Joseph Lyons, Environmental Operations Coordinator, Creating a circular supply chain | FoodGrads Podcast #99
Joseph Lyons is the Environmental Operations Coordinator for Susgrainable. Susgrainable has a bold mission to create a world where food waste and diabetes are a thing of the past. Right now they are producing a variety of baking mixes but they are looking to expand in the future.
Joseph with Honours from The University of British Columbia with a BCom specialized in Global Supply Chain & Logistics Management. Joesph is fairly new out of graduation but he has done a lot since he started at Susgrainable. In just 9 months he has helped build tools to track stock, built relationships with industry partners and he even has laid down the company’s groundwork for ERP.
Timestamps
(0:00) Introduction
(1:55) Joseph’s food job
(5:30) What is supply chain?
(7:00) Susgrainable’s supply chain
(9:22) Joseph’s role in operations
(10:20) Launching a snack pretzel
(17:15) Coordinating Susgrainable’s supply chain
(23:15) How Joseph got into supply chain
(26:57) What Joseph likes about supply chain management
(32:42) Communication in supply chain roles
(37:06) Why Susgrainable is a good place to work
(38:21) Skills Joseph is working on
(45:26) Advice for going into the supply chain
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# 78 – Berklee Welsh, Sustainability Manager at Simple Mills
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