Ryan Homeny

Director of Commercial Operations at Sojo Industries

Ryan Homeny has over 10 years experience in warehousing, logistics, manufacturing, transportation, and supply chain operations of beverage manufacturing and distribution facilities.

In his most recent role, Ryan managed Purchasing and Procurement for Allen Flavors Inc., an innovative specialty flavor house based in South Plainfield, NJ. Since joining the Allen Flavors team, he provided over millions of dollars in raw material savings and is responsible for the ethical sourcing and qualification of new raw materials suppliers to meet customer production sales goals.

Prior to this role, Ryan was the Warehouse Operations Manager at Bai Brands where he managed the daily execution of receiving, storing and shipping millions of cases per month. From 2015 to 2018, he assisted in the growth of the supply chain operation for Bai’s distribution center as well as multiple satellite warehouses by managing a safe and efficient operations and logistics staff in support of Bai’s exponential growth and ultimate sale to Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (Now KDP) for $1.7 billion.

From 2012 to 2015, Ryan managed all production planning of the Aseptic Production Line at Sunny Delight Beverage Company based in Dayton, NJ for some of the top beverage brands in the world. While at Sunny Delight, Ryan was responsible for controlling inbound and outbound logistics for all co-packing operations as well as all internal inventory management. Ryan is experienced in a Lean culture with multiple Kaizen events and began his career in manufacturing as a qualified blending technician for Sunny Delight and other co-pack customers.

Ryan attended Coastal Carolina University for Professional Golf Management before transitioning into the beverage supply chain operations field.

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