Estée Lauder Creates Chief Value Chain Officer Role as Part of Leadership Reorganization
The Estée Lauder Companies is undergoing a leadership reorganization, including a new structure for its executive team to simplify operations across the business to better serve consumers, according to president and CEO Stéphane de La Faverie.
As part of this effort, the company has created a new position to lead the company’s packaging and engineering organizations. Roberto Canevari takes on the new role of chief value chain officer, overseeing the global supply chain, which includes manufacturing, fulfillment, planning, supplier management, quality, environment, health and safety, and region and brand value chains.
Canevari has been with Estée Lauder since 2021 and was previously EVP and chief supply chain officer, per LinkedIn. His background includes leadership roles with supply chain oversight for companies such as Unilever, Burberry, Nestle Waters, and Carrefour.
Leadership To Focus on Data, Analytics, Marketing, and R&D
The company is also looking to hire externally for two roles — chief digital marketing officer and chief technology, data, and analytics officer — as the company looks to invest further in technology, analytics, and digital marketing.
To optimize efforts across the value chain and R&D, with the goal of reducing product development and route to market timelines, Estée Lauder has named Carl Haney EVP of global innovation and research and development. His role evolves to focus solely on driving transformative product innovation.
Haney has been with the company for 13-plus years as EVP overseeing global research and development, corporate product innovation, and package development. He joined from P&G, where he held various R&D leadership roles across the male grooming, oral care, and global cosmetics segments, according to LinkedIn.
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Breaking Down Silos
Among the priorities is consolidating its existing regional organization into four geographic clusters so the company can more efficiently jump on consumer trends to innovate faster. These changes take effect April 1.
“This new organizational structure will improve communication, accountability, collaboration, and empowerment at every level of the organization to be more decisive and faster to action,” said de La Faverie in a statement. “Through a combination of elevating top talent internally and recruiting externally, we will make decisions with greater speed and agility, breaking down silos and allowing us to develop a leadership bench for the future.”
The new executive team reporting to de La Faverie will consist of:
- Michael Bowes, Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer
- Roberto Canevari, Executive Vice President, Chief Value Chain Officer
- Amber English, President, Digital & Online, The Americas
- Joy Fan, President and CEO, China
- Nadine Graf, President, EMEA, UK & I, and Emerging Markets
- Matthew Growdon, President, APAC and Travel Retail Worldwide
- Carl Haney, Executive Vice President, Global Innovation and Research and Development
- Jane Hertzmark Hudis, Executive Vice President, Chief Brand Officer
- Rashida La Lande, Executive Vice President, General Counsel
- Akhil Shrivastava, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
- Tara Simon, President, The Americas
- Meridith Webster, Executive Vice President, Global Communications and Public Affairs
