Pankow promotes Dave Zande to vice president

SKOKIE, Ill. Pankow Asociates announced this week that David Zande has been promoted to vice president of national accounts.

“In his 10 years with the company, Dave has consistently demonstrated his ability to turn challenging situations into sales opportunities,” the company stated.

Pankow, an associate member of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, is a sales organization whose clients have included Colgate-Palmolive, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Clorox and Coca-Cola. It has been responsible for introducing a number of brands to the Midwest, including Breathe Right Nasal Strips, Gas-X, Gold Bond Medicated Powder, Tavist-D, Theraflu, Purell hand sanitizer and Vidal Sassoon hair care products.

According to the company, Zande’s title will now reflect more accurately the job he had been doing, “and he plans to work more closely with other Pankow account executives so as to maximize the promotion potential and key account volume” for its principals. His previous title was senior marketing manager.