Alan began his career with 7-Eleven in 1977 as a management trainee in Baltimore, Md.  He was subsequently named to numerous advancing positions in Store Operations and Merchandising in the Md. & Va. area.  

In 1989, he relocated to Texas to work in both Merchandising and Operations positions. In 1992, he was promoted to Corporate Merchandising to begin development of national merchandising processes/practices and a centralized merchandising department.  He moved into Merchandising category management from 1994 to 1999 where he has managed most of 7-Eleven’s product categories, including fresh food, proprietary beverages, and beer / wine on a national basis.

From 2000 to 2005 Beach served in numerous Product Director roles for Vault, Proprietary beverages, Non Foods, Tobacco, New Business Development, and Fresh Foods. In 2005 he was promoted to Vice President of Field Merchandising, responsible for Quality Assurance, and leading the field team for developing and executing merchandising and marketing strategies across North America. Alan was named to his current role as Vice President, Merchandising, in 2007, responsible for Merchandising strategy and planning across all Beverages, Tobacco, Processed foods and Non foods business units.In 2010 Alan’s role was shifted to focus on Vault beverage business, leadership of Merchandising for Canada, expanding our private brand business, implementation of Business Transformation and other strategic initiatives.

Alan is married to Renee Beach, and they have 2 children, son Michael is attending Texas A&M University and daughter Erin is 14.