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EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 81

TOTAL RATINGS: 628

CEO: Ric Phillips

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Ric Phillips Essendant CEO Rating

Essendant's CEO, Ric Phillips, has 60 employee ratings and a score of 56/100, placing them in the Bottom 15% of similar size companies on Comparably with 10,000+ Employees and Bottom 15% of other companies in Chicago. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that males at Essendant rate Ric Phillips higher than females, giving the CEO a score of 66/100.

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Where This Score Ranks Essendant's CEO Rating

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In the Bottom 15% of 1339 Similar Sized Companies on Comparably
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In the Bottom 15% of 228 Nearby Companies in Chicago
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Essendant CEO Ric Phillips Bio

Mr. Richard D. Phillips, also known as Ric, has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Essendant Inc. since October 25, 2017. Mr. Phillips served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Essendant Inc. from June 13, 2017 to October 25, 2017. Mr. Phillips served as the Group President of Industrial Essentials (Formerly, ORS Industrial) at Essendant Inc. since August 2016. He served as the President of ORS Nasco, Inc. since January 18, 2016. He served as the President of On-Line & New Channels at Essendant Inc. (also known as United Stationers Inc,) from January 2013 to November 12, 2015. He spent 14 years at McKinsey & Company, where he was elected Partner in 2005. He spent six years at Baxter Healthcare in finance and sales, where he held roles of increasing responsibility in corporate finance and sales, including serving as a National Accounts Manager. He joined Essendant in early 2013. Prior to joining Essendant, he spent several years with McKinsey & Company in Chicago, where he worked with clients across the world in the healthcare and consumer industry sectors, with a functional emphasis in strategy, commercial performance and operations. He also served as co-leader of the firm??? s Global Healthcare Operations practice. Mr. Phillips earned a B.S. degree in Finance from Indiana University and a Masters of Management degree, with distinction, from the Kellogg Business School at Northwestern University.

Who Ranks Essendant's CEO Rating the Highest?

Experience - 3 to 6 Years 90/100

Gender - Male 66/100

Gender - Female 64/100

Who Ranks Essendant's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Experience - 1 to 3 Years 53/100

Ethnicity - Caucasian 60/100

Essendant CEO Ric Phillips At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Essendant.

Based on 60 ratings, Ric Phillips ranks right below Verifone's CEO, Himanshu Patel.

Essendant's CEO is highly regarded by employees with 3 to 6 Years experience, Male employees, and Female employees. However, employees with 1 to 3 Years experience and Caucasian employees have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.