Why It Matters to Distributors: Sustained leadership focus on acquisitions at SiteOne highlights how scale, integration capabilities and deal execution remain central to competitive positioning in fragmented distribution markets.
SiteOne Landscape Supply has named Daniel Laughlin executive vice president of strategy and development, succeeding Scott Salmon, who is retiring after helping lead a multi-year acquisition expansion that reshaped the company’s scale and footprint.
The leadership change is effective March 31. Laughlin, currently senior vice president of strategy and development, will join the company’s executive leadership team. Salmon will remain with SiteOne in a limited advisory role during the transition.
Salmon, who joined SiteOne in 2019, oversaw a period of accelerated growth driven by acquisitions. During his tenure, the company added more than 70 businesses and expanded its integration capabilities, strengthening how newly acquired distributors are onboarded and aligned with operations.
Chairman and CEO Doug Black credited Salmon with helping institutionalize SiteOne’s acquisition strategy and improve execution as the company scaled.
Laughlin brings prior experience with SiteOne’s dealmaking approach. He held strategy and development roles at the company from 2014 to 2021, where he participated in acquisition execution and partner relationships. He rejoined SiteOne in January after serving in senior strategy roles at ServiceMaster Brands, Marcone Supply and Alloy Roofing.
The transition comes as SiteOne continues to rely on acquisitions as a core growth lever. The company recently acquired Reinders, a distributor of irrigation, agronomics, and landscape supplies, expanding its presence across the Midwest.
SiteOne is the largest full-line national wholesale distributor of landscape supplies in the United States, serving professional contractors across residential and commercial markets, including irrigation, agronomics, and outdoor design.
The appointment of an internal successor with prior M&A experience suggests continuity in strategy as the company maintains its focus on expansion through acquisitions and integration discipline.
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