Tom Kretschmer

Vice President of Sales
Ryder System Inc.

Tom Kretschmer is the Vice President of Sales for the Supply Chain Solutions business of Ryder System, Inc., a FORTUNE 500® commercial fleet management, dedicated transportation, and supply chain solutions company.  In this role, Mr. Kretschmer is responsible for supporting the development of the marketing and solutions strategy and ultimately the selling of all services and solutions that create value for customers in the Supply Chain Solutions CPG, Automotive, Aerospace, Industrial SCS Canada and Mexico.  

Mr. Kretschmer has held various operations positions of increasing responsibility in Ryder’s Supply Chain Solutions’ Automotive, Hi-Tech & Electronics, and Retail & Consumer Brands industry verticals.  During his career with Ryder, he’s managed warehousing, transportation and dedicated operations and served as the Integration Manager creating the Company’s Consumer Packaged Goods industry vertical.  Before moving to his current role as VP of Sales, Mr. Kretschmer was the Vice President and General Manager of the Retail & Consumer Brands industry vertical.  His teams have received numerous awards, including the P&G Supplier Excellence Award, Cisco Services Supplier Excellence Award, Ryder Presidential Safety Award and the Applied Materials Top Global Warehousing Provider Award. 

Mr. Kretschmer earned his Bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University and his Master of Business Administration from Walsh College.