Oatey Co., a leading manufacturer in the plumbing industry since 1916, announced recently that Matt Foraker has been promoted to senior vice president of wholesale.

Foraker joined Oatey more than 20 years ago as a member of the supply chain team, before transitioning to the wholesale sales team in 2011 as national sales manager, specialty divisions. Since then, he has served as regional sales manager in the Southeast and mational Sales Manager for Rough Plumbing. Since October, he has led Oatey’s wholesale team on an interim basis as director of wholesale.

As SVP, Wholesale, Foraker will lead Oatey’s wholesale rough plumbing, commercial, specialty and showroom sales teams, focused on investing in customer relationships while growing sales and evolving business strategy.

“My career at Oatey has been incredibly rewarding, and I’m pleased to be a part of the company’s ongoing growth,” says Foraker. “I’m excited to continue to partner with our exceptional sales team, rep agencies and customers to achieve great things together.”

“During his time at Oatey Matt has established himself as a highly respected, strategic leader both in our business and across our industry,” said Wyatt Kilmartin, Oatey’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer. “I look forward to his expanded leadership as we continue to deliver results for our customers and our organization.”