AUSTIN, Minn., Oct. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Hormel Foods
Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a global branded food company, today
announced the advancements of several plant managers as a result of
the company's recently announced retirement and advancements in its
operations leadership.
- Joe Muzik, plant manager at the
Algona (Iowa) Plant, will assume the plant manager
role at Progressive Processing (Dubuque,
Iowa).
- Jeremy Rummel, plant manager at
the Beloit (Wis.) Plant, will
become the plant manager at the Algona (Iowa)
Plant.
- Roger Vos, Skippy Foods
(Little Rock, Ark.) plant manager,
will succeed Rummel as plant manager at the Beloit Plant.
- Anthony Freeman, plant manager
at Lloyd's Barbeque (Mendota Heights,
Minn.), will move to plant manager at Skippy Foods.
- Melissa Rossman, current
superintendent of Grocery Products Production at the Austin (Minn.) Plant, will succeed Freeman as
the plant manager at the Lloyd's Barbeque facility.
- Additionally, Cody Anderson,
product manufacturing manager for Grocery Products at the Corporate
Office (Austin, Minn.), will
assume the role of plant manager at Creative Contract Packaging
(Aurora, Ill.), replacing current
plant manager Tom Koehn, who will
retire.
"This is an incredibly talented group of experienced
professionals who have been selected to lead these important food
production facilities for Hormel Foods," said Mark Coffey, senior vice president of supply
chain and manufacturing at Hormel Foods. "Each of them has
demonstrated a focus on operational excellence, an unmatched
commitment to food safety and innovation and outstanding leadership
in their communities, especially during these past few months. We
wish Tom well in his retirement and congratulate to Joe, Jeremy,
Roger, Anthony, Melissa and Cody on their new roles."
Joe Muzik
Muzik currently holds the position of plant manager for the
company's Algona, Iowa, food
manufacturing facility. He began his career in 2004 at Dold Foods
in Wichita, Kan., and held various
production supervisor and superintendent roles at both Dold and the
company's Austin, Minn., facility.
He previously held the plant manager role at the Swiss American
Sausage Company location in Lathrop,
Calif., and was promoted to his current role in 2018. Muzik
earned his bachelor's degree in communication from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.
Jeremy Rummel
Rummel currently holds the position of plant manager for the
company's Beloit, Wis., food
manufacturing facility. He joined the company in 2000 at the
Austin, Minn., facility, and held
various production supervisor and superintendent roles before being
named the plant manager for the Algona,
Iowa, facility in 2012. He was promoted to his current role
in 2018. Rummel earned his bachelor's degree in business
administration and management from Wartburg
College.
Roger Vos
Vos currently holds the position of plant manager for the
company's Skippy Foods food manufacturing facility in Little Rock, Ark. He began his career in 1984
at the Austin, Minn., facility. He
held various quality control, product manufacturing manager, demand
planning and logistics roles at Austin, the Corporate Office, and the
company's former facility in Stockton,
Calif., before assuming his current role in 2013. Vos earned
his bachelor's degree in agricultural business from Iowa State University and his master's in business
administration from Minnesota State
University, Mankato.
Anthony Freeman
Freeman currently holds the position of plant manager for the
company's Lloyd's Barbeque Company food manufacturing facility in
Mendota Heights, Minn. He joined
the company in 1993 at Rochelle Foods in Illinois and held various production
supervisor and superintendent roles at Rochelle and the company's facilities in
Austin, Minn., and Atlanta, Ga. He advanced to his current role
in 2017. Freeman attended Rock Valley
Community College and earned his bachelor's degree in
management from Columbus University.
Melissa Rossman
Rossman currently holds the position of superintendent for
Grocery Products production for the company's Austin, Minn., food manufacturing facility.
She joined the company in 1998 at the Austin, Minn., facility and held quality
control roles there. She also held engineer and corporate manager
positions in quality and process control at the company's Corporate
Office in Austin, Minn. She
advanced into her current role in 2019. Rossman earned her
bachelor's degree in food science and technology from Iowa State University.
Tom Koehn - retiring
Koehn currently holds the position of plant manager for the
company's Creative Contract Packaging facility in Aurora, Ill. He joined the company in 1998 at
the Dold Foods production facility in Wichita, Kan. He held several production
supervisor and superintendent roles at Dold, as well as at Creative
Contract Packaging and the company's Atlanta Plant in Tucker, Ga. He previously held the role of
plant manager at the company's former facility in Savannah, Ga., before being name to his
current position in 2015. Koehn is a veteran of the United States
Air Force and served for more than 20 years prior to joining Hormel
Foods.
Cody Anderson
Anderson currently holds the position of product manufacturing
manager for Grocery Products at the company's Corporate Office in
Austin, Minn. He joined the
company in 2007 at the Austin,
Minn., food manufacturing facility and has held various
production supervisor and superintendent roles there. He advanced
to his current role in 2016. Anderson earned his bachelor's degree
in business administration, management and operations from
Minnesota State University,
Mankato.
About Hormel Foods — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™
Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minn., is a global branded food
company with over $9 billion in
annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands
include SKIPPY®, SPAM®, Hormel®
Natural Choice®, Applegate®, Justin's®,
Wholly®, Hormel® Black Label®,
Columbus® and more than
30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500
Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, was named on the
"Global 2000 World's Best Employers" list by Forbes magazine for three straight years, is
one of Fortune magazine's most admired companies, has appeared on
Corporate Responsibility Magazine's "The 100 Best Corporate
Citizens" list for 12 years in a row, and has received numerous
other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and
community service efforts. The company lives by its purpose
statement — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™ — to bring some of the
world's most trusted and iconic brands to tables across the globe.
For more information, visit www.hormelfoods.com.
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