Purple Names Eric Haynor as New COO

May 4, 2022  by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry   

Haynor will oversee all aspects of the company's operations, playing a key role in supporting Purple's future growth plans through supply chain and manufacturing efficiency.

"Eric's 30-year track record of end-to-end supply chain management excellence will be a welcome addition for our young company," said Rob DeMartini, CEO. "As we continue to advance the early stages of our turnaround journey, Eric will play a significant role in returning Purple to operational excellence; a key part of our long-range profitability plan. We are very confident in Eric's abilities to help us mature our operational activities and unlock the underlying value of our organization." 

Most recently, Haynor served as senior vice president of Global Industrial Supply Chain at Ecolab, Inc., a global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, where he had direct responsibility for North American supply chain operations. In this role, he had end-to-end supply chain accountability for the industrial business group. Prior to that, Haynor held several progressively senior roles within Ecolab Inc.'s supply chain group, including VP of Global Equipment Operations and Global Life Sciences, VP of Supply Chain Operations for EMEA, and VP of Supply Chain Operations for Asia Pacific.

"I am thrilled to join Purple at such a critical juncture in the company's history," said Haynor. "As Purple's product sophistication and brand reach has grown, so has the need for a more wholistic approach to the end-to-end supply chain. I look forward to joining the team at Purple and helping to take the next step forward in operational excellence."

Haynor earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University.