Chris Grayson

About Chris Grayson

Chris has significant breadth and depth of experience and skills at all aspects of custom food ingredient production and supply chain operations management. His career spans over 30 years in progressively greater leadership roles with large food manufacturing companies and operating divisions of Pet, Incorporated, Pillsbury, and ConAgra. His experiences also include executive operations’ leadership roles for successful, rapidly growing smaller companies like Vans Natural Foods, Fleishmann’s Vinegar, Juanita’s Frozen Foods, and Van Law Foods. Chris earned his B.S. degree from Louisiana State University and his Executive MBA from University of New Haven. He and his wife Kelly and their daughter McKenna reside in south Orange County.

Experience

1. VP of Operations

   T. Hasegawa Flavors

   Apr 2016 — Present · Cerritos, CA, US

   Founded in 1903, T. Hasegawa USA is part of one of the world’s top ten flavor and fragrance companies. Food and beverage manufacturers rely on our expertise in creating high quality flavors with unmatched customer service.The sq.ft. Operations & Production building is BRC-certificated and contains well-equipped flavor production operations that include spray-dried, vacuum-dried, powder blends, liquid blends, paste blends, thermally processed, extracts, and surimi seafood colors. T. Hasegawa USA offers Kosher & Halal certified flavors as well.

Education

• University of New Haven

  Executive MBA

  1989 — 1991

Skills

• Operational Excellence
• Food Processing
• Supply Chain
• Sqf
• 5s
• Tpm
• Manufacturing
• Supply Chain Management
• Consumer Products
• Production Planning
• Food Industry
• Food Safety
• Management
• Strategic Planning
• Demand Planning
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Haccp
• Continuous Improvement
• Operations Management
• Process Improvement
• Logistics
• Food Manufacturing
• Gmp
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Food
• Lean Manufacturing