Food manufacturing
10 Mars procurement leaders
These ten procurement leaders hold or have held director, vice president or chief procurement roles at Mars. A reader can learn from them how procurement at Mars is split across business units, regions and spend categories, and how sourcing teams there set supplier strategy.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ahmed Sorour
LinkedInExperience: MEA Commercial (Procurement) Director - Mars Global Services · Mars
Commercial Director MEA and India - Mars Global Services at Mars since March 2025; the profile says this role manages $400 million of indirect spend for Mars Snacking. He was MEA Commercial (Procurement) Director - Mars Global Services (2023–2025) and Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager APMEA Media, Content, D&T at Mars (2020–2023).
Angela Alexiou
LinkedInExperience: Global Procurement VP, Mars Pet Nutrition · Mars
Former Global Procurement VP, Mars Pet Nutrition at Mars (2019–2021) and Global Procurement Transformation VP, Mars Pet Nutrition (2021–2022). She was also VP Procurement Pet Nutrition Europe at Mars (2013–2018) and Sr. Director, Global Procurement, Juice at PepsiCo (2010–2013). The profile describes her as a procurement leader who delivered strategies at regional and global level.
Dave Cloete
LinkedInExperience: SVP Commercial - North America (C.P.O) · Mars
SVP Commercial - North America (C.P.O) at Mars since December 2025. His prior rows include CPO North America at Kellanova (2024–2025), VP Procurement - North America at Kerry (2021–2024) and Procurement Director - LATAM at Kerry (2020–2021). The profile describes procurement experience across multiple categories and markets.
Elena Cortés
LinkedInExperience: Procurement & Sustainability VP · Mars
Procurement & Sustainability VP at Mars since April 2024, and EU Strategic Sourcing Director at Mars from 2020 to 2024. Her Danone roles include Cycles & Procurement Director Iberia X-CBU (2019–2020) and Procurement Knowledge & Performance Director (2016–2018). The profile says her FMCG career spans manufacturing, supply chain planning, and procurement and sustainability.
Gabriel Guzman
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Procurement and Sustainability International Markets at Mars Pet Nutrition · Mars
Vice President Procurement and Sustainability International Markets at Mars Pet Nutrition since June 2024, and Vice President Procurement and Sustainability Latin America at Mars Pet Nutrition from 2021 to 2024. He also held Global Senior Director Procurement and Sustainability at AB InBev (2012–2021) and was Sr. Commercial Manager at Mars (2008–2010).
Gaston Boer
LinkedInExperience: Global VP Commercial (CPO) · Mars
Global VP Commercial (CPO) at Mars since January 2024. As VP of Commercial EU (Indirect Procurement) at Mars (2019–2023), the profile lists $3B of spend, a team of 75+ and all indirect spend categories across the EU and CIS. His Danone roles include Global Sr Director Ingredients sourcing (2014–2017) and Senior Director Global Transformation ZBB (2017–2019).
Jim Satterfield
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Procurement (Sourcing) · Mars
Vice President - Procurement (Sourcing) at Mars since August 2026; the profile says he leads a team of 20 associates and is responsible for a portfolio of over $1.8 billion of raw materials and packaging materials in North America. Other Mars roles include Senior Director - Commodity Price Risk Management (2023–2026) and Associate Director - Commercial (Procurement) at Mars Petcare (2022–2023).
Joe Gibson
LinkedInExperience: Global Procurement Head - Mars Health & Wellness (KIND, Nature s Bakery & Trü Frü) · Mars
Former Global Procurement Head - Mars Health & Wellness (KIND, Nature s Bakery & Trü Frü) at Mars (2022–2026), and Sr. Director, Procurement - Accelerator at Mars since May 2026. Other Mars roles include Global Procurement Strategic Sourcing Head (2021–2022) and Regional Procurement Head - North America (2020–2021). The profile says he has led end-to-end procurement teams covering ingredients, commodities, packaging, external manufacturing/co-man and indirects.
Tishey Sharma
LinkedInExperience: Director Procurement India North Dev Asia · Mars
Former Director Procurement India North Dev Asia at Mars (2017–2020), a role the profile says was responsible for strategic sourcing for India, North Asia and Developing Asia, and Director Procurement at Mars (2019–2020). Other rows include Head of Procurement at Wrigley (2010–2017) and Sr Director, Head of Asia Pacific Procurement at Teva Pharmaceuticals (2020–2024).
Vinson Xue
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Commercial Procurement · Mars
Vice President - Supply at Mars since July 2021. Mars procurement roles on the profile include Vice President - Commercial Procurement (2014–2016 and 2017–2020), Vice President - Commercial Procurement APAC & China (2017) and VP - Commercial Procurement and Care-taker for Supply (2020–2021). The profile lists skills in sourcing strategy, spend analysis, supplier evaluation and supply chain optimization.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question, since a regional or single-category role answers different questions than a global chief procurement role. Check whether the person is still at Mars or has left, and weigh how recent their procurement role was against the decision you face.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you split sourcing responsibility between global category teams and regional procurement teams, and what decisions stayed local?
- 02How did you set supplier strategy for volatile inputs such as commodities and packaging, and how did you manage price risk?
- 03How were procurement savings targets set, and what did you need from business-unit leaders to deliver them?
About this directory
This is a professional research starting point based on business profile data retrieved on . Titles and companies reflect that source snapshot and may describe past or present roles. Check the linked profiles for current details. Inclusion does not imply Instant Expert membership or availability.
Request a correction or removal