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title: "German Doner Kebab Appoints New Chief Procurement Officer"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5ba60ff1-879e-43b4-beb1-1864dbb1d2f1
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20220801_german_doner_kebab_appoints_new_chief_procurement_officer.html
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
topics: ["Technology","People"]
published: 2022-08-01T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T20:35:26.814Z
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# German Doner Kebab Appoints New Chief Procurement Officer

**TL;DR:** German Doner Kebab appoints Deon Pillay as Chief Procurement and Sustainability Officer, bringing 18+ years of senior supply chain and procurement leadership experience. Deon Pillay joins the company with a background of working with multinational corporations such as Peloton, Mars, Samsung, and Nando's.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-08-01. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20220801_german_doner_kebab_appoints_new_chief_procurement_officer.html).*

## Story

Deon Pillay joins as Chief Procurement and Sustainability Officer.

Deon brings with him 18+ years of senior supply chain and procurement leadership having had successful engagements across a multitude of countries, industries and multinational corporations such as Peloton, Mars, Samsung and Nando’s to name a few.

Deon’s passion is developing supply chain teams into motivated power houses, forming the necessary foundation and backbone to deliver and maintain operational excellence in the shortest time spans. Deon is no stranger to global expansion, having been at the helm of the supply chain transformation of Nando’s Grocery, taking it to all corners of the globe and initiating best-in-class processes and supply partners along the way.

As a leader, Deon strives for consistency in delivering the best innovation, as well as calculated and controlled disruption to create the new, where necessary. Traits he will continue to tap into at GDK to collaboratively bring out the best in the supply chain and procurement portfolios.

German Doner Kebab is bringing a fresh, high-quality taste sensation that has made it the number one spot to enjoy a kebab.

Freshly prepared in front of customers, the game-changing kebabs are made using premium, lean, succulent meats and fresh local vegetables, served in handmade toasted breads with unique signature sauces.

Imran Sayeed, CEO of GDK International said: “We are delighted to be welcoming Deon Pillay to the GDK family.

“He has a fantastic breadth of experience across global markets and knows how to create a well-run and cost-efficient supply chain.

Deon Pillay said: “I am thrilled to be joining German Doner Kebab in my new position as Chief Procurement Officer.

“I am proud to be a part of this wonderful journey with GDK.”

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Technology (sector)
- sustainability (topic)
- Samsung (company)
- leadership appointment (topic)
- Peloton (company)
- supply chain management (topic)
- German Doner Kebab (company)
- Mars (company)
- Nando's (company)
- Imran Sayeed (person)
- Deon Pillay (person)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20220801_german_doner_kebab_appoints_new_chief_procurement_officer.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5ba60ff1-879e-43b4-beb1-1864dbb1d2f1).