Black Diamond Equipment has appointed Matt Bluher to the newly created position of director of retail and visual merchandising. Bluher formerly served as the retail operations manager for Fjällräven North America, in Boulder, Colo.
Other recent hires include James Atkin, director of brand management, and Andy Earl, who will serve as the brands photo editor. Additionally, Lisa Leffler was promoted to director of global logistics and Scott Furash was appointed to sourcing director.
Leffler was promoted from senior global logistics manager. In her new role, she will be responsible for global logistics and all product distribution. Formerly, she served as a logistics and purchasing manager with the Rossignol Group. Since 2015, Furash served as the principal consultant of TriggerPoint Consulting, focusing on global strategic sourcing, tactical procurement and project management along with sales and business development, product/category management and SRM.
