ROANOKE, VA — Advance Auto Parts announced that Elwyn Murray, III, has assumed additional responsibilities and will now serve as executive vice president, merchandising, supply chain and technology, effective immediately.

In conjunction with this management change, Dave Mueller has resigned as executive vice president, merchandising and marketing. Mueller joined Advance in March 2003 and has held his current position since November 2004.

Murray joined Advance in April 2005 as executive vice president, administration. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president of store operations for Food Lion, based in Salisbury, NC, with whom he was employed for 16 years.

He received both his Bachelor of Science in Business and Accounting and MBA from Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.

“In this new role, Elwyn will have responsibility for merchandising, marketing and store operations support in addition to retaining his current responsibilities for logistics, information technology, risk management and corporate purchasing,” said Jack Brouillard, interim chairman, president and CEO. “Elwyn played a key role in our strategic review and has the vision, commitment and capability to drive the implementation of our key growth initiatives. One of his key objectives will be to enhance our parts availability and coverage.”