Kurt F. Mueller
Vice President
Senior Vice President, Business Planning
Consumer Product Sales
Kurt F. Mueller is a vice president at Hormel Foods Corporation. He also serves as the senior vice president of business planning and support for Consumer Products Sales, responsible for managing trade spending, category management and the order to cash process.
With 32 years of experience at Hormel Foods, Mueller developed his marketing expertise through working in various sales and marketing capacities at the company. He joined Hormel Foods in the Refrigerated Foods meat products division in 1979 in Shreveport, La., and later advanced to other sales positions in San Antonio and Austin, Texas. In 1983, Mueller relocated to the Corporate Office (Austin, Minn.), as a brand manager for brands such as Hormel® Black Label® bacon and fresh pork. Five years later, Mueller returned to sales to manage a territory covering Wisconsin, Illinois and western Indiana. In 1991, he was promoted to marketing director for Dubuque Foods, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hormel Foods.
After his four-year stint with Dubuque Foods, Mueller returned to the Corporate Office to manage a newly formed logistics and customer service department in the Refrigerated Foods division. A year later, he advanced to lead another newly formed department as director of pork sales and marketing. He was appointed a vice president in 1999 and advanced to his current position in 2004.
For his outstanding work managing the Hormel® Always Tender® brand, Mueller was honored as “Brand Marketer of the Year” by Brandweek magazine in 1999.
Mueller holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a marketing emphasis from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.
Mueller is chair of the Business Advisory Council for the College of Business at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. He is also active with Boy Scouts of America and currently serves as an assistant Scout Master. In addition, he is the assistant commissioner on the Austin Youth Baseball board and is involved in the Austin chapter of the Knights of Columbus.