IRVINE, CALIF. — Golden State Foods has promoted Stephen Wetterau to corporate vice president, strategy and innovation in Irvine. In addition, Shane Blanchette will serve as group vice president, operations, quality custom distribution in Frisco, Texas.
In his new role, Mr. Wetterau will oversee all facets of the company’s global enterprises, and partner with the GSF management committee to help advance strategic priorities. Before being promoted, he recently led the US logistics business for QCD.
“Stephen has grown a tremendous amount in his leadership roles at GSF and QCD over the past 14 years,” said Bob Wolpert, GSF corporate senior vice president and chief administrative officer. “This new role will enable Stephen to leverage his experience, learnings, and successes and apply them more broadly to other businesses and areas of the organization.”
As group vice president, operations, quality custom distribution, Mr. Blanchette will plan, direct, and coordinate the ordering warehouse and distribution activities of all QCD distribution centers. Mr. Blanchette was recently in charge of overseeing QCD’s strategic continuous improvement initiatives, including warehouse and transportation operations, new facility builds, optimization projects and quality standards.
“Shane’s knowledge and experience are matched by the level of care and support he provides operations leaders as they focus on delivering the best service to our customers,” said Ryan Hammer, GSF corporate senior vice president and president, QCD. “His focus on innovation, sharing of best practices, and driving our business forward with associate and customer-focused continuous improvement initiatives will continue to be an integral component of our QCD business strategy.”
