Doug Glade

Background

About Doug Glade

An accomplished Consumer Food, Beverage, and Nutrition executive (President/COO) with 30+ years experience in Fortune 50 companies (Nestle, Novartis, Monsanto), small/mid-cap private equity businesses, global cooperatives (Dairy Farmers of America), and privately held family businesses (Solo Cup Company), including executive leadership roles in Executive Management/C-Suite, General Management, Strategic Planning, Operations, Supply Chain, Business Integration, and Sales Operations. Most recently President of DFA’s Commercial Division (Consumer Food & Beverage) with full P&L responsibility increasing revenues from $2.3B (2012) to $5.6B (2019). Led Business Integration Office charged with integrating newly acquired businesses including Dean Foods and Stremicks Heritage Foods. A collaborative, strategic, results-oriented leader with a history of delivering step-change, sustainable performance by translating vision/mission into operational imperatives leveraging marketplace insights, while developing people through a culture of engagement, inclusion, and continuous improvement. A proven ability to orchestrate cultural and organizational acceleration producing consistent earnings growth in business units of increasing complexity. Key Competencies- Executive Leadership & Strategic Thought-Leader: Dynamic, collaborative, inclusive, global business leader with industry experience in consumer food & beverage, dairy, nutrition/health/wellness, food service, food ingredients, medical devices, confectionary, and lawn & garden. Strategic thought-leader delivering consumer-oriented solutions- Operational Excellence: Executive leader partnering across value chain to deliver sustainable competitive advantage through an engaged and focused workforce while increasing shareholder value. Consistently deliver best-in-class performance in demand generation, innovation, customer satisfaction, quality, compliance, working capital, and profitability by levering proven best practices in metrics management environment- Financial Management and Planning: Effectively manages financial levers throughout the organization to consistently exceed shareholder expectations (P&L and Balance sheet). Optimizes line and staff resources focusing on end results with appropriate time lines and timely communication. Adds value not activities. Gives importance and priority to planning prior to execution to enhance reliability.