One of the nation’s first supermarket chains (founded in 1859), New Jersey-based The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) has announced the appointment of John E. Metzger to Senior VP & chief information officer.
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Reporting directly to Christian Haub, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Metzger will be responsible for leading the Information Services organization in support of A&P’s strategic initiatives and objectives. He succeeds Nicholas L. Ioli, Jr, who left the company to pursue other opportunities.
Metzger joined A&P in 1999 as VP, Supply & Logistics. In 2001, he was promoted to Senior VP and Business Leader of the company’s supply chain and business process initiative. He will retain that role in addition to his new responsibility as CIO.
Previously, Metzger was Senior VP of CS Integrated LLC, a unit of Security Capital Investment Trust (ProLogis), responsible for IS, strategic planning, marketing, transportation and engineering. Earlier, he held logistics and distribution management roles for RJR Nabisco and Standard Brands.
Commenting on the appointment, Haub said, “In the past year, John has spearheaded the development and integration of our new business process and systems solutions into our merchandising, store operations and distribution functions. I am pleased with our progress thus far in executing this initiative, and confident that John’s leadership will ensure its successful completion.”
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