About Kent Griffin
Additional Information
- What is the Highest education level obtained? Master's Degree
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About me
Experience Supply Chain Professional and Leader with over 5 years experience in Farm and Food Processing Purchasing and SCM Leadership.
Over 20 years experience in leadership positions in Global Purchasing and Demand Planning.
Former Naval Officer and Engineer with extensive major Project Management experience.
Degrees in Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Business.
Education
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2001 - 2003 Santa Clara University
Masters of Business Administration
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1975 - 1978 Vanderbilt University
Bachelor's Degree, Chemistry
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1985 - 1988 Naval Postgraduate School
MSME, Mechanical Engineering
Passed for Master''s and Engineer's Degrees in Mechanical Engineering
Experience
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2021 - 2023 George Chiala Farms
Director, Supply Chain Management
Leadership of all Supply Chain, Logistics, Planning and Purchasing for GC Farms. Purchasing of all Raw Produce, Chemicals, Packaging and other materials for two production plants.
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2017 - 2020 Reiter Affiliated Companies
Director, Supply Chain Management
Leadership of all Supply Chain, Logistics, Warehousing, and Purchasing for Reiter Affiliated farming operations in the US and Mexico.
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2003 - 2017 Hitachi Global Storage Technology
Director of Supply Chain and Purchasing
Responsible for Global Indirect Purchasing in excess of $1B annually. Lead Global Purchasing team with members through Asia an the US.
Leadership of Disk Manufacturing Supply Chain, Capacity and Planning. Coordinated efforts of factory Planners in China, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia and the US.