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19 July 2022
On the Move: C-level hires in supply chain, people and science
Plus, Loops Beauty gains a celebrity partner. It's the latest hiring news from brands and retailers.

(Illustration by The Current)
Plus, Loops Beauty gains a celebrity partner. It's the latest hiring news from brands and retailers.
(Illustration by The Current)
Welcome to On the Move. In this hiring-focused weekly feature, The Current is rounding up recent arrivals and departures at brands and retailers across the ecommerce landscape.
This week, Saks names a VP of DEI, Keurig Dr. Pepper gets ready for a CEO transition and supply chain leadership changes are underway at PVH and Kohl’s. Plus, Loops Beauty adds a celebrity creative director as it gets ready to expand into retail.
Here’s the latest:
Dr. Alicia Williams (Photo via LinkedIn)
Luxury ecommerce platform Saks said it appointed Dr. Alicia Willaims as vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Dr. Williams brings more than 15 years of leadership experience in talent and diversity, having most recently served as executive director and head of diversity and inclusion for US banks at Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and academic institutions.
“Delivering on our DEI commitments and ensuring an inclusive culture are priorities for our leadership team and our entire company, as they are the key to being a great place to work and best serving our diverse customers and partners,” Saks Chief People Officer Sarah Garber said in a statement. “Alicia has an exceptional track record in launching and implementing DEI initiatives, and we look forward to benefiting from her deep expertise as we build on the progress we have made to date and strengthen our efforts across our business.”
Nefertiti Greene. (Courtesy photo)
Mars Petcare named Nefertiti Greene as president of its newly-created science and diagnostics division.
Greene comes to Mars from Johnson & Johnson, where she served as head of enterprise strategy and chief of staff to the CEO. Leading the new division, Greene will work across multiple areas including nutrition, data science, dog and cat microbiome, and biomarkers of health and disease. Earlier this year, the company announced a new pet biobank.
"Nefertiti will play an integral role in the continued growth of our diagnostics business and accelerate the impact of our science,” Loic Moutault, Mars Petcare global president, said in a statement. “We recognize that shifting from curative to preventative veterinary care depends on being able to accurately predict and diagnose disease in pets."
Keurig Dr. Pepper is preparing for a leadership transition. Current CEO Bob Gamgort is preparing to transition to the role of executive chairman on July 29. At that time, current CFO Ozan Dokmecioglu will assume the role of CEO. Ahead of this previously announced move, the beverage company announced several changes to its executive leadership team. They are as follows:
Camila Mendes (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
commons.wikimedia.orgSkincare brand Loops Beauty announced Tuesday that actress Camila Mendes is joining as creative director and partner. The role will see Mendes spearheading product development and sustainability initiatives.
The Riverdale star will also be featured in an in-store and online campaign as Loops Beauty enters 450 Ulta Beauty locations later this summer. It marks the two-year-old brand’s expansion into brick-and-mortar retail.
"I'm thrilled to join Loops to bring the brand into its next phase. I've always been a fan and love the face masks, so to be a part of its future development in this way is a dream," said Mendes, in a statement.
Rosalind Chevreuil. (Photo via LinkedIn)
Daily nutrition brand Athletic Greens said Rosalind Chevreuil joined the company in the newly-created role of chief people officer.
Chevreuil comes to Athletic Greens as the company is building culture and talent capabilities following a $115 million investment raise earlier this year. The fully remote company has more than 200 employees after doubling its workforce over the last year.
Chevreuil previously served as the chief people officer at hospitality software company REEF Technologies. She also spent more than 20 years on the human resources team at Best Buy, during which time the company adopted remote and flexible work arrangements.
Enhanced water brand Lemon Perfect has hired former Coca-Cola Company executive Jim Brennan as president and chief revenue officer.
Brennan moves to the role after more than a year as a board member and operating advisor to the company. Previously, he spent 32 years at Coca-Cola. Prior to his retirement, he served as EVP of national retail sales, overseeing a portfolio worth more than $8 billion.
