Fairmont Supply, the distributor of industrial maintenance, repair, and operation supplies in the United States, has appointed Brian Saenz as vice president and general manager of the Company’s Piping and Equipment division.

Piping and Equipment is a subsidiary of Fairmont Supply. Saenz will be responsible for growing sales, oversight of the distribution center operations, managing profitability and supporting the integration of acquisitions. He will be based out of the Houston, Texas location.

Saenz comes to the company with over 15 years of leadership experience and a record of building high-performance teams and improving company profitability and efficiency. Most recently, he was the Global Director of Sales and National Accounts at Bain Capital/APEX Tool Group. Prior to APEX, he spent 12 years with W.W. Grainger in various sales and operations leadership roles.