Ferrero Rocher

How global confectioner Ferrero takes a bite out of supply chain issues

Key webinar takeaways

If you’ve eaten candy in the past year, there’s a good chance Glenn Lawse was responsible for getting it to you. As Vice President of Supply Chain at Ferrero USA, Glenn and his team keep the shelves of American retailers stocked with confections like Tic Tacs, Butterfingers, Crunches, Nutella and Ferrero Rocher pralines.

Glenn recently sat down with Logan Ensign, Director Client Solutions at Alloy to discuss how bridging the gap between planning and execution has revolutionized Ferrero’s supply chain.

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About Glenn Lawse

Vice President of Supply Chain USA
Ferrero Inc.

Glenn optimizes the balance between service levels, distribution cost and inventory through continuous improvement in supply chain efficiencies at Ferrero. He leads a team across supply and demand planning, warehousing and distribution, inventory optimization, and customer service and logistics.

Glenn joined Ferrero in February 2017. Previously, Glenn spent more than 15 years within Johnson & Johnson in roles of increasing responsibility in the areas of supply chain management, supply chain strategy, manufacturing network strategy, ERP strategy, and supply chain & IT project & portfolio management.

Glenn holds an MBA in finance and supply chain, MA in Italian literature from the University of California, Los Angeles and a BA in comparative literature, Italian literature and English literature from Cornell University.

About Logan Ensign

Director, Client Solutions
Alloy

Logan is an expert in predictive analytics. At Alloy, Logan works closely with customers to help them maximize value from the data, analytics and planning platform by ensuring fast implementation, delivering trainings, sharing ongoing best practices and conducting regular business reviews.

He joined Alloy from InsideSales.com, where he led the company’s highest end service, Momentum PRIME. For customers who wanted to use predictive analytics to transform their sales operations, his team formed long-term relationships focused on optimizing sales process and strategy and ultimately delivering and showcasing value.

Logan’s early career was at RIC Insurance General Agency, where he worked in Corporate Strategy and Sales. He holds a degree in Biology and minor in Economics from Stanford University.

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