RS welcomes new RS PRO Director - Americas

Erick Moreira brings 20+ years of leadership experience at Fortune 500 companies, a proven track record of developing and executing strategic roadmaps, and a reputation for prioritizing the customer experience to his new role as RS PRO Director – Americas.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- RS, a high-service global product and service solutions provider for industrial customers, recently welcomed Erick Moreira to the team as the Director of RS PRO — the company's own brand portfolio — in the Americas.

Erick brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in product management, marketing, merchandising, purchasing, and supply chain and commercial operations at Fortune 500 companies to his new role at RS. This experience is further strengthened by his MBA from the University of Chicago and BA in business administration and international trade from Universidade Paulista (UNIP) in Brazil.

During his tenure at Lowe's, Lennox International, Whirlpool, Walmart, and Anheuser-Busch InBev, Erick was responsible for profit and loss management, multibillion-dollar product portfolios, and high-performing teams throughout North and South America. He established a proven track record of developing and executing strategic roadmaps that simultaneously solve customers' pain points and achieve substantial growth, improved margins, and widespread cost savings. He also developed a reputation for collaborative leadership, prioritizing the customer experience, taking a data-driven approach to product and portfolio strategies, and having a curious but practical mindset, which he credits for inspiring ideas that have a meaningful impact on both businesses and customers.

In his new role as RS PRO Director, Erick is responsible for growing the brand's business in the Americas, which he plans to accomplish by refining the RS PRO product portfolio, improving customer awareness and perception, and collaborating with RS sales, operations, and marketing teams. Through these efforts, he will also be supporting the greater RS mission to become customers' first-choice solutions provider by delivering an incomparable combination of innovation, quality, and value.

"I'm very excited to be part of RS Americas and contribute to the growth of RS PRO," said Erick Moreira, RS PRO Director – Americas. "There's a strong foundation here and a clear commitment to delivering value to customers. I look forward to building on that momentum in collaboration with our talented and passionate team."

"My focus is to help RS PRO become a more recognized and trusted brand in North America," he continued. "That means getting closer to our customers, sharpening our positioning, and making it easier for people to do business with us. To that end, my team and I have already begun gathering insights from other internal teams and RS customers to shape our strategy.

"I've had the privilege of working in several different industries, ranging from heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) to manufacturing, consumer packaged goods (CPG), and retail, which has given me a broad perspective on how to bring products to market, navigate supply chains, and support frontline sales. These experiences are directly relevant to the work we're doing with RS PRO and will help me approach challenges with a practical, cross-functional mindset."

Outside of work, Erick enjoys road biking, particularly through quiet stretches of country roads, traveling, and exploring different cultures through food — all of which help him recharge, remain curious, and show up to work as his best, most authentic self.

RS PRO is the own brand of RS. These products are meticulously designed and manufactured to meet the needs of today's industrial engineers and deliver an exceptional combination of quality, choice, and value. The RS PRO portfolio features more than 90,000 products across 1,500 technologies to satisfy the needs of virtually every industrial application and working environment. It also provides competitive savings compared to branded alternatives without compromising performance, allowing customers of all sizes to work confidently. RS PRO products can be combined into integrated solutions to further simplify customers' sourcing and purchasing processes and are all backed by the RS PRO Seal of Approval, which is only awarded after a rigorous testing, inspection, and auditing process based on demanding international standards. In addition, most RS PRO products are covered by a three-year warranty. This unique value proposition has earned RS PRO more than half a million industrial customers and counting, as well as an astonishingly low return rate of less than 0.02%.

To learn more about RS PRO and the RS Americas executive leadership team, please visit the links embedded here.

About RS
RS is a high-service global product and service solutions provider for industrial customers, enabling them to operate efficiently and sustainably. 

We operate in 36 markets, stock over 830,000 industrial and specialist products, and list an additional five million relevant for our industrial customers, sourced from over 2,500 suppliers. This extensive range supports our customers across the industrial lifecycle of designing, building, and maintaining equipment and operations. We enhance their experience through a tailored service model, leveraging our efficient physical, digital, and process infrastructure sustainably. We combine a technically led and digitally enabled approach with an exceptional team of experts; ultimately, it's our people that make the difference.

Our purpose, making amazing happen for a better world, reflects our focus on delivering results for people, planet, and profit. 

RS Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with stock ticker RS1 and in the year ended 31 March 2025 reported revenue of £2,904 million.

For more information, please visit https://www.rsgroup.com/ or connect with us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter).

About RS in the Americas 
In the Americas region, RS stocks more than 250,000 industrial and electronic products from more than 700 trusted suppliers. These solutions cover categories extending from automation and control equipment to interconnect, passive, active, and electromechanical components and include more than 90,000 high-quality, competitively priced RS PRO products. For more information, please visit https://us.rs-online.com or connect with us via social media on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

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