Acosta has chosen an industry veteran to head the company’s Sales and Foodservice divisions.
Tom Corley has been appointed as the new chief operating officer of Acosta, a full-service sales and marketing agency in the consumer packaged goods industry.
In his new position, Corley is responsible for overseeing the Sales and Foodservice divisions and will work to deepen consumer packaged goods clients and customer relationships, identify retail operating strategies and develop a differentiated sales organization.
Corley has more than 30 years of industry experience with the Kraft Foods Group and General Foods, including more than 15 years in senior leadership and sales roles with responsibility for customer collaboration, new business development, field sales commercialization, acquisition integration and organizational development. Most recently, Corley served as executive vice president and president of Sales and Foodservice. Previously, he led the U.S. Field Sales Organization and Walmart/Kraft Sales Organizations for Kraft Foods North America with global oversight for headquarter engagement and retail execution. Additional roles at Kraft included vice president, Walmart/Customer Development Organization, area vice president, East Customer Development Organizations and area vice president, South Area Field Sales Organization.
