Title: National Account Manager

Company: Acklands Grainger Inc.

Location: St. Albert, Alberta

Having created a variety of successful and productive teams throughout her career, Melanie Johnson her current position as national account manager at Acklands Grainger Inc was a natural transition, moving forward. Acklands-Grainger is owned by W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE:GWW), North America’s leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating products, with operations in Asia, Europe and Latin America. Previously, Ms. Johnson had her own agency for a few years, but wanted to spend more time with her son, so she went into sales, service and marketing, created her own business processes, and took more business courses to advance in her career.Acklands-Grainger is Canada’s largest distributor of industrial, safety, and fastener products with 175 branches, six distribution centers and over 2700 team members coast to coast. For over 125 years, they have been helping businesses and government keep operations running safely, creating a company where hard working talented people can thrive. They offer customers the convenience of a single source solution with the largest selection of in-stock brand-name products from the world’s top manufacturers and the largest exclusive private-label offering in the industry. Ms. Johnson is there to change the way people think about business development endeavors, and encourage more women to become involved within the technology field.