Hostess Brands Brings In Adrian Poretti to Head Supply Chain

Sept. 27, 2022

Poretti comes to Hostess Brands after nearly 30 years at Kimberly-Clark, where he served as vice president, Global Supply Chain Capabilities.

Erin A. Hallstrom

Hostess Brands announced Adrian Poretti has joined the company as chief supply chain officer. The appointment, which is effective immediately, has Poretti succeeding Gary Schmidt, interim CSCO, who had served in this role since January 2022.

Poretti comes to Hostess Brands after having spent nearly 30 years at Kimberly-Clark, where he most recently served as vice president, Global Supply Chain Capabilities. Prior to Kimberly-Clark, Poretti specialized in industrial automation and was a professor at the National University of Cordoba School of Engineering in Cordoba, Argentina.

According to the announcement, Poretti will report to Andy Callahan, president and CEO of Hostess Brands.

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Erin A. Hallstrom

Erin Hallstrom oversaw our digital content strategy for the Food Processing brand from 2008-2023. She is now the Associate Director of SEO Strategy for Endeavor Business Media, where she holds technical certifications in both website analytics and search engine optimization. Most recently, she was named the 2022 Marianne Dekker Mattera Award Winner.