Central Garden & Pet hires two new execs

Central Garden & Pet Company has named two new senior executives to its leadership team, effective Oct. 10.

William Lynch has been named senior VP operations, having most recently served as senior VP global operations for Moen, Inc.

At his previous post, he was was responsible for supply chain strategy, engineering, strategic sourcing, planning, manufacturing, logistics, quality, and customer service. He also spent over 30 years at The Clorox Company in numerous management positions.

Central Garden & Pet Company has named two new senior executives to its leadership team, effective Oct. 10.

William Lynch has been named senior VP operations, having most recently served as senior VP global operations for Moen, Inc.

At his previous post, he was was responsible for supply chain strategy, engineering, strategic sourcing, planning, manufacturing, logistics, quality, and customer service. He also spent over 30 years at The Clorox Company in numerous management positions.

Rodolfo Spielmann, currently a consultant to the company, has been named president of Pet Consumer Products. Spielmann has 23 years of broad consumer packaged goods experience in a variety of leadership and marketing roles in the U.S. and internationally, most recently with Mars, Inc. as the global president of Nutro and North American Pet Specialty. He has also worked for Del Monte Foods, H.J. Heinz, and Procter & Gamble.

“I am pleased to add the caliber of talent that Bill and Rodolfo bring to Central," said president and CEO George Roeth. "Along with our existing strong business unit leaders and dedicated and passionate workforce, these two leaders will help spearhead initiatives to drive top-line growth and focus on continuous cost improvement, both with the goal of driving sustainable profit growth in the years ahead.”