THE CREOVIA GROUP - Key Persons
Chris Chandler is the founder and Managing Partner of The Creovia Group. He has over two decades of hands-on Supply Chain and Sourcing/Procurement experience working across multiple industries and in various management capacities with some of the world's most recognized brands. Nearly half of his career was spent in the Automotive industry with General Motors, Eaton Corporation, and Benteler Automotive, where his responsibilities spanned management of inventory and distribution of over 250,000 SKUs across a network of 26 warehouse locations and global sourcing of a broad range of direct material commodities.
In more than five years in the CPG industry with Kellogg's and Dr Pepper Snapple Group he executed hedging and sourcing strategies of market-traded agricultural commodities, packaging materials, and Indirect spend categories, after which he served as the executive responsible for building and leading a Strategic Sourcing function for a large, global Financial Services organization. Most recently, Chris has spent the majority of his time leading Procurement transformation and cost optimization initiatives for Private Equity clients.
Chris received his undergraduate degree in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University and holds an MBA from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. He also holds the designations of Certified in Production an Inventory Management (CPIM) from APICS and Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) from ISM.
Chris has twice been featured in Supply Chain World Magazine and has served as Adjunct Faculty for the Supply Chain program in TCU's Neeley School of Business.