Nicole Zube
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Nicole Zube was named Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer in March 2024, overseeing the HR, safety and risk functions as well as SpartanNash’s People First approach to attracting, developing and retaining a high-performance, engaged workforce. She joined SpartanNash in September 2022 as Senior Vice President and CHRO.
With more than two decades of experience in Human Resources, Nicole has come to understand the competitive advantage of driving engagement through people, process and technology. Nicole joined SpartanNash following a 10-year career with the Kellogg Company (now Kellanova), where she was the Head of HR for Kellogg Company’s U.S. Commercial organization across all product categories in North America. Prior to that, she served in a steady progression of senior HR leadership roles across North America and Europe focused on talent, culture, organizational design and business transformation. Prior to Kellogg, Nicole spent eight years in various talent acquisition and HR generalist roles at Procter & Gamble, where she supported multiple acquisitions and divestitures, including Gillette.
Nicole earned her bachelor’s degree from Northern Kentucky University, where she played collegiate volleyball, and her MBA from Xavier University. She currently serves as the Vice Chair on the Board of Directors for Hello West Michigan. Her work at SpartanNash has been recognized with Ragan’s class of 2025 Top Women in HR Award and with a 2024 Silver Stevie® Award in the Human Resources Executive of the Year category. Nicole has been honored twice as a Top Woman in Grocery by Progressive Grocer (2016 and 2025) and a Top 10 Global Diversity HR Champion by the Global Diversity List (2020 and 2021), as well as the LEAD Ambassador of the Year by LEAD Network Europe (2021).
