Select Comfort Names Supply Chain Officer

March 31, 2016  by in Executive Changes, Industry   

The appointment is in response to the upcoming retirement of Kathy Roedel from her position as executive vice president and chief services and fulfillment officer for the company. Roedel’s retirement is effective April 7. Krishna joins the company April 11.

Most recently, Krishna was with Polaris Inds. as vice president and business unit head for Europe, Middle East and Africa. He will report to Shelly Ibach, president and CEO, and join the company's senior leadership team.

The company also announced that it has promoted Andy Carlin, currently senior vice president and chief sales officer, to executive vice president and chief sales and service officer, with additional responsibility for leading its home delivery operation.

"We thank Kathy for her many contributions over the past 11 years, specifically her leadership of our customer experience Net Promoter System across the organization and the advancement of our supply chain capabilities," said Shelly Ibach, president and CEO of Select Comfort. "Kathy plans to pursue board work and we wish her well.

"We are excited to have Suresh Krishna join Sleep Number,” she said. “Suresh is a highly skilled leader who we believe will make a significant contribution to our future growth and profitability. We will benefit from his global experience, supply chain expertise and his strength in overall operations.”

Carlin has been with the company for eight years and has worked to transform Select Comfort’s retail store portfolio.

"We see great synergy by combining our sales and home delivery under Andy’s leadership," said Ibach said.