Avon Appoints David Powell as Senior Vice President of Business
Transformation & Global Supply Chain
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Avon Products,
Inc. (NYSE: AVP) today announced the appointment of David Powell as Senior Vice President of
Business Transformation and Global Supply Chain, effective
February 4, 2013. Mr. Powell will
report to Sheri McCoy, Avon's Chief Executive Officer, and will join
the company's Executive Committee.
Mr. Powell will lead Avon's
Global Supply Chain organization, including sourcing,
manufacturing, logistics and delivery. In addition, he will
be responsible for the company's business transformation efforts,
including Process Excellence and the Global Project Management
Office for cost savings, as well as the company's Service Model
Transformation project, which aims to simplify how Avon Representatives do business with the
company.
"Taking complexity out of the organization while maintaining
high product quality and improving service quality for our
Representatives is essential to Avon's successful turnaround and future
growth," said McCoy. "David has a strong track record of
leading business transformation and generating growth for large
global companies. He is the right fit for this critical job and a
great addition to the Avon
management team."
Over the course of his career, Mr. Powell has successfully led
multiple business transformation efforts, including the
implementation of new processes for operations, supply chain,
research and development, IT, product branding and sales, both
domestically and internationally.
Most recently, Mr. Powell was the Managing Partner for Midreef
Partners, LLC where he has worked since July
2012 and provided advisory support to medical technology,
turn-around, and private/venture equity firms.
Prior to that, Mr. Powell spent more than 10 years with Johnson
& Johnson, most recently as President of Johnson &
Johnson's Medical Devices Unit in Japan, with 2,000 employees and 12 business
units. In this capacity, he was a key leader in Asia-Pacific regional strategy development,
building a sustainable and growth-focused transparent organization
to exceed market share targets for key products. Before that,
he served as Worldwide President of Advanced Sterilization
Products, the Johnson & Johnson business focused on
sterilization, disinfection, and infection control to transform the
product pipeline and improve market share, quality, profitability
and worldwide sales. He dramatically improved R&D processes
across the United States, EU,
Russia, the Middle East, Japan, China,
India and Brazil to build sales growth, profitability,
and corporate re-branding while launching several new key products
that exceeded first-year sales goals by nearly 20 percent.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Powell held a series of brand,
operations and strategy leadership positions at companies such as
Ethicon, HAVI Food Services in Hong
Kong, and Urologix.
About Avon
Avon, the company for women, is a
leading global beauty company, with over $11
billion in annual revenue. As the world's largest direct
seller, Avon markets to women in
more than 100 countries through over 6 million active independent
Avon Sales Representatives. Avon's
product line includes beauty products, as well as fashion and home
products, and features such well-recognized brand names
as Avon Color, ANEW, Skin-So-Soft, Advance
Techniques, Avon Naturals, and mark. Learn
more about Avon and its products
at www.avoncompany.com.
SOURCE Avon Products, Inc.