Operations professionals in Grocery retail
On the warehouse and supply chain side, six of these grocery retail operations professionals work at Albertsons Companies, ALDI USA, Southeastern Grocers and Grocery Outlet; the other four work on the store side at Whole Foods Market, Stop & Shop, C&S Wholesale Grocers and Food City. Bring them a question about distribution center staffing, out-of-stocks between warehouse and shelf, or supporting store teams across dozens of locations.
Professionals to explore
D'ette Miller
LinkedInExperience: Director of Warehouse Operations & Services · ALDI USA
At ALDI USA, D'ette Miller has been Director of Warehouse Operations & Services since 2019, and was Director of Purchasing & Administration (2014–2019) and District Manager (2008–2014) there. D'ette describes assessing operational teams and processes and crafting action plans to develop people and achieve results, a fit for warehouse process improvement questions.
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Daniel Roach
LinkedInExperience: Director Supply Chain Operations · Southeastern Grocers
Supply chain cost and efficiency questions suit Daniel Roach, Director Supply Chain Operations at Southeastern Grocers (since 2018), where Daniel also holds Senior Manager, Supply Chain Operations (since 2017) and was Supply Chain Operations Manager (2016–2017) and Contract Compliance Manager, Supply Chain (2013–2015). Daniel describes breaking large problems into manageable pieces through analytics.
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David Vasquez
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · Albertsons Companies
Five Albertsons Companies titles trace David Vasquez's path: Loading Foreperson Lead (2014–2015), Warehouse Supervisor (2015–2016), Warehouse Superintendent (2016–2018), Warehouse Operations Manager (2018–2025) and Director of Operations since 2025. Describing 20+ years in the food retail industry, David fits questions on developing warehouse supervisors into managers.
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Erika Lentz
LinkedInExperience: Director of Warehouse Operations · ALDI USA
Erika Lentz's ALDI USA titles run from District Manager (2017–2022) and Warehouse Operations Manager (2022–2023) to Executive Manager (2023–2025), Interim Director of Warehouse Operations (2025) and Director of Warehouse Operations since 2025. Erika describes responsibility for the South Windsor warehouse and divisional office operations, which makes Erika a fit for questions on managing a single warehouse and its divisional office.
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Greg Sparks
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Operations Officer · Food City / KVAT Foods Inc.
Since 2016, Greg Sparks has been Chief Operations Officer at Food City / KVAT Foods Inc., and was Executive Vice President Operations at Dollar General (2012–2015). At Safeway, Greg held Division President (2001–2012) and Vice President of Merchandising and Marketing (1997–2001), and describes leading both the merchandising and marketing side and the operations side, a fit for questions where store operations and merchandising meet.
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James Slobodzian
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations · Whole Foods Market
Field support for store department leaders is the fit for James Slobodzian, Senior Director of Operations at Whole Foods Market since 2013, who describes leading 4 Senior Field Associates who support over 100 Department Team Leaders across 55 locations. James was Associate Product Coordinator (2007–2013) and Product Team Manager (2003–2007) at Whole Foods Market and Grocery Manager at Healthy Pleasures (1994–2002).
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Jim Mullen, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Stop & Shop
Jim Mullen, MBA is Vice President Operations at Stop & Shop (since 2024), a role Jim tags NJ, NY, CT, and was Senior Vice President Operations at FreshDirect (2021–2024). Jim has also been Regional Vice President Of Operations at Stop & Shop (2020–2021) and The GIANT Company (2017–2020) and Vice President, Asset Protection Ahold USA at Ahold Delhaize (2015–2020), a fit for multi-state store operations and asset protection questions.
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Joshua Putnam
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Operations · Albertsons Companies
Sr. Director of Supply Chain at Albertsons Companies (since 2026), Joshua Putnam also holds a Director Of Operations title there. Joshua describes more than 20 years in warehouse operations and, as Director of Operations at an Albertsons-Safeway Distribution Center, responsibility for 4 managers, 9 superintendents and 38 supervisors, which makes Joshua a fit for distribution center management questions.
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Kevin Breaker
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Regional Fulfillment Operations · Grocery Outlet
Grocery Outlet has had Kevin Breaker as Sr. Director, Regional Fulfillment Operations since 2026 and as Director, Regional Fulfillment Operations (2024–2026). Kevin was Assistant Director Of Operations (2021–2024) and Operations Manager (2021) at C&S Wholesale Grocers and Operations manager at HEB at H-E-B (2019–2021), so fulfillment questions spanning wholesale and retail suit Kevin.
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Rob Matthews, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Director of Store Operations · Stop & Shop
Rob Matthews, MBA holds two current titles, Senior Director of Retail Operations & General Manager at C&S Wholesale Grocers (since 2022) and Director of Store Operations at Stop & Shop (since 2021). At Stop & Shop, Rob was also Director of Ecommerce Operations (2018–2021), Regional Vice President Of Operations - Interim (2017) and Director of Asset protection (2016–2017), a fit for store, ecommerce and shrink questions.
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Choose the right perspective
For distribution center questions, David Vasquez and Joshua Putnam at Albertsons Companies and Erika Lentz and D'ette Miller at ALDI USA hold warehouse operations titles, while Daniel Roach and Kevin Breaker cover supply chain and fulfillment. Store operations questions go to James Slobodzian, Rob Matthews, MBA, Jim Mullen, MBA or Greg Sparks, the one Chief Operations Officer of the group.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you staff a grocery distribution center for holiday weeks when perishable volumes jump and labor is tight?
- 02Where do handoffs between the warehouse and stores most often cause out-of-stocks, and what reduced them?
- 03How do you support department leaders across dozens of grocery stores without a district manager in every building?
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