PHOENIX — CSK Auto has promoted several management executives. The automotive parts retailer has promoted Dale Ward to executive vice president. John Saar has been promoted to senior vice president of commercial sales and Randi Morrison to senior vice president, general counsel and secretary.

Ward, formerly the company’s senior vice president of merchandising and marketing, will continue to lead the merchandising and marketing areas and assumes added management responsibility for the store operations, commercial sales and human resources functions. Ward joined CSK Auto in March 1997 and has more than 35 years of experience in the retail industry. He will continue to report to CSK Auto Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Maynard Jenkins.

Saar, formerly a divisional vice president for the company, was promoted to senior vice president of commercial sales. Under Saar’s leadership, CSK Auto’s commercial wholesale operation — ProShop — is expected to continue to grow, enabling CSK to further enhance its solid position in the commercial sales area. Saar has more than 33 years of tenure with CSK in various store management and senior management roles with responsibility for real estate, store operations and other assignments. He will report to Dale Ward.

Randi Morrison, formerly the company’s vice president, general counsel and secretary, will continue to manage the company’s legal department and will also assume administrative responsibility for the Internal Audit Department (with the Internal Audit Department continuing to report directly to the audit committee of the company’s board of directors). Since joining CSK Auto as legal counsel in March 1997, Morrison has served in various positions within the legal department. She will continue to report to Jenkins.