Unilever’s potential exit from its Foods division could reshape Big Food, triggering supply‑chain shifts, leadership changes, and major competitive realignment.
With dual specialization, Doug Ehrenkranz recruits in the consumer goods (CPG), retail, and industrial sectors, including food ingredients, specialty chemicals and industrial services. He personally leads each search, resulting in delivery well above the industry standard. His expertise includes C-level, VP, Director and other critical roles in a range of disciplines.
Professional Focus
- Over 25 years’ experience in leadership consulting
- Latin and North Americas Regional leader of Consumer & Retail Practice Group; member of Industrial Practice Group
- Focus on the consumer goods, CPG, retail, and industrial sectors, including oilfield and industrial services, chemical, and food ingredients; mainstream food & beverage, durables and health & beauty products, as well as natural & organic
- Leads searches for C-level, VP, Director and other roles in a range of disciplines: general management, sales, marketing, business development, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, and logistics
- Works with Fortune 500 companies, mid-sized and smaller companies; publicly held, private equity, private and founder-led companies, including startup and early stage companies
- Frequently works with international businesses establishing operations in the US
- Subject matter expert, covered by media outlets: Bloomberg, BrandWeek, Milling & Baking, Advertising Age, NPR
Business Expertise
- More than 25 years in B2B and B2C general management, sales & marketing and operations at Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo and B2B focused commodity-oriented businesses
- 10 years’ experience in the agribusiness sector
Additional Expertise
- Consumer Goods
- Agribusiness & Food Ingredients
- General Management
- Industrial Services
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Sales & Marketing
- Operations
Areas of Expertise
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor’s Degree from University of Arizona
Affiliations & Awards
- Served on several alumni and fundraising boards for University of Arizona, local Board of Directors for Child Advocates
- Active member of MENG (Marketing Executives Network Group), one of the country’s largest sales and marketing groups; frequent blogger and contributor to the group’s publications
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