Chris Lauchner

Chris Lauchner is a distinguished leader, manager, and trainer with a wealth of experience in business management, supply chain operations, and project management. He has held top positions such as Chief Operating Officer and Director of Operations for Arete, Inc., a global Supply Chain Planning software company, and managed North American Distribution Operations for Kimberly-Clark Corp. Furthermore, Mr. Lauchner has led and managed projects worldwide for The Coca-Cola Company in all areas of Supply Chain Planning.

In his early career, Chris Lauchner worked for nine years at The Scott Paper Co. as a Procurement Buyer, Manufacturing Supervisor, Plant Quality Manager, Plant Process & Environmental Labs Manager, and Distribution & Materials Handling Manager. He later joined Midwest Customer Service & Logistics Manager in Chicago, IL, until a merger with Kimberly-Clark Corporation led to his transfer to Atlanta, where he served as the NA Distribution Manager.

Alongside his civilian career, Chris Lauchner also served in the military, where he achieved Colonel rank and held various command positions from platoon through battalion levels. He also served as Executive Officer to Deputy Commanding General in MNSTC-Iraq and Lead Strategic Partner for developing the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, Plans & Policy Division and the Iraqi Special Operations Command Headquarters while deployed to Iraq.

Mr. Lauchner boasts of an impressive education, having studied Military Operational Planning & Leadership, Military Operational Art and Science/Studies at US Army Command, and General Staff College. He studied the Italian language and Italian Studies, where he emerged as the best student in class. Furthermore, Mr. Lauchner holds a BS in Biology & Chemistry from Furman University.

Chris Lauchner is the Executive Director, S&OP and Materials Control (Planning) at Johnson Controls, a former Global Director S&OP at Kimberly-Clark, former Global Director, Supply Chain Optimization at The Coca-Cola Company, former Director, Planning & Logistics, Bottler Investment Group at The Coca-Cola Co, and former Chief Operating Officer/Director of Operations at Arete, Inc. He brings expertise in supply chain planning, operational optimization, leadership and project management, and logistics to his current and previous roles.