Coca-Cola named Rob Gehring as president of its North America operating unit.

Gehring will start Dec. 1 and succeed John Murphy, who has led the unit on an interim basis since Aug. 1. Murphy remains president and chief financial officer.

Gehring, 59, most recently served as chief executive of Monster Energy's Americas business, which he started in February.

He began his career at Coca-Cola in 1992 before moving up to president of Coca-Cola's Walmart global team in 2011. In 2016, he joined Hershey, where he served as chief sales officer.

In 2018, Gehring was appointed as chief operating officer, and later chief executive, of Swire Coca-Cola, where he led bottling operations.