rose through the ranks of store operations at Marmaxx. In 2004, Mizzi went to Canada as senior vice president, store operations and in 2006, became executive vice president, COO of TJX Canada.
The TJX Companies, Inc. is a leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide. The company operates 986 T.J. Maxx, 891 Marshalls, and 375 HomeGoods stores in the United States; 216 Winners, 86 HomeSense, 6 Marshalls, and 3 STYLESENSE stores in Canada; and 333 T.K. Maxx and 24 HomeSense stores in Europe. For more information, visit www.tjx.com.