. Brad Sachs - LMD 2026
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Brad Sachs

Vice President Operations

Flanagan Foodservice

Brad Sachs is an accomplished senior operations executive with more than two decades of leadership experience across supply chain management, logistics, transportation, and distribution. He currently serves as Vice President, Operations at Flanagan Foodservice Inc., where he oversees enterprise-wide operational strategy, distribution performance, and continuous improvement initiatives across the organization’s network.

Throughout his career, Brad has developed deep expertise in complex, high-volume logistics environments, including large-scale warehousing, transportation management, and final mile delivery operations. His experience includes oversight of time-sensitive, customer-facing distribution models where service reliability, route optimization, fleet management, and on-time performance are critical to customer satisfaction. In foodservice distribution in particular, he understands the operational precision required to execute temperature-controlled, multi-stop final mile delivery to restaurants and institutional customers.

Prior to joining Flanagan Foodservice in 2023, Brad served as Area Vice President at Penske Logistics (2015–2023), where he led multi-site operations and transportation networks. Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership roles including Vice President and General Manager at Transfreight, further strengthening his expertise in operational performance, customer service delivery, and supply chain optimization

SESSION

01:50 PM - 02:10 PM Thu, May 07, 2026 The International Centre - Phoenix C

Meeting Delivery Expectations For The Three Key Stakeholders—Customer, Sales, And Company—In Food Distribution

• The importance of maintaining balance between the three key stakeholders in a final mile model • Minimizing touches • Optimizing pieces per truck • Minimizing time required • Meeting customer expectations on day, time, quality, and quantity • Establishing meaningful and measurable KPIs • Understanding the concept of the perfect skid to ensure products arrive in good condition • Reducing damages • Building quality into dock-out processes • Empowering delivery drivers to create the customer experience they deserve • Leveraging technology to develop an effective and sustainable end-mile model