Incoming Walmart CEO John Furner will work with a newly reshuffled team of executives, including a new CEO for Walmart U.S., which is the role he is vacating to replace outgoing Walmart CEO Doug McMillon.

Stepping into Furner’s former position will be David Guggina, who has been serving as executive vice president and chief ecommerce officer for Walmart U.S. Previously, he also spent time as executive vice president of supply chain operations for Walmart U.S. In addition to Guggina’s promotion, the company named its next chief growth officer for Walmart Inc., CEO for Walmart International and CEO for Sam’s Club U.S.

Walmart is No. 2 in the Top 2000. The database is Digital Commerce 360’s ranking of North America’s online retailers by their annual ecommerce sales.

In addition, Walmart is No. 8 in the Global Online Marketplaces. That database ranks the top such marketplaces by third-party gross merchandise value (GMV).

Who are the new Walmart U.S. CEO and other executives?

Walmart credited Guggina with leading efforts to improve its delivery capabilities that expand serving to “95% of U.S. households in under three hours,” the retailer announced in a Jan. 16 press release. The company noted that his experience with ecommerce, as well as supply chain operations, were among his qualifications to take on the chief executive position for Walmart U.S.

“Over my 32 years with Walmart, I’ve seen that our people are our greatest competitive advantage,” Furner said in a released statement. “These internal promotions reflect our culture of opportunity and the depth of our leadership bench.”

Seth Dallaire, incoming executive vice president and chief growth officer at Walmart Inc. | Image credit: Walmart press release

Among those promotions, Seth Dallaire, the executive vice president and chief growth officer for Walmart U.S., was named as the new executive vice president and chief growth officer at Walmart Inc.

Walmart detailed his new responsibilities as including global enterprise platforms, which encompass Walmart Connect and digital advertising, Walmart+, Walmart Data Ventures, Vizio, Sam’s Club MAP and the Walmart Marketplace platform.

At Sam’s Club U.S., Chris Nicholas will leave his role as president and CEO to take over as president and CEO of Walmart International. In doing so, Nicholas will replace Kath McLay, who is leaving the company.

Meanwhile, Latriece Watkins will take on Nicholas’s previous duties as president and CEO of Sam’s Club U.S. Most recently, she has been executive vice president and chief merchandising officer at Walmart U.S.

Why is Walmart making changes to its executive team?

Latriece Watkins, incoming CEO of Sam’s Club U.S. | Image credit: Walmart press release

“These leadership changes also mark a key step in how we organize for the future,” Furner said.

Furner, who is scheduled to become president and CEO of Walmart on Feb. 1, described the changes as necessary for Walmart to be competitive. Moreover, he tied them to how Walmart is using artificial intelligence (AI) to update its operations and workforce. The new titles and responsibilities will be effective on the same day he takes over.

“Even the best teams need the right structure to win,” he stated. “As AI rapidly reshapes retail, we are centralizing our platforms to accelerate shared capabilities, freeing up our operating segments to be more focused on and closer to our customers and members.”

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