Blue Apron Appoints Alan Blake as Chief Supply Chain Officer
19 June 2018 - 10:12PM
Business Wire
With over three decades of experience, Blake
will lead Blue Apron's operations and supply chain
infrastructure
Blue Apron Holdings Inc. (NYSE: APRN) today announced the
appointment of Alan Blake as Chief Supply Chain Officer, with an
expected started date of June 25. An accomplished supply chain
leader with extensive expertise in operations, Blake joins Blue
Apron with more than 30 years of experience at leading consumer
packaged goods, beverage and food companies. At Blue Apron, he will
oversee end-to-end processes across the company’s supply chain,
including sourcing, procurement, planning, manufacturing, logistics
and distribution, as the company continues its multi-product,
multi-channel expansion. Blake will report directly to Chief
Executive Officer Brad Dickerson and serve on the company’s
executive leadership team.
Blake most recently served as Chief Supply Chain Officer at
Revlon, Inc., where he was responsible for all aspects of the
end-to-end supply chain, leading an organization of thousands of
employees globally across six internal manufacturing plants in
addition to overseeing the company’s distribution centers and
co-manufacturers. Before joining Revlon, he was Executive Vice
President of Global Operations at Ventura Foods, a privately owned
producer of a wide variety of ingredients for the food service and
baking industries. Prior to that, Blake spent five years at
Campbell Soup Company, serving first as Vice President of North
American Manufacturing before progressing to Vice President of the
North American Supply Chain and US Retail Business Team. He also
led Global Production Operations at Brown-Forman, one of the
largest American-owned spirits and wine companies, and worked in
plant operations and distribution at Ocean Spray. Blake began his
career at Procter & Gamble, where he spent 17 years in various
roles of increasing responsibility within supply chain and
operations.
“We have made significant progress in increasing operational
efficiencies throughout our fulfillment network, and operational
optimization remains an ongoing strategic priority,” said Brad
Dickerson, Blue Apron CEO. “Alan’s leadership and experience will
be a valuable asset to the company as we continue to advance our
end-to-end processes so that we can fully leverage what we expect
to be significant and differentiating operational capabilities in
order to capitalize on our future growth opportunities.”
“I am energized by the opportunities ahead of Blue Apron in such
a dynamic and high-profile category,” said Blake. “I am looking
forward to working closely with the team to unlock further
efficiencies and provide customers nationwide with incredible
culinary experiences.”
Blake received a Bachelors of Science in Industrial Systems
Engineering from The Ohio State University and a Masters of
Business Administration from Xavier University.
About Blue Apron
Blue Apron’s mission is to make incredible home cooking
accessible to everyone. Launched in 2012, Blue Apron is reimagining
the way that food is produced, distributed, and consumed, and as a
result, building a better food system that benefits consumers, food
producers, and the planet. The Company has developed an integrated
ecosystem that enables the Company to work in a direct, coordinated
manner with farmers and artisans to deliver high-quality products
to customers nationwide at compelling values.
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as of the date of this press release and are subject to a number of
risks, uncertainties and assumptions including, without limitation,
risks related to its announced management and organizational
changes, the continued service and availability of key personnel,
its ability to expand its product assortments by offering
additional products for additional consumer segments, the Company’s
anticipated growth strategies, anticipated trends and challenges in
its business, and its expectations regarding, and the stability of,
its supply chain, and the risks more fully described in the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2018 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) on May 5, 2018 and other filings that Blue Apron may
make with the SEC in the future. Blue Apron assumes no obligation
to update any forward looking statements contained in this press
release as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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