Aiesha Dempster

About Aiesha Dempster

I am a global manufacturing and supply chain leader who leads change, elevates performance, and executes turnarounds in a dynamic marketplace. Bringing extensive experience leading teams globally, my career includes plant management, multi-site networks, procurement, and contract manufacturing. With a passion for people and manufacturing, I collaborate to design and deploy plans that optimize resources, maximize profit, and engender a positive employee culture. I am known for using a team-centered approach to find solutions and implement strategies to address complex business challenges. Using data to draw actionable insights, I analyze systems, processes and KPIs to create pathways to drive supply chain performance improvement. With an agile mindset and end-to-end expertise, I foster cross-functional connections that lead to collaborative ways of working and holistic business solutions. As a leader, I am driven, resilient, collaborative, and transparent. I leverage organizational design, leadership development, and talent management to deliver the needed capacity and capabilities for business growth. As a coach and mentor, I provide feedback in a way that elevates engagement and performance. I am sought out for my ability to drive accountability, communicate with candor, and be a catalyst for positive change across the organization.I am passionate about leveraging my supply chain experience to lead organizations that are seeking to drive growth, achieve excellence in supply chain performance, increase business profitability and/or enable resiliency for the future.

Experience

1. Senior Director Supply Chain Operations

   CHEP

   Dec 2024 — Present · Miami, FL, US

   Lead CHEP’s Southeast Territory operations across 30+ sites and 70+ operational nodes, managing a multi-million-dollar P&L and over 42 million assets, with a focus on safety, operational excellence, and team development.• Direct a team of 7 direct reports and 25+ total employees, driving engagement, performance, and succession planning across labor-intensive operations.• Oversee pallet sort, repair, heat treat, and transportation activities across CHEP-run, TPM, and 3rd-party facilities, ensuring operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.• Drive a culture of Safety First, achieving compliance across all facilities and improving safety metrics.• Implement network optimization, standardization, and continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging Lean, Six Sigma, and value-stream mapping to increase efficiency.• Partner cross-functionally with Commercial, Planning, Quality, Procurement, Engineering, and Safety First teams to ensure alignment with corporate strategy and deliver measurable results.• Manage vendor and 3rd-party relationships, optimizing service levels and reducing operational costs.• Responsible for budget management, operational KPIs, and workforce strategy to maximize performance and support long-term growth.Key Achievements (first 9 months):• Successfully integrated into CHEP operations after an 18-month career break, leading cross-functional initiatives that enhanced network efficiency and team performance.• Strengthened operational standardization and process improvements, improving fulfillment rates and reducing operational waste.• Built strong, high-performing teams and improved business performance management within the Southeast Territory.

Education

• University of Miami

  Master of Science (MS)

• University of Miami

  Bachelor of Science - BS

Skills

• Continuous Improvement
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Food Processing
• Supply Chain
• Consumer Products
• 5s
• Tpm
• Food Industry
• Lean Manufacturing
• Manufacturing
• Process Improvement
• 5 Why
• Food
• Leadership
• Kaizen
• Operational Excellence
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Sap
• Root Cause Analysis
• Industrial Engineering
• Demand Planning
• Start-Ups
• Quality Assurance
• Dmaic
• Inventory Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Manufacturing Operations
• Food Manufacturing
• Quality Management
• Process Engineering
• Logistics
• Iso
• Operations Management
• Materials Management
• Packaging
• Spc
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Plant Management
• Gmp
• Quality System