A newly created leadership position will oversee functions ranging from research & development and manufacturing to sales and strategy.
Kraft Foods Group, Northfield, Ill., today announced that George Zoghbi (pictured) has been appointed to the newly created executive position of Vice Chairman, Operations, R&D, Sales and Strategy. Howard Friedman was appointed executive vice president and president, Cheese & Dairy. Both men will report directly to CEO Tony Vernon.
Kraft Foods was Dairy Foods’ Processor of the Year in 2011. In an interview with the magazine at the time, Zoghbi said he expects those who work for him to be innovators because Kraft hires smart and entrepreneurial men and women. He said it was “a responsibility” and “a privilege” to lead Kraft Foods.