Hormel Foods taps veteran supply chain leader Will Bonifant [USNA '97] to head global operations
Hormel Foods Corporation recently announced the appointment of seasoned supply chain executive Will Bonifant as group vice president and chief supply chain officer, a strategic leadership move to strengthen the company’s global operations. Bonifant will assume the role on March 9, 2026, leading Hormel Foods’ end-to-end supply chain activities, including procurement, manufacturing, planning, logistics, engineering and innovation initiatives.
Before his corporate career, Bonifant served as a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group and spent eight years as an officer in the U.S. Navy, where he held leadership and engineering roles aboard the USS Georgia ballistic missile submarine. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, a Master of Science in Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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