Atlanta-based Lemon Perfect quadrupled revenue in 2021. In April, it closed a $31 million Series A round that included participation from Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.
Paul Gaffney is departing as chief technology and supply chain role at Kohl’s after three years in at the retailer, according to a regulatory filing.
With the departure, Siobhán Mc Feeney will be promoted to chief technology officer. Mc Feeney most recently served as EVP of technology, and has been with the company since 2020. Prior to joining Kohl’s, Mc Feeney served as VP of innovation and strategy at Pivotal Software from 2014-2020.
The news comes about a month after Kohl’s announced that chief merchandising officer Doug Howe and chief marketing officer Greg Revelle would depart the company. The company was in talks with the Franchise Group about a sale, but withdrew from the proceedings in late June.
David Savman (Courtesy photo)
PVH Corp., the owner of Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, said it hired David Savman as EVP and chief supply chain officer.
Savman will join the company from H&M, where he worked for 19 years and most recently led supply chain functions including sourcing, procurement and warehouse operations.
He succeeds Sarah Clarke, who will be departing the company on October 31.
The transition comes as the company is set to embark on a multi-year strategy of digital and DTC-led growth, which it calls the PVH+ Plan.
Former Farfetch SVP of logistics Stuart Hill is the new COO at luxury ecommerce platform Matchesfashion.
Hill, who brings more than 25 years of experience in logistics, is assuming the role a week after the company named former Asos CEO Nick Beighton as its new chief executive.
“Having worked with Stuart at Asos, I have experienced firsthand the operational impact he can have on a business,” Beighton said, in a statement. “As a founder of two successful logistics companies, Stuart will also bring a valuable entrepreneurial mindset to Matchesfashion, helping it to remain agile, innovative, and customer centric.”
The Estée Lauder Companies said Angela Wei Dong was elected to its board of directors, and joined the company’s audit committee.
Dong is the global VP and general manager of China at NIKE, Inc.
“Angela’s impressive background and experience will provide our Board with valuable insights. In addition to her background in finance, Angela brings strong experience in strategic branding and marketing of consumer goods, in particular for Chinese consumers,” said Estée Lauder Executive Chairman William Lauder, in a statement.
Still, plans to buy big-ticket items ticked up.
“Deterioration.” “Gloomy.”
Those were a couple of the words used to describe consumer confidence in May. The Conference Board reported that the index fell to a six-month low amid debt ceiling anxiety and increasing concerns about employment.
“Consumer confidence declined in May as consumers’ view of current conditions became somewhat less upbeat while their expectations remained gloomy,” said Ataman Ozyildirim, senior director of economics at the Conference Board, in a statement. “...While consumer confidence has fallen across all age and income categories over the past three months, May’s decline reflects a particularly notable worsening in the outlook among consumers over 55 years of age.”
The dip among those over 55 came as Congress negotiated a deal over increasing the debt ceiling that included talk of cuts to programs such as social security and Medicare. While officials reached an agreement over Memorial Day weekend, the Conference Board’s survey was fielded prior to that date.
The job picture appears to be more anecdotally cloudy, as the number of consumers reporting jobs as “plentiful” fell to four percentage points to 43.5%. The job market has been consistently robust for nearly three years, as unemployment remains near historic lows. In April, the economy added 253,000 jobs, which remained a positive sign despite being below the gains of prior months. The confidence reading comes ahead of fresh data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.
Despite the declines, there were signs that consumers are not completely pulling back on big-ticket items. Plans to buy big-ticket items such as cars and appliances ticked up on a monthly basis. It’s worth watching whether this extends to providing resilience in other discretionary categories, which have seen a pullback in early 2023.
Nevertheless, the index offered another sign that the consumer mood is getting more pessimistic. It was the fourth time in five months that confidence fell. On Friday, the University of Michigan offered another with a consumer sentiment report that showed a 7% dip.
Brands and retailers must work to reach consumers that are increasingly in less of a buying mood than the month before.