Central Garden & Pet appoints two new senior executives

Central Garden & Pet Company, a leading innovator, marketer and producer of quality branded products for the lawn and garden and pet supplies markets, has announced the appointment of two new senior executives. The appointments are intended to help drive the company's growth initiatives in the years ahead, according to the company.
William Lynch will be joining the firm as senior vice-president of operations. Lynch most recently served as senior vice-president of global operations for Moen, Inc. and was responsible for supply chain strategy, engineering, strategic sourcing, planning, manufacturing, logistics, quality and customer service.
Rodolfo Spielmann, currently a consultant to the company, has been named president of pet consumer products. Spielmann has 23 years of broad consumer packaged goods experience in a variety of leadership and marketing roles in the U.S. and internationally, most recently with Mars, Inc. as the global president of Nutro and North American pet speciality.