Kristen M. McGuire

Senior Procurement Manager
​Price Rite Marketplace

​As the Senior Manager of Procurement, Kristen is responsible for overseeing all functions of Procurement related to sales, gross profit, merchandising planning, and store communication. On a daily basis, she is collaborating with our merchandising team, the Wakefern team, the vendor community, and most importantly our store teams to secure and execute newly negotiated programs, all to ultimately drive sales.
 
Kristen plays a key role in mentoring and guiding our team with new POG implementations, market retail reviews, and developing new business plans that fit our always evolving needs. She also played an integral role in the rebranding of Price Rite Marketplace (Sweet Spot), which included overseeing total store layout, SKU rationalization, POG creation, and retail strategy.
 
With the sweet spot model, she continues to manage the drop zone weekly in conjunction with her team to offer our customers best in class retails in a one stop shop. Kristen also was a key creator of the New Finds program within our Non Foods business, which continues to be a growing piece of our business.
 
Kristen has expressed that ultimately, she is thankful. Thankful for Jim Dorey who spotted her 9 years ago and approached her to be on his team. She is also thankful for Nick Dispenziere, who has taught her so much of the business over the last 6 years working under him. And lastly, she is thankful for the Price Rite family, explaining that she would not be where she is today without the continued support of the team.