Alex Blanco has joined Ecolab Inc. as executive vice president and chief supply chain officer, effective January 1, 2013. Blanco will oversee the company's global supply chain operations, including Ecolab's 98 manufacturing plants and more than 200 distribution and other supply chain facilities around the world. Blanco joins Ecolab after 30 years with Procter & Gamble Co.

(P&G). Most recently, he served as vice president, Product Supply Global Beauty Sector, responsible for strategy, planning, procurement, manufacturing, engineering, quality assurance and logistics.