Dollar General announces leadership promotions, new roles
Dollar General has promoted several executives across the company and welcomed two new leaders.
Shweta Bhatia has joined the company as senior vice president of technology engineering. Bhatia brings more than 20 years of retail, technology and leadership experience in solution delivery and transformational strategic initiatives to the IT team.
In this role, she will lead the retailer’s technology product engineering, as well as technology and data engineering domains
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Zak Brining has been promoted to the role of senior vice president of corporate store operations.
In this role, Brining will continue overseeing store operations workforce management, communication and compliance, and store process improvement while adding responsibilities to in-store facilities management.
He joined Dollar General in 2016 and has held roles of increasing responsibility for in-store operations.
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Donny Lau has been promoted to the role of senior vice president and chief strategy officer.
Lau joined Dollar General in 2017 and most recently served as vice president, of investor relations and corporate strategy.
He will continue focusing on developing and evolving the retailer’s strategic vision and initiatives, implementing strategic partnerships and identifying long-term growth catalysts, the company said.
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Jim Sullivan has been promoted to senior vice president of store operations with responsibility for more than 8,000 locations across the northern half of the United States.
He joined the company in 2003 as a regional director, and since then has held roles of increasing responsibility including divisional vice president of two divisions.
Sullivan will continue to provide training support for field leaders, elevating operations and merchandising acumen across the enterprise, the company said.
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Rich Szellan has been promoted to the position of senior vice president of procurement and margin improvement.
He joined Dollar General in 2009 as senior director of merchandising operations and has held roles of increasing responsibility in procurement, global sourcing and private brands.
In 2017, he was promoted to vice president of marketing and private brands. In his new role, Szellan will expand his role in driving profitability and procurement, including supplier diversity.
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Dan Connow has been promoted to the position of vice president of store operations.
He joined the company in 2017 as director of demand chain management and most recently served as senior director of store operations.
In his new role, he will be responsible for workforce management and labor planning in addition to his current responsibilities over process improvement, the company said.
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Maty Kiser has joined Dollar General as vice president of end user support.
She brings more than 30 years of experience in technology-related roles across multiple industries, including expertise in enterprise-level change management transforming how organizations work with a customer-first perspective.
In this role, Kiser will lead the DG End User Support Services team providing customer service support, both internally and externally.
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Matt Sikes has joined the company as vice president and chief compliance officer.
Sikes has more than 20 years of experience, including several years in the retail and financial service sectors. He will bring a focus on building international compliance and protecting corporate brands to the company.
In this role, he will collaborate with multiple teams to ensure the retailer continues to incorporate compliance into its operations.
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Kevin Walker has been promoted to the position of vice president of investor relations.
He joined Dollar General in 2010 as a senior staff account and earned roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as senior director of investor relations in 2019.
In this role, Walker will manage the company’s relationships with the investment community, helping communicate earnings, growth benchmarks and long-term strategy, the company said.