Schnadig makes move
Names Pan president, fills other posts
By Gary Evans -- Furniture Today, April 20, 2009
HIGH POINT — As it settled into its new corporate headquarters here last week, upholstery and case goods importer Schnadig also introduced a new president.
Howard Pan, formerly vice president of operations for importer A.R.T. Furniture, has joined the company as president. He will work alongside Chairman and CEO Jeff Young and former CEO Don Belgrad, who will remain actively involved with the company as chairman emeritus.
Schnadig, a subsidiary of China-based Markor International, also has filled other top management slots. Bryan Milleson, former chief financial officer at Furniture Brands International's Drexel Heritage and Henredon divisions, has been named vice president of operations. Richard Tung is director of finance.
Jeff Katz continues as vice president of domestic sales, while Kristine Capra, who has extensive design and merchandising experience with Ferguson Copeland and Century Furniture, is director of upholstery merchandising.
Triche Leander, who has held senior IT positions with Drexel Heritage, Henredon and Lexington, is Schnadig's director of IT and planning.
The team has taken residence at the new headquarters at 4200 Tudor Lane. The company has closed its Chicago office and consolidated all of its U.S. administrative functions and services in High Point.
The company will warehouse products for the eastern region in High Point and will serve the western states from Riverside, Calif. The new facility here includes 110,000 square feet of warehouse space adjacent to the 18,000-square-foot office.
“Don and I feel extremely privilege to lead what I consider to be the best furniture management team in the industry,” said Young. “These individuals have distinguished themselves with an impressive number of consecutive years of documented operational experience in our industry. Largely due to their collective experience, we are already months ahead of our strategic and operational initiatives.”
Schnadig's showroom on the fifth floor of the International Home Furnishings Center's Commerce wing has been redesigned for the display of the company's new product direction. The display includes three new collections and the Neutrals Select Program, which the company believes to be the first custom upholstery program from China offering retailers custom fabric choices.
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