01.23.12
As a part of a move to integrate the corporation's beauty care products business, Kao Corporation has namedJohn Nosek presidentof KaoUSAInc., the newly restructured beauty care company that merges Kao's prestige, mass and salon businesses inthe US.
Beginning this month, Kao Corporation's beauty care subsidiaries in North America and Europewill run as unified organizations in the major countries in which they operate. In his capacity as president of KaoUSA, Nosek will oversee the consumer poducts business, professional salon business, and Molton BrownUSAInc.
The KaoUSAInc. brand portfolio includes Ban antiperspirants; Jergens and Curel hand and body lotions; Biore facial care; John Frieda hair care, as well as Goldwell and KMS California professional hair care andMolton Brownproducts for body and home.
Previously, Kao's key beauty care subsidiaries all operated as independent businesses in the North American and European markets.
Under the direction of Nosek inthe US, these subsidiaries will be unified with an emphasis on standardization of work practices and integration of information technology systems, according to the company.
Nosek joined Kao Brands Company in 2006 as VP of sales and was named general manager for Kao Brands Company U.S. in 2008. Prior to his first role at Kao Brands, Nosek held a variety of executive positions in the consumer products arena with other industry giants like L'OrealUSA and Bristol-Myers Squibb.