“Alan joins us with a broad range of experience in manufacturing operations, quality and sales, which makes him an excellent addition to our ingredient solutions team,” said Tim Newkirk, president and chief operating officer. “We are fortunate to have someone with his dynamic competencies to assist us in moving forward the specialty sales area of the company.”
Baker most recently served as senior account manager in meat and convenience at Cargill. In this capacity, his responsibilities included product sales, working directly with customer research and development groups and coordinating product development with Cargill’s technical and application department, as well as advising senior management on market trends. Baker previously served at Cargill as southeast account manager from1999 to 2005 and technical sales and service from 1998 to1999.