Kings' new VP of produce and floral among key promotions
Kings' new VP of produce and floral among key promotions
Kings Food Markets announced several promotions within its merchant departments this month, including the promotion of Arthur Goncalves to vice president of produce and floral.
Goncalves, an 18-year associate of Kings, began his career with Kings in store operations as an assistant store manager. He has steadily risen through the ranks of the company since, holding several positions in operations and center store merchandising, engineering, maintenance and construction, demonstrating his business acumen, integrity and initiative to drive the business throughout each role. Most recently, he progressed into perishables merchandising as director of seafood sales and merchandising. Under his leadership, the seafood department team was recognized as department of the year.
Arthur Goncalves
“We are so proud to promote these key department leaders within our company,” Judy Spires, president and chief executive officer of Kings Food Markets, said in a press release. “Our employees continue to raise the bar year after year, constantly making us look ahead to what’s next, and I’m certain that we are even further positioned for growth and innovation in the future.”
In addition to Goncalves' new role with the company, Scott Zoeller, vice president of deli sales and merchandising, has been promoted to vice president of deli, meat and seafood. Zoeller has been with the company since December 2004, serving numerous positions throughout the deli and has built a successful team that has provided tremendous growth in the area of prepared foods, deli and cheese.
Rick Michener, director of in-store prepared foods and chef operations, has been promoted to director of seafood sales and merchandising. In just four years at Kings, Michener has held three positions in the business and operations divisions and has been instrumental in helping to bring new and creative concepts from vision to execution.
