Dament returning to Supervalu as senior vice president

Supervalu named Anne Dament, who formerly oversaw private brands at Target Corp., as its senior vice president of retail, merchandising and marketing. Dament will oversee the Minneapolis-based retailer’s merchandising and marketing functions and report to Mark Gross, Supervalu’s president and CEO.

Dament, a 25-year retail veteran who began her career at Supervalu, most recently served as senior vice president of merchandising for Target, where she oversaw food merchandising for its grocery business, including perishables, non-perishables, food service and private label brands.

“Returning to Supervalu provides a great opportunity to collaborate with grocery veterans I’ve respected throughout my career. Together, I’m looking forward to bringing a renewed energy to our retail banners,” Dament said in a press release.

“As we focus on improving our retail store performance, Anne's experience across varied retail and merchandising disciplines should prove extremely beneficial,” Gross said in a statement. “Anne is a dynamic, collaborative leader with great experience building and leading high-performing teams through transformation and change.”

Prior to joining Target, Dament spent seven years in senior level positions at PetSmart. Her retail career also includes 10 years at Safeway.