Two of the region’s leading wholesalers have recently promote veteran executives to new positions in their organizations.
C&S Wholesale Grocers, based in Keene, NH, has promoted Eric Winn to chief operating officer, a newly created position, and United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI), based in Providence, RI, upped Mark Bushway to chief supply chain officer.
Winn’s newly expanded role comes in preparation for the upcoming retirement of chief supply chain officer Peter Fiore at the end of the year. Winn will now be responsible for all operations, transportation, customer development and expansion.
Since joining C&S in 2004, Winn has held several leadership positions across the company. Most recently, he served as president, commercial, leading the commercial organization in support of independent and chain customers, as well as driving C&S’s further expansion in the retail market.
“Eric and Peter have been integral to C&S’s transformation. Peter has created a best-in-class supply chain organization that is the foundation of our continued growth. Eric has strategically realigned the commercial team to holistically serve all customer needs. His leadership across both areas of our business will create a seamless customer experience,” said Bob Palmer, CEO.
Winn earned a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business.
At UNFI, Bushway will take on leadership of the company’s fulfillment network across North America, consisting of 56 distributions centers serving more than 30,000 customer locations.
Bushway’s immediate focus will be on UNFI’s existing fulfillment network strategy, while continuing to build out cross-selling capabilities, identifying distribution center expansions and accelerating network optimization & automation initiatives. He’ll also continue working closely with his peers in UNFI’s sales organization to ensure customer insights and feedback are considered in all fulfillment network day to day activities. Bushway will report to Eric Dorne, UNFI’s COO. He replaces Jim Gehr who has left the company.
“Mark is a terrific fit to lead our fulfillment network,” said Dorne. “Having led our Atlantic Region for the past three years, he fully understands the evolving needs of our customers and will bring his experience and expertise to bear in support of their unique needs today and in the future. Most importantly, he knows our culture and how critical it is that we take care of our people, continuing all our initiatives to help position UNFI as an employer of choice across North America.”
Most recently, Bushway was president of UNFI’s Atlantic region. He spent the previous eight years as VP-distribution for UNFI’s Atlantic Region, where he was responsible for all operational and financial performance at eight distribution centers. Bushway also served as director of real estate and construction as well as held operations roles over his 18-year tenure with UNFI. Prior to UNFI, Bushway spent 14 years in leadership positions of increasing responsibility for C&S Wholesale Grocers.
