BJ’s Wholesale Membership introduced Tuesday the promotion of two executives to C-suite roles.
The membership retailer named Scott Schmadeke as govt vice chairman and chief operations officer and Krystyna Kostka as chief provide chain officer.
The promotions comply with the resignation of 17-year BJ’s veteran Jeff Desroches, the retailer’s former govt vice chairman and chief operations officer. BJ’s didn’t specify when Desroches stepped down.
For the final six years, Schmadeke served because the membership retailer’s vice chairman of area and recent operations.
Schmadeke has in depth grocery business expertise, having held a wide range of management positions at Albertsons, Haggen and Safeway over the previous 30 years, per his LinkedIn profile. Previous to becoming a member of BJ’s, he was Albertsons’ vice chairman of operations.
As govt vice chairman and chief operations officer, Schmadeke will oversee BJ’s golf equipment, distribution facilities, logistics and asset safety and security, based on the press launch. He’ll report back to Chairman and CEO Bob Eddy in addition to serve on the corporate’s govt management workforce.
Kostka will lead the retailer’s distribution and logistics networks in addition to planning and allocation and robotics automation, the announcement acknowledged. Kostka, beforehand BJ’s senior vice chairman of operations, will report back to Schmadeke.
Kostka, who joined BJ’s in 2014, led gas operations and supported the expansion of BJ’s Fuel, the press launch famous. Earlier than becoming a member of BJ’s, she spent a decade working for Irving Oil in numerous management roles, based on her LinkedIn web page.
