Director, Production and Replenishment Operations
Wegmans Food Markets
David Malone is an experienced supply chain and operations leader currently serving as Production and Replenishment Operations Director at Wegmans Food Markets, a role he has held since October 2010.
With more than a decade of experience at Wegmans, David brings deep expertise across production operations, replenishment strategy, and transportation planning, supporting efficient, scalable, and customer-focused supply chain execution.
Throughout his tenure at Wegmans, David has held several critical roles of increasing responsibility, including CIS Replenishment Priority Owner, Production Operations Coordinator, and Transportation Planning Department Manager, among others. In these positions, he has played a key role in optimizing replenishment processes, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, and driving operational improvements that support both store-level performance and enterprise supply chain objectives.
Monday Jan 12
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Expo, Level 1, MicroTouch Stage
Today’s grocers are being asked to do more than ever—expand fresh, prepared, and made-to-order offerings, deliver consistent quality across channels, and respond in real time to changing demand—all while operating with leaner teams and tighter margins.
The challenge isn’t ambition. It’s fragmentation.
This session explores how Wegmans tackled operational complexity head-on by rethinking the entire operating system behind it. In partnership with Upshop, Wegmans adopted Upshop 360 as a unifying framework—connecting people, production, data, and tasks into a single, coherent way of working.
The journey began on the store floor:
You’ll hear how this shift unlocked better decision-making in the moment, reduced overproduction and shrink, and created the foundation for dynamic task prioritization—ensuring teams focus on what delivers the most value right now. Through the Wegmans story, this session shows how Upshop 360 enables grocers to move from fractured execution to frictionless operations—and why operational clarity and precision is the true engine behind scalable growth, exceptional food experiences, and the future of intelligent retail.
Bring your earbuds + mobile device to this session! Session audio will be transmitted via a silent conferencing system. Use your own mobile device and click here during the live session to access the audio feed. (Extra earbuds available, while supplies last.) https://nrf2026-foodtechstage.webflow.io/
