Starbucks new CEO candidate is settled!Zeng Ruki, Li Jie Shi

Zhongxin Jingwei, September 2. According to the Wall Street Journal Chinese website on the 2nd, Starbucks appointed Laxman Narasimhan as the new CEO. A few months ago, former CEO Howe Schultz temporarily took over Starbucks in order to lead the coffee giant to respond to rising costs, trade union campaigns and overseas challenges.

According to reports, the 55 -year -old Narasimhan announced on Thursday that he will step down from Lijie on September 30. In the past three years, Narasimhan has been a chief executive officer in British consumer goods giant Liechi, a manufacturer of Lysol and ENFAMIL baby formula.

Liechi just announced on September 1 that Narasimhan will leave on September 30 and go to the United States for development.

Before leadership Li Jie, Narasimhan held various leadership positions in Pepsi. Starbucks and Pepsi have a long -term cooperative relationship, including a agreement reached by Narasimhan as CEO of Pepsi Latin America.

It is reported that Mellody Hobson, chairman of Starbucks, said in an interview on Thursday that the company believes that a outstanding person is to be the next CEO. He is a test leader. Starbucks said that Narasimhan will move from London to Seattle and join Starbucks on October 1 to serve as CEO of CEO.

Hobson also said that the board of directors requested Schultz to continue serving as an interim CEO before April 2023 to help Narasimhan understand the company and its culture.

According to reports, Schultz will still be a member of Starbucks's board of directors after resigning the post of temporary CEO. Hobson said that Schultz will continue to play a unique role in the company, and Narasimhan will be independent.

Another report of the Wall Street Journal Chinese website pointed out that Starbucks is now in crisis in daily operations. Affected by the epidemic, last year, takeaway orders have helped sales to return to the level before the epidemic; In the fiscal season as of July 3, Starbucks' sales increased by 9%year -on -year, but net profit fell 21%.

The report also said that executives are still trying to deal with the establishment of a union movement starting in the Bafafar Market in New York in August 2021. Workers have always asked to raise wages and improve personnel allocation and working hours. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the employee's loss rate has risen straight. Internal data shows that a quarter of the coffee registers of Starbucks American store resign within 90 days. The previous ratio was about one -tenth.

The report pointed out that at a internal forum of the company, the chief financial officer Rachel Ruggeri listed other challenges, including inflation and the loss of the company's Chinese business. She said that Starbucks needs to invest overall investment in its stores and businesses to help the company grow again and increase employee's retention rate. "The situation has not reached the level we need to reach, but we have seen good signs." App)

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