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BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. — The Swanson Group (TSG) has restructured to better serve its clients and retailers.
Over the last few years, TSG has been building a broader and deeper foundation to support their client/retailer growth with expanded coverage of Western and Eastern based retailers, as well as further development of their internal Supply Chain and Operations functions. To manage this growth, TSG announces the following promotions and changes:
From the current TSG executive team, Scott Lutz has been promoted to senior vice president sales, Chris Ferdock to senior vice president business development and Tom Morrell to senior vice president national accounts.
In addition, TSG has added two executives that have broad industry knowledge:
Ron Chomiuk has joined TSG as senior vice president retail strategy, bringing over 40 years of experience in the retail and health care industries. Ron held senior leadership positions over a 10-year period with Walmart (vice president pharmacy operations; VP health & wellness sales, managed care and contracting for Walmart and Sam’s Club). During his Walmart tenure, he was awarded the Sam Walton Entrepreneur Award for Leadership in launching their $4 generic prescription program. He also held senior leadership positions with Kmart (VP health & beauty; VP GMM drug store business; senior VP pharmacy). He started his career with Perry Drug and was VP pharmacy prior to joining Kmart. He has previously served on the NACDS retailer board of directors, as well as the pharmacy board for the State of Michigan.
After leaving Walmart, Chomiuk joined Teradata as senior iIndustry consultant, a leading technology and analytics company and was directly responsible for driving business solutions for Fortune 100 retail health care companies in the U.S. and Canada. Ron is based in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Justin Kalber has joined TSG as director of business development. He started his career with Walgreens in their global insights and analytics division followed by numerous positions within their category management team; diabetes & diagnostics, feminine hygiene, family pPlanning and smoking cessation. Most recently, Justin worked with Topco holding the position of senior category manager/GM lead and was responsible for leading their GM division in category management, sourcing, product development and vendor management. Justin is based in TSG’s Buffalo Grove, Illinois corporate office.
TSG also expanded Pat Randazzo’s responsibilities, program director/client services, as well as added additional associates to manage their expanding supply chain and operational functions. Prior to joining TSG, he spent 26 years with Walgreens holding various positions and brings a wealth of knowledge in managing the supply chain team. He additionally managed similar functions with an international manufacture and brokerage organization.
