AUSTIN, Minn., Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Hormel Foods
Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a global branded food company, today
announced the retirements of Donnie
Temperley, vice president of Refrigerated Foods operations,
and Tim Fritz, vice president of
Grocery Products operations. Both retirements will be effective in
spring 2021.
The company also announced the advancement of Clint Walters, currently plant manager of the
company's Austin, Minn.,
manufacturing facility, to the position of vice president of
Refrigerated Foods operations, and John
Forsythe, currently plant manager of the company's
manufacturing facility in Atlanta,
Ga., to the position of vice president of Grocery Products
operations.
"Donnie and Tim have been inspiring leaders, playing important
operational roles for Hormel Foods," said Jim Snee, chairman of the board, president and
chief executive officer, Hormel Foods. "They joined Hormel Foods at
almost the same time, and throughout their distinguished nearly
40-year careers, they have been instrumental in creating a safe,
innovative and highly valued plant operations enterprise. Our
entire organization is better because of their leadership, and we
wish them well in their respective retirements." Snee added,
"Fortunately, we have an incredible depth of experience within
Hormel Foods, and that certainly is the case with Clint and John,
who will be assuming these important operational roles. I am
confident that they will move into these roles seamlessly and
continue our track record of operational excellence."
In related moves, the company announced the advancement of
Kari Pollak to plant manager of the
Austin (Minn.) Plant. Pollak will be the first woman to lead the
operation, one of the company's largest. She is currently plant
manager for the company's Progressive Processing facility.
Additionally, the company announced the advancement of Scott Clark to plant manager of the Hormel Foods
production facility in Atlanta.
Clark is currently the production manager at the facility.
Donnie Temperley
As the vice president of operations for the Refrigerated Foods
division at Hormel Foods, Temperley is responsible for the
production plants and co-packer operations for the segment.
He joined the company in 1982 and has held various production,
management and leadership roles, including plant manager and
director roles. He advanced to the level of vice president of
Grocery Products operations in 2014 and assumed his current
position in May 2016. Originally from
East Dubuque, Ill., he is a 2010
graduate of the University of
Minnesota's Carlson School of
Management Executive Program.
Tim Fritz
As the vice president of operations for the Grocery Products
division at Hormel Foods, Fritz is responsible for the production
plants and co-packer operations for the segment.
Fritz joined Hormel Foods in 1984 and has held various
supervisor, production superintendent and personnel manager roles
until being named the corporate manager, and later, director of
industrial relations at the Corporate Office. He was named plant
manager of the company's Austin
Plant in 2011 and assumed his current role in April 2016. Originally from Beardstown, Ill., Fritz is a graduate of the
University of Illinois with a degree in
business administration. He is also a graduate of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management Executive Program.
Fritz has served as a board member and chair for the United Way of
Mower County, Austin Area Catholic Schools and Austin Youth
Basketball. He is a past president of the Austin Area Chamber of Commerce.
Clint Walters
Walters currently holds the position of plant manager for the
company's Austin, Minn., food
manufacturing facility. He began his career in 1995 at Dold Foods
in Wichita, Kan., and held various
production supervisor and superintendent roles at both Dold and
Osceola Food. He held plant manager roles at Lloyd's Barbeque
Company and later was promoted to plant manager at Osceola Food and
to his current role in 2016. Walters earned his bachelor's degree
in mathematics from Central University of
Iowa.
John Forsythe
Currently serving as plant manager for Hormel Foods operations
in Atlanta, Forsythe began his
career with the company in 2000 as an industrial engineer. He
continued his career in engineering until moving into plant
operations leadership in 2011, assuming superintendent and plant
manager roles in California,
Minnesota and Wisconsin. He moved into his current role in
2016. Forsythe is a graduate of Montana State
University – Bozeman with a bachelor's degree in industrial
and management engineering.
Kari Pollak
Pollak joined Hormel Foods in 1999 at the company's Austin Plant. She will return as plant manager
to the plant where she began her career, holding the top operations
position in the facility. Over her more than 20 years with the
company, she has held supervisory and leadership roles at several
of the company's food manufacturing facilities, including serving
as plant manager for Swiss American Sausage Company operations and
Progressive Processing, where she is plant manager.
Pollak is a graduate of the University of
North Dakota, having earned a bachelor's degree with a focus
on business.
Scott Clark
Clark recently joined Hormel Foods as production manager at the
company's Atlanta food facility.
He has more than 25 years of operations and engineering experience
with other large food companies. He has served in various
operational and management leadership roles with J&J Snack
Foods, ConAgra Brands and Kraft Foods. Clark is a veteran of the
United States Army, where he held the position of Company Commander
as well as other officer- and staff-level positions.
Clark graduated with a bachelor's of science degree in
mechanical engineering from Southern
University and A&M College. He received a master's of
business administration degree in operations management, management
and strategy, and management and organizations from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of
Management.
About Hormel Foods — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™
Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minn., is a global branded food
company with over $9 billion in
annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands
include SKIPPY®, SPAM®, Hormel®
Natural Choice®, Applegate®, Justin's®,
Wholly®, Hormel® Black Label®,
Columbus® and more than
30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500
Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, was named on the
"Global 2000 World's Best Employers" list by Forbes magazine for three straight years, is
one of Fortune magazine's most admired companies, has appeared on
Corporate Responsibility Magazine's "The 100 Best Corporate
Citizens" list for 12 years in a row, and has received numerous
other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and
community service efforts. The company lives by its purpose
statement — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™ — to bring some of the
world's most trusted and iconic brands to tables across the globe.
For more information, visit www.hormelfoods.com.
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