Terri Tinella, marketing director of Nestlé’s confectionery division, is to leave her role and return to Canada.
Tinella has spent around 18 months in the role and is now moving internally to take up the position of managing director for confectionery at Nestlé Canada.
Nestlé declined to comment on whether Tinella would be replaced. But one source suggested that Tinella’s departure is unlikely to prompt a widespread review of its marketing operations.
Tinella was appointed to the role at the start of 2009 and oversaw brands including Kit Kat and its Rowntree and Milky Bar ranges.
Her departure does not impact on the role of Vernon Bradley, who was appointed earlier this year to the new position of group marketing director for the UK and Ireland, as it looked to up the ante against rival Kraft.
The global technology firm, Hewlett-Packard, will be creating hundreds of new jobs, including marketing positions, at its base in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
HP is set to increase its workforce by 700 through the creation of an IT service hub in Erskine. This will create a mixture of roles, including new marketing jobs, and will receive up to £7 million of Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) support from Scottish Enterprise – establishing Erskine as a central core for developing and delivering IT services to the UK.
MBNA has confirmed to that the firm’s marketing department will be imminently restructured as part of a wider review.
This will result in ‘a reduction of 75 positions’ in the division, although 46 new marketing jobs will become available as part of the new look marketing department.
The Bank of America-owned operator, which recently announced the sponsorship of Chester FC, is one of the region’s largest employers, with around 4,000 employees at its North West base.
A spokesperson released a statement, which reads:
“We are no different to any other major employer in that we regularly review our business structures to make sure they are right for our customers and our business priorities.
“Following a detailed review of our operations, we announced to Associates some time ago that we could see a reduction of around 85 positions in our Credit and Customer Assistance divisions and we have been in ongoing consultation with those Associates potentially impacted.
“On Monday we announced that we may see the reduction of a further 75 positions in our Marketing Division and we have initiated consultation with these Associates.
“We will, however, be creating 46 new jobs as part of a restructured Marketing division, and will welcome applications from those associates who may be impacted by these changes.”
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