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10 Chief Procurement Officers in Beverages
These ten executives hold or have held a chief procurement officer title at beverage companies, including brewers, spirits makers and soft drink bottlers. A reader can learn how chief procurement officers lead procurement teams in beverage companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alex Ortiz
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer, Senior Vice President, North America · PepsiCo
Chief Procurement Officer, Senior Vice President, North America at PepsiCo since February 2025; the profile describes PepsiCo as a company that offers food and drinks. At PepsiCo, Alex Ortiz was also Chief Procurement Officer, Vice President, PBNA (2024–2025), Vice President, Global Procurement MSO (2022–2024) and Sr Director Supply Planning - North Division (2019–2022).
Anup Jha
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages
Chief Procurement Officer at Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages since April 2025. At Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, Anup Jha was also Associate Vice President I Procurement I Raw Materials and Logistics (2023–2025) and Associate Vice President - Procurement I Indirect (2020–2021), and was Senior Procurement Manager at Amazon (2017–2020).
Erik Novaes
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · AB InBev
Chief Procurement Officer at AB InBev since June 2026; the profile describes AB InBev as a company in the beer and brewing industry. Erik Novaes also holds the title Global VP Procurement - Packaging at AB InBev (since 2023) and was VP Procurement & Sustainability, Europe at AB InBev (2020–2023) and Procurement & Sustainability Sr. Director - Packaging LATAM at Ambev (2016–2019).
Ilia Krapivin
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Carlsberg Group
Chief Procurement Officer at Carlsberg Group since July 2024; the profile describes Carlsberg Group as a leading brewery group. Ilia Krapivin was formerly Managing Director at Alivaria Brewery (2021–2024) and, at Carlsberg Group, Vice-President - Procurement Asia (2013–2016), Vice-President - Raw Materials (2012–2013) and Group Category Director - Raw Materials (2010–2012).
Ketty Poletto
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Bacardi
Chief Procurement Officer at Bacardi since September 2023; the profile lists Bacardi as a Beverage Manufacturing company. Ketty Poletto was formerly Vice President of Ice Cream Procurement at Unilever (2022–2023), Global Head of Business Services Procurement at Unilever (2019–2022) and Global Packaging Sustainability Director at The Coca-Cola Company (2018–2019).
Marika Lindstrom
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer and SVP Beverage Concentrate Operations · Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
Chief Procurement Officer and SVP Beverage Concentrate Operations at Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. since August 2024; the profile describes Keurig Dr Pepper as a leading beverage company in North America. Marika Lindstrom was formerly Head of Indirect Materials and Services Procurement at Philip Morris International (2022–2024) and Vice President Packaging and Beauty Personal Care Procurement and Plastics Sustainability at Unilever (2019–2021).
Nabil Sousou
LinkedInExperience: VP & Chief Procurement Officer, PepsiCo Africa, Middle East & South east Asia Sector · PepsiCo
VP & Chief Procurement Officer, PepsiCo Africa, Middle East & South east Asia Sector at PepsiCo since 2020, and VP & Chief Procurement Officer PepsiCo EMEA Sector & India Foods Operating unit since September 2025. Nabil Sousou was also VP & Chief Procurement Officer, Global Procurement - Asia, Middle East & North Africa Sector at PepsiCo (2015–2024), and the profile lists food and beverage among the sectors of experience.
Sarah Kerlan Etcheverry
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Pernod Ricard
Chief Procurement Officer at Pernod Ricard since October 2020; the profile describes Pernod Ricard as a global leader in wine and spirits. Sarah Kerlan Etcheverry was formerly Procurement & Category Management Director - France at Compass Group (2012–2017) and Food purchasing Director & RSE coordinator at Compass Group (2008–2012), and also held a Southern Europe procurement director role there (2017–2020).
Stuart Caborn
LinkedInExperience: Global Chief Procurement Officer · Diageo
Global Chief Procurement Officer at Diageo since March 2026; the profile describes Diageo as a global leader in beverage alcohol. Stuart Caborn was also SVP - Global Head of Procurement, Supply & Sustainability at Diageo (2023–2026), Chief Procurement Officer at Nomad Foods (2020–2023) and Chief Procurement & Supply Chain Officer at Young's Seafood (2016–2020).
Ziad Husseini
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Coca-Cola HBC
Chief Procurement Officer at Coca-Cola HBC since May 2025; the profile describes Coca-Cola HBC as a strategic bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company. At Coca-Cola HBC, Ziad Husseini was also Head of Direct Procurement (2022–2025), Group Direct Procurement Director (2019–2022) and Direct Procurement Director (2019).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's company type to yours, since buying for a global spirits group, a brewer and a regional bottler involves different suppliers and scale. Also check whether the person led procurement for the whole company or for one region or business unit, and pick the scope closest to your decision.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you organize procurement across packaging, ingredients and indirect spend, and why?
- 02How do you manage supplier risk and price swings on your largest packaging and ingredient categories?
- 03How do procurement and sustainability goals get set and tracked together in your organization?
Reaching Chief Procurement Officers in Beverages
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