The Kraft Heinz Company has announced a series of executive changes to its Canadian leadership team.
Brian Arbique, vice-president of sales, is retiring from Kraft Heinz after a 31-year career, while Mark Ayer, general manager of food service, is leaving the organization to pursue other opportunities.
Effective immediately, Dan Lafrance will now oversee Kraft-Heinz’s retail and foodservice channels as vice-president of sales and foodservice.
Lafrance most recently held the position of customer vice-president of category sales planning at Kraft Heinz. Prior to that, he held a series of progressively senior sales roles within Kraft, as well as VP sales at CanGro Foods.
Ayer began his career in Kraft in 1989, holding a series of sales-related positions. He also held positions at Gilette Canada and Procter & Gamble before returning to Kraft in 2014 as vice-president of field sales. He was appointed head of foodservice last July, one month after the Competition Bureau approved the merger of H.J. Heinz and Kraft Foods Group.
This article originally appeared at CanadianGrocer.com.
