Further to the recent announcement that Jim Brown, former Unitas Trading Controller is joining the business, Bestway has announced three new appointments to its senior Trading Team.
These appointments reflect the company’s commitment to investing in talent to underpin its position with both suppliers and customers as the business continues to grow whilst maintaining high levels of product availability and customer service to its retailers. The new team will be working to improve the Bestway offer to drive sales across our cash & carry and retail business units.
Andrew Kenny, formerly of Coles Group in Australia, is joining Bestway Retail as Trading Director, reporting to Kenton Burchell, Bestway Group Trading Director. Andrew will be focused on Bestway’s Centre of Excellence, to refine and enhance its offer for Off-license and Convenience, focussing on franchisees and retailers to support sales.
Andrew will replace Mike Owen, current Trading Director who is leaving the business at the end of the year. Andrew will lead the Bestway Retail buying teams based in the Stoke and York offices.
Robbie Moore, formerly of Spar Scotland will join Bestway Wholesale as Retail Commercial Manager. Robbie will be leading improvement to our offer to drive sales across Bestway’s corporate and company owned stores. Robbie will report into Andrew Kenny.
Robbie previously worked as Head of Trading at Spar Scotland where he led and developed the Trading team whilst restructuring and future proofing the department.
Les Mohammed is joining Bestway Wholesale as Head of Trading. Les will be leading key trading initiatives, projects, and process improvement across the Wholesale Trading team. Les will report to Kenton Burchell, Bestway Group Trading Director.
Formerly Senior Trading Controller at Unitas Wholesale, responsible for On-Trade, Foodservice and Own Brand, Les has extensive experience and success in Trading whilst supporting Sales and Marketing.
Andrew, Robbie and Les will all join Bestway by early November.
Kenton Burchell, Group Trading Director at Bestway Wholesale, said:
“We’re very excited to be welcoming this exceptional pool of talent to our business which will allow us to build on the existing strength we have in the team and continue to drive innovation into our Centres of Excellence to build leverage and drive sales for Bestway suppliers and customers.”
“With these new appointments we are now set up to enter a new era in our Bestway journey to cement our position as ‘the number one choice for independent retailers’ across the industry for cash and carry, catering and off-trade, retail and pet customers.”
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