Silviu Diacon is taking over the position held until recently by Gabriel Cubanțov who becomes Director IMT (International Merchandise Trading), within the Non-Food Procurement department, in France.
At the same time, the role of Silviu Diaconu as Purchasing Director for Fresh Products was taken over by Radu Gherman, previously Purchasing Director for the Liquids and Tobacco category.
Carrefour promotes its representatives in strategic business areas, both the discount area, where Supeco has a presence of 26 stores nationwide, with an extensive offer targeting families and small businesses, and the fresh food area, where the company’s strategy in recent years has focused on expanding partnerships with local producers to more than 1,000 currently. The announcement comes shortly after other successive group appointments, namely the taking over of responsibilities in the e-commerce area by Gabriela Stanica, in the context of the appointment of Catalin Samara as Director of a new structure, Bringo International.
With over 20 years of experience in retail, Radu Gherman, current Purchasing Director for Fresh Products, has carried out unique and impactful projects throughout his career, including coordinating a series of pilot projects within the Metro group on the category of soft drinks in the La Doi Pași franchise or new concepts of promo and pricing mechanisms. Radu started his career in Carrefour in 2016, as Purchasing Director for Liquids and Tobacco. Under his coordination, Carrefour developed in 2019 Deschidem Vinul Romanesc, a strategic program to support Romanian wine producers and bring consumers closer to Romanian wine, unique in Europe. Since then, the program has expanded every year, reaching over 50 partner wineries in all product segments – regional wines, premium wines and those developed exclusively for the Carrefour network.
After 17 years in Carrefour Romania, Gabriel Cubanțov, Director of the Supeco discount chain, accepted a new mission in the Carrefour Group, where he will hold the position of Director IMT, being responsible for identifying suppliers at group level who meet Carrefour standards in both food and non-food areas. Gabriel has been with Carrefour Romania since 2004, making his debut as Aisle Manager. As Director of Supeco, Gabriel coordinated at the operational level the inclusion in 2021 of the first Supeco stores in the Bringo platform, which extended to 10 in just one year, as well as the introduction of self-check-out desks in the Targoviste store.<span data-ccp-props=”{” “=”” style=”font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;”>
Carrefour Romania currently employs over 18,000 people in over 360 multi-format stores: hypermarket, supermarket, discounter, proximity, online, in warehouses and in its headquarters.