Industrial and building supply distributor across plumbing, HVAC, and facilities
Ferguson is a large-scale industrial distributor (35,000 associates, 1,700+ locations) serving plumbing, HVAC, facilities, and specialty trades across North America. Heavy hiring velocity in sales and ops reflects aggressive national expansion; the tech stack leans on Salesforce, ProCore, and ServiceChannel for order and project management, with emerging adoption of Ariba and Coupa signaling a shift toward procurement automation. Active projects in EPC automation and stormwater management, paired with pain points around project documentation and automation gaps, suggest Ferguson is moving from traditional wholesale into engineered solutions and automated specification tools.
Notable leadership hires: Quality Director
Founded in 1953, Ferguson operates as a major distributor of plumbing, HVAC, waterworks, fire, industrial, and facilities-management supplies across all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The company serves both residential and commercial contractors, engineers, and facility managers. With roughly 35,000 employees across 1,700 locations, Ferguson operates as a public company headquartered in Newport News, Virginia. Current initiatives include automation of engineering procurement (EPC), water and wastewater treatment project sourcing, geosynthetics and stormwater management expansion, and targeted growth in valve automation and food-and-beverage markets.
Salesforce, ProCore, ServiceChannel for CRM and project management; Power BI and Tableau for analytics; Ariba and Coupa for procurement; AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and Creo for design; AWS for cloud infrastructure; Microsoft 365 suite for productivity.
Ferguson serves all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the Caribbean through roughly 1,700 locations. Active hiring spans the United States, China, and Canada.
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