PLANO, Texas, Sept. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Pizza Hut, which
serves and delivers more pizzas than any other pizza restaurant
company in the world, has announced the addition of Helen Vaid as Chief Customer Officer, a
newly-created executive position as part of the company's
leadership team.
In this role, Vaid will oversee the transformation of the Pizza
Hut in-restaurant and digital customer experience. Around the
world, digital ordering represents the greatest growth opportunity
for Pizza Hut, and the customer journey is paramount to that
experience. In addition to these responsibilities, Vaid will lead
the international e-Commerce, Technology and Operations business
for Pizza Hut.
"One of the key priorities for Pizza Hut has always been putting
the customer experience at the heart of everything we do and we
think the addition of Helen will represent an even bigger
step-change for Pizza Hut all over the world," said Milind Pant,
President, Pizza Hut International. "To truly provide the best
customer experience possible, we must make it easier to get a
better pizza by boldly approaching the online and offline
experience as a whole, and Helen's experience and thought
leadership matches perfectly with this vision."
Vaid most recently served as Vice President, Digital Store
Operations & Experience at Wal-Mart. Based in San Francisco, Vaid was responsible for the
growth, profitability, traffic growth and conversion of the second
largest U.S. online retailer site. Prior to Wal-Mart, Vaid was
General Manager at Snapfish, a global web-based photo-sharing and
photo printing service company.
"This is an incredible opportunity to build upon the strong
foundation Pizza Hut has established in the digital and customer
experience arena," said Vaid. "I look forward to further shaping
Pizza Hut in a way that provides the best customer experience in
the industry."
Vaid will officially join Pizza Hut on Sept. 26.
About Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum!
Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), delivers more pizza, pasta and wings than
any other restaurant in the world. The pizza restaurant began 58
years ago in Wichita, Kansas, when
two brothers borrowed $600 from their
mom to start a pizzeria.
What started out small has become the biggest pizza restaurant
in the world and today operates more than 16,000 restaurants in
more than 100 countries serving innovative pizzas, traditional
favorites like the signature Pan Pizza, and much more. Pizza Hut
also is the proprietor of the BOOK IT!® Program, which is a
long-standing children's literacy program used in more than 630,000
classrooms nationwide.
For more information, visit www.pizzahut.com.
*For all media inquiries, please contact Pizza Hut:
Doug Terfehr, 972-338-6992,
Doug.Terfehr@yum.com
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