Richard Gregoire Appointed as VP Sales of ScanSource Europe POS & Barcoding
ScanSource, Inc. {NASDAQ: SCSC}, the leading international value-added distributor of specialty
technology products, has named Richard Gregoire Vice President of Sales of the company’s European
POS & Barcoding business unit. Mr Gregoire formerly served as Sales Director Southern Europe for the
unit.
Mr Gregoire has worked at ScanSource Europe for ten years where he has been instrumental in the
success of ScanSource’s European operations, which were launched in 2002. He brings close to 20
years of experience of sales in technology industry to this position.
As Vice President of Sales, Mr Gregoire will manage the strategic growth and development of the
company’s sales and business development efforts, including cultivating and strengthening customer
relationships and working closely with reseller partners to assist them in growing their business. He will
report to recently appointed ScanSource Europe POS & Barcoding Managing Director Maurice van Rijn.
“Richard has been an integral part of the ScanSource team,” said Mr van Rijn. “He’s always looking for
new opportunities to help our customers expand their business with our vendor partners, delivering yearon-
year advancements in terms of customer on-boarding and growth of existing customers.”
ScanSource has additionally realigned the management structure of the sales team following Mr
Gregoire’s and Mr van Rijn’s appointments to enhance its focus across all regions. Reporting to Mr
Gregoire will be two Regional Business Directors each responsible for a team of Business Development
Managers: Emma Edwards for the UK & Ireland; Frank Willemse for the Benelux, DACH and Nordics
regions; while Mr Gregoire will retain responsibility for Southern Europe until an appointment is made.
Also reporting to Mr Gregoire will be newly appointed Inside Sales Director Viktoria Zelenska, who will be
managing ScanSource’s European POS & Barcoding team of Account Managers that will be divided over
four regions.
ScanSource Europe teams of Account Managers are highly trained and dedicated to Auto ID, EPoS and
mobility technology, while Business Development Managers are in-country experts with in-depth
knowledge of the latest technologies, who work with resellers to share strategic information, introduce
them to new verticals and explain how to diversify their offering in order to take better advantage of the
business opportunities available to them.
For more information, please contact press.europe@scansource.com
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ScanSource Europe is a leading pan-European distributor of automatic data collection, EPoS and mobility
solutions. We sell only to resellers and add value by providing a variety of services and tools to help them
grow their business, making them more efficient, effective and successful. ScanSource Europe customers
have access to the industry’s leading vendors, one of Europe’s largest product inventories and the
broadest range of value-added services available.
ScanSource Europe is a division of ScanSource Inc. (est. 1992 – NASDAQ: SCSC), who distributes
these technologies, along with telephony and security equipment, in North America and Latin America.