Glenn Leitch, executive vice president of supply chain at Hormel Foods Corp., will retire in the second calendar quarter of 2021, according to a press release.
Mark Coffey, senior vice president of supply chain and manufacturing, will advance to group vice president of supply chain and will lead the company’s global supply chain.
Additionally, Jen Ehresmann was named as vice president of supply chain. The company’s supply chain includes more than 30 production facilities and co-packing partners, producing thousands of products sold worldwide.
Leitch’s career spans more than 35 years in the food and commodity industries and at Hormel Foods, where he has held leadership positions for the company and its Jennie-O Turkey Store subsidiary. He joined Jennie-O Turkey Store in 1996 and was promoted to senior vice president of the commodity and supply division in 2001. In 2011, he was named general manager at Jennie-O Turkey Store before being promoted to president later that year. He was elevated to his current role in 2017.
Coffey has had a more than 30-year career with Hormel Foods.
Ehresmann is currently director of customer logistics and strategy at Hormel Foods. She previously held the role of senior vice president of commodity and supply chain with Jennie-O Turkey Store.
