At a Glance:

Event:
Dinner Meeting
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Location:
Rosewood Restaurant
9421 W Higgins Rd
Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone - (847) 696-9494

 

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Dress:
Business Casual.

5:30PM - Networking
6:15PM - Dinner
7:15PM - Program

"Kraft Foods: Identifying Opportunities for Supply Chain Efficiency"

Paul M. Avampato
Vice President, Logistics Operations
Kraft Foods North America
Northfield, Illinois

Paul M. Avampato is currently the Vice President, Logistics Operations for Kraft Foods North America. In this role Paul is responsible for the leadership and execution of Kraft's transportation and distribution activities for the US and Canada. In Paul's most recent role he led the distribution activities for the US warehouse and direct store delivery operations of Kraft Foods.

Paul started his career with Nabisco Brands, Inc. throughout his 25 years with Nabisco and now Kraft, Paul has held various assignments in transportation, distribution, customer service and product supply. His accomplishments in these assignments have resulted in Paul's career steadily progressing into positions of increased responsibility within the Kraft Supply Chain. Most recently, under Paul's leadership, his team has begun to integrate Kraft's supply chain with several key customer's supply chains resulting in improved service and cost reductions for both Kraft's customers and Kraft.

Paul is a 1982 Graduate of the Pennsylvania State University in Business Logistics. He lives in Libertyville, IL with his wife Joanne, son Daniel, and daughters Anna and Maggie.

Kraft Foods Inc. is one of the world's largest food and beverage companies with net revenues of $34 billion. Kraft has more than 90,000 employees and 159 manufacturing and processing facilities worldwide.