The Polish retailer Zabka, with plans to expand locally through a network of 200 convenience stores under the Froo brand, has started recruiting its managerial team.
Froo Romania, the company through which the Polish retailer Zabka will operate a chain of convenience stores locally, is looking for a Technical Manager, according to an announcement by the company’s HR manager. The position will entail duties “in the scope of new stores and locations, to deliver the technical and operational standard according to internal regulations”, according to the announcement.
So far, Zabka has appointed Maciej Hodowany, sales director at Żabka Polonia, to the position of director of operations at Froo Romania S.R.L.. In his new role, he will be in charge of “launching a modern chain of convenience stores for Romanian customers ”, being responsible for expansion, fitting out and adaptation, store openings, sales and loss prevention, as he announces on Linkedin.
The retailer has also brought in Piotr Kornet from Poland for the position of Head of Private Brands and New Product Development, which indicates that the Poles will also have private brands in stores, just like the other big players on the board local. At the same time, they appointed Barbara Furmanczuk to the position of category director. In addition, the company already has an interim human resources manager, from Romania, and has recruited Georgeta Condescu, former purchasing manager in the ready to eat and frozen Profi products segment, for the position of Purchasing Category Manager. Otherwise, most of Froo’s managers are Polish expats brought in by the retailer to run local operations.