Who are Kraft Heinz's decision-makers?
Kraft Heinz is led by Steve Cahillane, with Carlos Abrams-Rivera in a key finance role and other senior leaders responsible for operations, commercial execution, brands, technology, and people.
- CEO
- Steve Cahillane
- Key exec
- Carlos Abrams-Rivera
- Founded
- 2015
- Employees
- ~35,000
- HQ
- Pittsburgh, PA and Chicago, IL
- Status
- Public company; Nasdaq: KHC; preparing company separation
- Steve CahillaneChief Executive OfficerCEO effective January 2026Leads Kraft Heinz through the planned separation.
- Carlos Abrams-RiveraAdvisor; former Chief Executive OfficerAdvisory transition in 2026Led the company before the separation leadership transition.
- Andre MacielEVP and Global Chief Financial OfficerCFO since 2022Leads finance and investor communications.
- Pedro NavioEVP and President, North AmericaSenior executiveRuns a major commercial region and customer agenda.
Who leads Kraft Heinz?
Steve Cahillane leads the company as Chief Executive Officer. The senior team includes finance, operations, supply chain, technology, commercial, brand, legal, HR, and regional leaders depending on the buying motion.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Kraft Heinz?
The buying committee depends on the category. Marketing, shopper, and brand teams own demand-generation budgets; supply chain and operations own manufacturing, restaurant, quality, and logistics spend; IT, security, data, and finance influence enterprise software; procurement and legal control vendor onboarding and terms.
How is Kraft Heinz organized as it scales?
Kraft Heinz is organized around brands, channels, functions, geographies, plants or restaurants, and shared services. Sellers should map stakeholders by business unit and by the measurable outcome the proposal improves.
As of June 2026.Sources:Kraft Heinz leadershipKraft Heinz annual reports
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