The J. M. Smucker Company announced the election of Katie Williams to the role of Chief Marketing Officer, reporting to Mark Smucker, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board, effective March 9. Williams brings more than 20 years of experience building leading brands, most recently having served as U.S. Chief Marketing Officer for Haleon, a multinational consumer health company. At Haleon, Williams led commercial and brand strategy for a broad portfolio that includes some of the world's most trusted consumer health brands such as Advil®, Sensodyne®, Tums®, EmergenC®, and Centrum®. Before Haleon spun-off from parent company GSK in 2022, Williams served as U.S. Chief Marketing Officer for GSK, and earlier in her career she held marketing leadership positions for Mondelez and Kraft-Heinz.
Gail Hollander, Chief Marketing Officer, who previously announced her intent to retire, will remain with the organization in an advisory role until April 30.
The JM Smucker Company specializes in producing and selling food and animal nutrition products. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of coffee and food products (76.6%): coffee (Folgers® brands, Dunkin' Donuts® and Café Bustelo® brands) peanut butter, jams and jellies, oils, condensed milk, ready-to-use frostings and glazes, flour and baking ingredients, cookies, frozen potatoes, juices and beverages, dessert toppings, syrups, pickles, condiments, etc. (Uncrustables, Jif, Smucker's, Hostess brands, etc.);
- sale of animal food products (19.9%): Meow Mix, Milk-Bone, Pup-Peroni, Canine Carry Outs brands, etc.;
- other (3.5%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (94.5%), Canada (4%) and other (1.5%).
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