Procter & Gamble Co. said it will close its hair-care product plant with 615 employees in Stam-ford, CT by early 2010. Some 200 employees at the Clairol plant will be offered transfers to other P&G locations, including 150 to the Cincinnati area where P&G is based. P&G said 415 jobs will be eliminated, with 180 of those employees qualifying for retirement. P&G has been cutting production and jobs at the plant since buying Clairol in 2001 from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. The plant makes hair-color products and some hair styling products. P&G said it will provide workers with assistance including pay and benefits for up to a year, outplacement help and a retraining allowance as jobs are eliminated leading up to the closure. The plant’s operations will move to P&G facilities in Mariscala, Mexico, Andover, MA, Woodland Hills, CA and Cincinnati, OH.

The Board of Directors of The Procter & Gamble Co. announced some business unit realignments and associated changes to its executive management structure effective July 1, 2007. The company’s three global business units will be: Beauty Care, Global Health & Well Being and Household Care. All units will report to Susan E. Arnold, formerly vice chair, P&G Beauty & Health, newly elected president of the global business units.

The company has also elected Robert A. McDonald, formerly vice chair, global operations, as chief operating officer, a newly established role established to oversee all global operations and functions.