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Kmart names new executives

Germano named Sr. VP

-- Casual Living, 10/24/2005 12:00:00 AM

Kmart Holding Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation named Donald J. Germano, as senior vice president and general manager for Kmart's more than 1,400 stores and Dene L. Rogers as executive vice president, restructuring and business improvement.

Germano is responsible for the financial performance, operations and management of all of Kmart's stores. He reports directly to Aylwin B. Lewis, CEO and president of Sears Holdings. Germano previously served as vice president of inventory management and replenishment. He joined Kmart in 2001 as divisional vice president, supply chain, and has held increasingly responsible positions within Kmart's supply chain organization. Earlier in his career, he held senior management and logistics positions with Kozmo.com, Nabisco, North American Van Lines and United Parcel Service.

"Don's leadership roles within our supply chain organization over the last four years position him well for his new expanded, operations responsibilities," Lewis said. "I'm confident his exceptional coaching skills, leadership ability, drive for results and customer advocacy will help deliver a dynamic, relevant customer shopping experience for our Kmart customers."

Rogers will report to and work closely with William C. Crowley, executive vice president, and chief financial and administrative officer. Rogers previously served as executive vice president of Kmart stores. Rogers joined Kmart in 2003 and served in a variety of roles before assuming the position of senior vice president, stores in 2004. Before joining Kmart, Rogers was senior vice president, planning, development and new products for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. He also served as senior vice president, business development at General Electric Capital.

"Dene has made substantial progress in improving the performance and the efficiency of the stores,” Lewis said. “We have asked him to apply his considerable change management skills more broadly across Sears Holdings. We believe these changes will allow the company to benefit from these two skilled executives."

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