Ardeleanu, 34, started to work for Auchan Romania in 2008, as department manager.
In his new position, Ardeleanu will respond to Francois Remy, the new non-executive president of Auchan Romania. Remy is also the executive president of Auchan Luxembourg.
The position of general manager of Auchan Romania has been filled by Frédéric Bellon (45 years old) since May 2014. Bellon replaced Patrick Espasa at that time, who became Auchan President for Italy and Romania. Bellon and Espasa will be part of the management of Auchan Retail France.
End-October 2015, Auchan Group announced a new organization at international level. In this context, it was announced the setting up of Auchan Retail, which regroups all jobs in the food commerce – hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores, stores under the drive concept and e-commerce.
Auchan Romania opened its first hypermarket in Romania in November 2006, in capital city Bucharest. Auchan currently has 33 hypermarkets locally, with a net sales area of 280,000 square meters, being the second largest retailer in Romania, with some 11,000 employees, and the fourth largest private employer in Romania. Auchan’s investments on the local market have reached EUR520 million to date.
Auchan is the world’s 11 largest distribution group, operates in 16 countries and has 330,700 employees. It is organized in three autonomous companies: Auchan Retail, which reunits all food commerce formats: hypermarkets (907 integrated hypermarkets in 12 countries), supermarkets (867 integrated supermarkets in nine countries and 1,987 associated and franchised supermarkets), convenience stores, stores under the drive concept and e-commerce, Immochan – the group’s real estate unit, and Oney Banca Accord.