LENEXA, Kan.—Caravan Ingredients named Brent Miller as Product Management Director.
Miller joined Caravan Ingredients in 2010 and served as a Business Development Manager within the marketing department. Previously, he worked for Hostess where he was Vice President, Alternative Distribution Channels. He has an extensive background in sales, marketing, merchandising and finance related to the distribution and development of warehouse driven businesses, including co-packing scenarios for baked goods.
Mary Bentley, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Caravan Ingredients said "Brent has proven himself to be a strong contributor to Caravan Ingredients through his leadership of InnoVantage projects, with the most recent launch of Invisible Goodness®. His collaborative skills, strong business acumen and past sales and new product development experience will serve him well in this new position."
In this newly created role, Miller will be responsible for identifying and managing product platforms to drive growth opportunities within Caravan Ingredients' product portfolio. He will work to create vision and develop growth strategies for the company's product and category platforms. The new Product Management Team will serve in a project leadership role for projects that go through the innovation process and serve as a commercial assessment filter for customer driven new product development.
