Ex-Dollar General exec named store operations EVP

Dollar General Corp. is looking to a longtime Dollar General employee to be its next executive vice president of store operations.

Jeff Owen will rejoin Dollar General Corp. as executive VP of store operations effective June 15. Owen previously spent more than 20 years with Dollar General, where his most recent role was senior VP of store operations.



Dollar General also announced that Greg Sparks, executive VP of store operations, has departed effective June 9, 2015.



Owen began his career at Dollar General in 1992. He served as a store manager with progression through various roles of increasing responsibility. From August 2011 until July 2014, he was senior VP of store operations, leading nearly 5,000 stores and 40,000 employees. Prior to August 2011, Owen served as VP, division manager. From November 2006 to March 2007, he served as retail division manager. Prior to November 2006, he was senior director, operations process improvement.