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CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. has announced the appointment of Bryan Everett as executive vice president of store operations, effective August 3. He is one of three recent additions to the company’s executive ranks.
Bryan Everett
Everett’s appointment was announced in late June. He will be responsible for all operations at the company’s nearly 4,600 stores and reports to president and chief operating officer Ken Martindale. Everett succeeded Bob Thompson, who is retiring from the company.
“Bryan is an energetic and talented leader with a proven track record of operational expertise and success,” said Martindale. “We are pleased to welcome Bryan to Rite Aid and are confident Rite Aid will benefit from his outstanding leadership skills as we work together to continue to successfully grow our business and achieve long-term success.”
Rite Aid described Everett as an accomplished leader with 20 years of experience in store operations. He joined Target Corp. in 2002 and held various store operations positions of increasing responsibility. He most recently served as senior vice president of store operations for the company, a role in which he focused on talent management, operational efficiency and integrated technology solutions. He also led new-format, new-store and remodeling programs while also overseeing pharmacy and clinic operations.
Prior to his tenure at Target, Everett held store operations management positions at Fleming Wholesale and Aldi.
In July the company announced the hiring of Paul Zikmund, a risk management professional with nearly 30 years of experience, as Rite Aid’s group vice president of risk and controls. In this role Zikmund will oversee the risk management program for Rite Aid as well as its subsidiaries, RediClinic, Health Dialog and EnvisionRx. Zikmund will report to Tony Bellezza, Rite Aid’s senior vice president and chief compliance officer.
“Paul comes to Rite Aid with significant experience in enterprise risk management, having held a variety of positions spanning several industries over the course of his career,” said Bellezza. “His extensive background in organizational compliance, as well as the development and administration of enterprise risk management solutions, will be extremely valuable to Rite Aid as we continue to expand our governance, risk and compliance program.”
Most recently, Zikmund served as director of global ethics and compliance at Bunge, a leading global agribusiness and food company headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., where he was responsible for implementing fraud, ethics and compliance risk management programs. Before that, Zikmund held senior positions at Tyco International Inc., SolomonEdwards and Deloitte & Touche LLP, serving in a variety of risk management functions.
The company also named in July its new vice president of indirect procurement, Frank Ho, who was promoted from senior director of indirect procurement. In this position, Ho will oversee the Rite Aid’s procurement strategy and all related operations, including systems, supplier and contract management. Ho will report to Frank Vitrano, Rite Aid’s senior executive vice president and chief administrative officer.
“A valued member of Rite Aid’s indirect procurement group for nearly seven years, Frank understands the importance of strategic sourcing,” said Vitrano. “His knowledge of the company, paired with his purchasing expertise, will help Rite Aid meet its long-term cost management goals, and we look forward to realizing the additional positive contributions from Frank and the entire indirect procurement team.”
Ho is an indirect procurement and purchasing professional with 15 years of experience. Before joining Rite Aid, Ho served as a sourcing and procurement consultant with Accenture, and he held various procurement roles at American Express. Ho joined Rite Aid in 2008 as senior manager of indirect procurement.
