GLANBIA
Glanbia manufacturers 900 million pounds of American style cheese and 170 million pounds of whey a year , to meet customer demands from around the world
company is integrating three B2B ingredients business units into one global ingredients organization , which will have a single customer interface and standardized systems and processes
Along with this shift comes a reshaping of the organization structure for maximum effectiveness . This will see a regional sales structure and a new product category management function supported by strong centers of excellence including procurement operations .
“ As well as providing day-today support to our plants on the operations side , the new procurement structure will have a dedicated team that focuses on longer term solutions across product categories ,” said Weisel . “ We ’ ve done this with our vitamins and amino acids categories already , along with our transportation and packaging side , and we plan to roll it out to all indirect and direct spend . Developing sound cross-functional strategic sourcing teams will lead the business to future growth opportunities .”
126 February 2016