September 28, 2012

Hormel Foods announces upcoming management changes

Hormel Foods announces that effective October 29, James P. Snee, vice president of Hormel Foods, and senior vice president of HFIC, will replace Richard A. Bross in the position of group vice president of Hormel Foods, president of Hormel Foods International Corporation (HFIC); while Fred D. Halvin, director of corporate development, will assume responsibility as vice president, corporate development, replacing Ronald W. Fielding.

Snee began his career at Hormel Foods in Hayward, Calif., in 1989 in the foodservice division where he held various sales positions before being named foodservice territory manager in San Francisco, Calif., in 1991. In 1992, Snee became an associate product manager in foodservice at the Corporate Office and moved to manager of inventory and distribution for Refrigerated Foods in 1995. He moved back to the foodservice division in Lebanon, N.J., in 1996 and held various manager positions before being named director of purchasing at the Corporate Office in 2006. In 2008, he was named vice president of affiliated business units, Refrigerated Foods, and in 2011 was promoted to vice president of Hormel Foods and senior vice president, HFIC.

Halvin joined Hormel Foods in 1985 as an accountant at the Fremont (Neb.) Plant. In 1990, he moved to the Corporate Office where he held a variety of positions, including cost analyst, assistant controller, treasurer and director of investor relations. In 2007, Halvin was promoted to director of mergers, acquisitions and strategy, and he assumed his current position as the director of corporate development in 2008.

Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minn., is a multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer-branded food and meat products.