Smithfield Foods, the US meat and branded products business owned by China’s WH Group, has appointed Dennis Organ as chief operating officer, a new role for the business.
It said the move is part of an “enhanced operational structure” which includes other leadership appointments.
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Organ has been with Smithfield for eight years. most recently as senior vice president supply chain and DSD. In his new role he will “oversee and unify” all domestic business operations management, including the company’s hog production, fresh pork, and packaged meats businesses.
He will be responsible for strategic development, day-to-day operations and continued improvement of the company’s US businesses.
The company said the new structure and leadership appointments are the realisation of its ‘One Smithfield’ initiative to unify all of Smithfield’s operations, brands, and more than 54,000 employees globally under one corporate umbrella.
Kenneth Sullivan, president and CEO of Smithfield, said: “Guided by our principles of responsibility, operational excellence, and innovation, our new optimised structure and leadership team will further ignite our potential as ‘One Smithfield’ by allowing us to better identify and seek out opportunities to improve our business, including ways to work smarter, serve customers better, and make Smithfield the best of the best.”
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By GlobalDataSmithfield Foods is a hog producer and pork processor which also owns food brands including Armour, Nathan’s Famous, Farmer John and Eckrich.
