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‘IN MY BLOOD’ . . . BEING PART OF THE NAPA FAMILY CAME
NATURALLY TO THIS MONCTON CORPORATE STORE MANAGER
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By Susan Bradley
IKE MANY OTHER NAPA DEALERS IN THE ATLANTIC REGION, CHAD MURRAY OF MONCTON CAN TRACE HIS INTEREST IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR TO FAMILY ROOTS.
Murray says. “Basically if any store or any customer, whatever they need during the day, they order right through me, and I
can provide that to them.” It takes only minutes to process the order for the customer, who can either ac-
“I have been in the automotive industry for my entire career, right out of high school,” says Murray, who is a NAPA corporate store manager. “It’s been my whole life, my father is a techician, my grandfather was in sales, so it’s just in my blood - the automotive market - from a very early age.” The Moncton corporate store, at 335 Edinburgh Dr., is connected directly to the automotive supply chain’s regional distribution centre. It makes for a busy workplace. “We’re a retail and wholesale company. We provide delivery service to our wholesale clients around the Moncton area,” says Murray. “My store is hooked right to the distribution centre. It’s the main counter store here in Moncton.” The 3,500 square foot facility has 14 employees. The distribution centre has its own staff that process the orders, packing and sending them out for delivery. Murray, 40, has headed up the Moncton operation for the past five years. He grew up in nearby Sackville, N.B., The store provides a wide range of top quality NAPA products and equipment to businesses which serve the region’s construction, industrial, logging, fishing and mining sectors. Hydraulic fluid, gear fluid, all different types of greases, heavy duty cleaner, brake cleaner, electrical cleaner, brake pads and rotors are some of the NAPA products supplied by the store, Murray says. The streamlined access to the NAPA line provides quick and efficient service to corporate and retail customers as well as other NAPA stores in the region. “The distribution inventory is my inventory. I have access to all the inventory at any point in time during any day,” autoatlantic.com
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