Ben Wiest

Director, Contract Operations & Compliance at Grainger

Ben Wiest, PE, PMP, currently serves as Senior Manager, Merchant at Grainger, where responsibilities include leading the strategy for the Power Transmission & Motors categories valued at $500 million annually, while collaborating with various teams to implement the category strategy. Prior experience with the U.S. Coast Guard involved senior management roles in acquisition planning, casualty response, and engineering, overseeing significant budgets and large teams for multi-billion-dollar projects. Ben Wiest holds an MBA from Indiana University, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the US Coast Guard Academy.

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Chicago, United States

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As a leading business-to-business organization, more than 3.2 million customers rely on Grainger for products in categories such as safety, material handling and metalworking, along with services like inventory management and technical support.


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