Qurate Retail Group, the parent of QVC and HSN, announced that Scott Barnhart had been hired as chief operating officer effective immediately.
As COO, Barnhart is responsible for managing Qurate Retail Group’s global supply chain, procurement, global business services, corporate real estate and workplace services, customer service and experience of its U.S. brands and the U.S. fulfillment operations for QVC and HSN. Barnhart also oversees its Transformation Management Office for Project Athens, Qurate Retail Group’s three-year plan to establish revenue stability, OIBDA margin expansion and incremental cash flow generation.
Barnhart reports to David L. Rawlinson, II, president and CEO of Qurate Retail, Inc.
Qurate Retail Group is part of Qurate Retail, Inc.
“As we work to reignite our performance as Qurate Retail Group, we continue to augment our leadership team with new talent that will blend fresh perspectives and skills into the deep institutional knowledge already on the team,” said Rawlinson. “As head of operations, Scott will play a key role in helping us accelerate Project Athens, our strategic growth plan. Scott’s expertise and experience in driving operational excellence, as well as his deep knowledge of global supply chain management, will be critical to our execution of the five pillars of Project Athens.”
Barnhart has 30 years of international business leadership experience in global supply chain and customer service, having worked at Fortune 500 companies and similarly sized global corporations. He was, most recently, president of Global Medical Products & Supply Chain at Cardinal Health. Before that, he was president of global supply chain and group purchasing organizations at Aramark and held senior supply chain positions at Conagra Brands.
