CINCINNATI, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kroger
Co. (NYSE: KR) today announced the retirement of Robert Clark, senior vice president of supply
chain, manufacturing and enterprise sourcing, after more than 35
years of service, effective February 1,
2021. Clark will be succeeded by Gabriel Arreaga, who is joining The Kroger Co.
as senior vice president of supply chain, starting October 1, 2020.
"We thank Robert for his 35 years of dedicated service and
leadership," said Rodney McMullen,
Kroger's chairman and CEO. "He's been an instrumental leader at all
levels of our organization and has built collaborative teams and
developed business strategies that have advanced our operations and
uplifted our associates and customers."
Robert Clark, Senior Vice
President of Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Enterprise Sourcing,
Announces Retirement
Clark began his career in the Fry's
division as a bagger in 1985. He advanced to occupy several store,
district and division leadership roles for Fry's, including being
named vice president of merchandising in 2002. Clark relocated in
2010 to the Columbus division to serve as vice president of
operations and then he moved to the Fred Meyer division in 2011 to
serve as vice president of merchandising. He relocated to Kroger's
corporate headquarters in Cincinnati in 2013 to take on the role of
group vice president of non-perishables. He was promoted to senior
vice president of merchandising in 2016 and to his current position
in 2019.
In his retirement, Clark and his wife, Kelli, plan to return to
Arizona to spend more time with
their children and grandchildren.
Gabriel Arreaga Joins Kroger as Senior Vice President of
Supply Chain
As senior vice president of supply chain,
Arreaga will be responsible for the company's industry-leading
supply chain organization, which includes logistics, inventory and
replenishment.
"Gabriel's proven history of outstanding leadership and
management of complex supply chain and logistics functions will
accelerate our ability to provide a seamless shopping experience
for our customers," continued McMullen. "We welcome Gabriel and his
22 years of leadership experience in the industry and look forward
to adding his fresh perspective and insights to our growing
operations."
Arreaga joins Kroger with deep supply chain leadership
experience. Most recently, he served as senior vice president of
supply chain for Mondelez International, Inc. There, he led a team
of more than 14,000 employees within a network of 41 internal and
external factories, 49 fulfillment centers, direct-to-store
branches, logistics and product development. He also served as
global vice president of operations for Stanley Black and Decker and held numerous
leadership roles at Unilever, including vice president of food and
beverage operations.
Arreaga holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration
from Del Valle University and an MBA from INCAE, a top global MBA
program led by Harvard University's
curriculum and located in Central
America. He's also completed advanced management programs at
Harvard University and served as a
research assistant for MIT faculty on
Corporate Strategy, among other areas.
To download headshots of Clark and Arreaga
visit here.
About Kroger
At The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), we are
Fresh for Everyone™ and dedicated to our Purpose: To Feed the
Human Spirit®. We are, across our family of companies, nearly half
a million associates who serve over 11 million customers daily
through a seamless shopping experience under a variety
of banner names. We are committed to creating
#ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025. To learn more about us,
visit our newsroom and investor
relations site.
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