Sara Lee Cuts 11 Management Positions
Sara Lee Corporation intends to simplify the management structure of its International business to better align with the company's multi-year transformation from a diversified holding company to an integrated operating company. In the new structure, Vincent Janssen, chief executive officer, Household & Body Care, and Frank van Oers, chief executive officer, Coffee & Tea, will report directly to Sara Lee Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brenda C. Barnes. Sara Lee's International Bakery segment, led by Miguel Llado, group president bakery Europe , will report to Van Oers. As a result, the company will eliminate a layer of management in Sara Lee International, including the role of Chief Executive Officer of that business, which currently is held by longtime Sara Lee executive Adriaan Nuhn, as well as approximately 10 other positions. "Simplifying our international management structure will keep the focus of our businesses as close to the customer as possible and, as a result, will strengthen our competitiveness and performance in an evolving global marketplace," says Barnes.