Puma has named Adidas veteran Andreas Hubert as its new chief operating officer, effective Sept. 1. Hubert will also become part of Puma ’s management board, that will then consist of five members.
The company said Hubert will be in charge of Puma’s global sourcing operations, including sustainability and product development, IT and logistics. Plus, with this new board position, Puma is shifting its sourcing, IT and logistics under the COO, in order to streamline responsibilities across the leadership team and organization . Previously, sourcing was the responsibility of the chief product officer, IT the responsibility of the CFO and logistics was part of the CEO resort, Puma noted.
Arthur Hoeld, who joined Puma from Adidas in April as CEO , said in a statement that he is “delight