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Walmart fleet leader
Jeff Hammonds sees
the big picture drivers
play in retail success

By Robert O’Connor
Contributing Writer

Whether it’s a natural disaster that devastates a local community or a global
health pandemic that grips the world, Walmart associates — including drivers for
one of the country’s largest private fleets — are at the center.
Leading the western half of the company’s transportation division is Jeff
Hammonds, vice president for private fleet operations, a third-generation trucking
professional who believes drivers play a key role in bringing necessary items such as
cleaning supplies, medicine and food to customers and communities.
Growing up, Hammonds, who will celebrate his 30 anniversary with the
th
company in January, didn’t see himself leading transportation for the country’s
largest retailer.
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