Lee Falk

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Highly regarded and respected Senior Supply Chain executive in the food and beverage industry. Leverages 30+ years SC subject matter expertise and frontline obsession with an authentic leadership style to create associate empowered high performance teams delivering remarkable results. A virtual supply chain “Unicorn” with rare ability to both “Run the Business” delivering material near term performance in safety, service and profit improvement, but also concurrently “Transform the Business “thru implementation of new technologies, automation, and systems that digitize the value chain yet serve the market without supply chain disruption or misplaced capital investments. Lee has been a senior executive leading complex supply chain logistics for two of USA’s largest food and beverage companies: Bimbo Bakeries USA and Dean Foods Company both organizations with annual sales of $10+ billion and spend oversight of $1.2 and $1.4 billion respectively.

Significant experience in ambient, refrigerated, and frozen supply chains in baked goods, salty snacks, dairy beverage, ice cream, and cultured product categories. Expert knowledge of distribution across all retail formats, food service, QSR, Ecommerce, imports, and direct to consumer utilizing DSD and warehouse delivery models.

Delivered over $300+ million in operational efficiency and cost savings thru acquisition integrations, standardization of process & tools, continuous improvement, early adoption digital supply chain concept, and SC automation.  Excellent ability to “See the Forest through the Trees” designing Supply Chain Transformation Road Maps that can ACTUALLY BE IMPLEMENTED. That said, none of this can be done without people – Lee also created an in-house Certified Supply Chain Master (CSCM) development program considered by many as an industry gold standard. An inclusive leadership style with a pre-disposition to “listen first” makes Lee a highly sought after team member and pleasure to work with.

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