SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Rob Meriweather has been promoted to vice president of sales at H.D. Smith.

The pharmaceutical distributor said Monday that Meriweather will be responsible for developing and maintaining its enterprise sales strategy, gaining sales from strategic retail customers, and developing executive relationships with group purchasing organizations.

"Rob will be a great addition to the leadership team at H. D. Smith," Scott Wilson, senior vice president of drug divisions, said in a statement. "His vast experience in sales on the local, regional and national level will be an asset to leading our sales force."

Meriweather joined H.D. Smith in 2012. Most recently, he served as director of retail national accounts, growing that segment by more than 30%, the company said. In that role, he reported to Wilson and was responsible for targeting, maintaining and growing the company’s’s largest market opportunities by creating sales strategies and value propositions for large regional and national chain pharmacies.

Before coming to H.D. Smith, Meriweather served as vice president of global sales for HemCon Medical Technologies Inc. and, earlier, as a national account manager for Cardinal Health Inc., where he managed more than $450 million in drug distribution business with regional grocery chains.