Lin Tran

Lin Tran has a diverse work experience spanning multiple companies and roles. Lin started their career at Safeway in 1996 as a Category Manager for Household Cleaning, Charcoals, Logs, and Food Storage. Lin implemented successful programs and collaborated with internal teams to drive growth and improve profits. Lin then moved on to various positions at Safeway, including Global & Domestic Sourcing Director for Kitchen Housewares & Seasonal Tabletop, Category Director for Business and Product Development in Oral, Fem, Adult, and Category Director for Sports Nutrition, Vitamins. In these roles, they demonstrated their expertise in sales, marketing, and product development, consistently exceeding sales targets and achieving significant profit growth. Lin also worked at Jamba Juice as a Sr. Global Sourcing Manager, where they developed international supply chains and built strategic vendor partnerships. Following this, they joined The Save Mart Companies as an Adult Beverage Customer Solution Merchant, responsible for developing and executing marketing and promotional strategies in the Adult Beverage category. Prior to their current role as Chief Operating Officer at Vitamin World, Lin worked at Proem Group as a Marketing Partner, providing strategic sourcing services to clients and managing sourcing events and negotiations. Throughout their career, Lin has showcased their strong leadership skills, cross-functional collaboration, and expertise in category management and procurement.

Lin Tran obtained a degree in Economics with a focus on Agricultural Economics from the University of California, Davis. There is no information available about the start or end year of this educational experience. In addition to their degree, Lin Tran has obtained certifications in Leadership Development from the Corporate Asian American Employee Network. There is no information available regarding the institution from which they obtained the Frontline Leadership Certificate, Interviewing for Decisions, and Managing for Diversity certifications. Likewise, there is no information available about the specific months or years in which these certifications were obtained.