Bob Klima has been named Business Development Manager, Food and Beverage for Caravan Ingredients.
In this role, Mr. Klima will be responsible for capturing the voice of the consumer to help Caravan Ingredients develop appealing products and programs specifically within food and beverage applications for commercialization. Additionally, he will work to gather intelligence and track customer and marketplace trends in support of Caravan Ingredients' innovation process, in order to ensure on-trend technology is available to meet customer demands.
Mr. Klima has over 24 years of experience in the food industry, holding positions in R&D, operations/supply chain and working with sales and marketing in a business development role. His previous positions include working for 18 years in various roles at Kraft, and most recently spending four years in the fresh bakery manufacturing unit at Sara Lee.
Jim Wells, Director of Commercial Insights for Caravan Ingredients said, "Bob's experience and intellectual capital throughout the many functional areas of organizations will help Caravan Ingredients to stay in tune with market driven initiatives that are meaningful to our customer base. We are very pleased that Bob has joined our team, knowing he will help us drive our customer focused ideas to market."
Source: Caravan Ingredients