$2.8 billion Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has named Ron Ranallo to the newly created position of vice president of enterprise resource planning implementation.

In this new role, Ranallo will supervise numerous business process owners who are tasked with designing and configuring the enterprise resource planning business processes and enabling software. Cooper said its new ERP system is intended to standardize, automate and integrate the company’s data and processes into one system and provide access to information in a real-time environment. Ranallo will manage the system’s implementation, including budget, resource allocation, and vendor management.

Ranallo, who joined Cooper in 2008, most recently served as director of internal audit at Cooper’s corporate office in Findlay, Ohio. Prior to joining Cooper's, he served as the vice president and corporate controller for Owens Corning Corp. in Toledo, Ohio, and also worked as vice president and general manager for Owens Corning Construction Services.

Early in his career, Ranallo worked for Eaton Corp., as audit director, benefits planning and administration director, European treasury manager, and U.S. treasury manager. He began his professional career as a treasury analyst for Marathon Oil.