Bestway Wholesale is adding three new appointments to its senior trading team to improve its offer to drive sales across its cash & carry and retail business units.
Andrew Kenny, formerly of Coles Group in Australia, is joining Bestway Retail as Trading Director and will be focused on Bestway’s Centre of Excellence, to refine and enhance its offer for Off-license and Convenience, focusing on franchisees and retailers to support sales.
Kenny will replace Mike Owen, current Trading Director, who is leaving the business at the end of the year. Kenny will lead the Bestway Retail buying teams based in the Stoke and York offices.
Robbie Moore, formerly of Head of Trading at Spar Scotland, will join Bestway Wholesale as Retail Commercial Manager. Moore will be leading improvement to Bestway’s offer to drive sales across its corporate and company-owned stores.
In addition, Les Mohammed is joining Bestway Wholesale as Head of Trading. Mohammed will be leading key trading initiatives, projects, and process improvement across the Wholesale Trading team. Formerly Senior Trading Controller at Unitas Wholesale, responsible for On-Trade, Foodservice and Own Brand, Mohammed has extensive experience and success in Trading while supporting Sales and Marketing.
Kenton Burchell, Group Trading Director at Bestway Wholesale, said: “We’re very excited to be welcoming this exceptional pool of talent to our business which will allow us to build on the existing strength we have in the team and continue to drive innovation into our Centres of Excellence to build leverage and drive sales for Bestway suppliers and customers.
“With these new appointments we are now set up to enter a new era in our Bestway journey to cement our position as ‘the number one choice for independent retailers’ across the industry for cash and carry, catering and off-trade, retail and pet customers.”
Kenny, Moore, and Mohammed will all join Bestway by early November.
