Melanie Huet is President, Home & Commercial – Home at Newell Brands, directing the Kitchen and Home Fragrance businesses, including iconic brands such as Crock-Pot®, Oster®, and Yankee Candle®. Prior to this role, Melanie was the Chief Marketing Officer, leading global Brand Management, Innovation, Insights and Design. She led the transformation of Newell into a global consumer-led organization organized by brand instead of category. She advanced Newell’s commercial and marketing capabilities by pioneering the use of AI to increase speed to insight, speed to market, and significantly ramping up productivity.

Before joining Newell Brands, Melanie led the transformation of Serta Simmons Bedding from sales-led to consumer-led as its first CMO. She was elevated to EVP, Chief Commercial Officer, where she led enterprise revenue and transformed the sales organization.

Melanie has over 25 years of experience in commercial leadership roles at public and private equity backed organizations like Unilever, Kimberly-Clark and KraftHeinz, where she delivered turnarounds of several iconic brands.

Melanie’s leadership at Newell Brands, dedication to marketing excellence and thought leadership in the industry were recognized when she was named the American Marketing Association Atlanta Chapter’s Marketer of the Year in 2025. She serves as a Non-Executive Director for Quad, a global marketing company. Melanie holds an MBA from the University of Rochester and a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising & German from the University of St. Thomas.