Marvin R. Ellison is president of the Northern Division for The Home Depot. He joined the Company in 2002. During this time he has held several officer positions including senior vice president of Global Logistics vice president of Logistics and vice president of Loss Prevention. In his current role Marvin is responsible for the sales profit and operations of over 650 stores in the midwest and northeastern United States. He has over 110 000 employees in his division and is responsible for over one-third of the total sales volume of The Home Depot U.S. stores.
In 2005 Marvin was senior vice president of Global Logistics for The Home Depot. This included all Domestic Distribution Transportation Store and Appliance Delivery Import Distribution and International Logistics for the Company. Marvin’s team was responsible for the logistics functions within the United States Canada Mexico China and over 35 additional countries.
Prior to his role in Global Logistics Marvin was the vice president of Loss Prevention for The Home Depot. Under his leadership the Company’s shrink performance improved over 100 basis points in a three-year period.
With an extensive background in Operations Loss Prevention and Process Improvement Marvin has 23 years of retail experience. Prior to joining The Home Depot Marvin spent 15 years with Target Stores in a variety of operational roles.
Reading studying Presidential history and playing the bass guitar are the activities Marvin enjoys. He is actively involved with KaBOOM! playground builds and inner city school renovations/improvements.
Marvin earned a Business Administration degree in marketing from the University of Memphis and a Master of Business Administration from Emory University. |