Kat Chin is the Sr. Director for Own Brands Strategic Sourcing. She leads our Own Brands Sourcing Team responsible of identifying, negotiating and managing spend of over $5 Billion annually. Kat has been with the company for 15 years and has held a variety of roles across Strategic Sourcing.
Robert Bishop is the Sr. Sales Development Manager for Own Brands. As a key liaison between suppliers, the self-manufacturing team, and innovation teams he is responsible for creating the promotional plans that bring Albertsons own brands to life. Robert has been with the company for nearly 20 years and has held a variety of roles across the organization, which includes almost 9 years of store level experience.
Jenna Huynh has been with the company for 2 years as a Product Development Technologist on the Own Brands’ Main Meal/Main Meal Ingredients team. In her role, she utilizes her food science background to manage product evaluations and specifications for centerstore products such as oils, coffees/ teas, baking mixes, and more shelfstable food items.
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Jessica Sakino is the Sourcing Manager for Own Brands Meals and Ingredients. Jessica is responsible for cost management, contracts and ensuring supply across ~100 categories while partnering with ~185 suppliers. She started with the company 6 years ago on the Food Safety team.
Joren Salazar uses his food science background to develop product prototypes within dairy manufacturing for Albertsons’ own brands, and he’s been able to scale-up new dairy and nondairy products to energize a static dairy category. Joren has led milestones within the new product development process such as sourcing and qualifying new ingredients, developing approved prototypes, overseeing production trials, creating specifications, and approving production of several new items.
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Christina Hudson is a Sales Manager for Own Brands. As a part of the Sales Team, she helps drive innovation, growth, sales, and volume within the divisions she supports. Christina has been with the Own Brands team only 7 months, but her career with the company has spanned 17 years and she has held a variety of roles within the organization during that time.
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Elizabeth Guthrie is the Own Brands Director of Product Management for General Merchandise, Home, Health, Beauty & Pet Care, and has been with Own Brands for 10 years. Elizabeth manages the portfolio and innovation for ~1,500 skus across +150 categories, primarily in the nonfood space within Albertsons Companies stores.
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