US Foods Holding Corp. announced that Dave Flitman will become Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective January 5, 2023. Flitman brings to the company a wealth of global business leadership, executive management skills and extensive commercial distribution experience, along with significant expertise in operational excellence, supply chain, and general management with more than 35 years of experience in manufacturing and distribution across multiple industries, including food distribution.

Since April 2021, Flitman has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Builders FirstSource. He was President and Chief Executive Officer at BMC Stock Holdings prior to the merger of the two companies. In these roles, he led his teams to consistently deliver growth and profitability, exceed merger-related synergies in less than half the committed time and generate significant returns for shareholders.

Importantly, Flitman brings to the company significant knowledge and experience in the food distribution industry. From 2015 to 2018, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Performance Foodservice. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer and President, USA & Latin America at Univar; Senior Executive Vice President at Nalco; Executive Vice President and President, Water and Process Services at Ecolab and President at Allegheny Power.

Flitman began his career at DuPont where he spent two decades in various operational, commercial and global business leadership positions. In addition to his previous experience as a director of Builders FirstSource and BMC Stock Holdings, Flitman also has been a director since 2017 at Veritiv Corporation, where he is currently a member of the Audit and Finance Committee and chair of the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University.

With a permanent CEO in place, Bob Dutkowsky will become non-executive Chairman of the US Foods Board of Directors effective January 5, 2023. Andrew Iacobucci, Interim CEO, will continue to lead US Foods until Flitman joins the company.