Vice President of Supply Chain
The Dannon Company, Inc.

Paul Messina was appointed vice president of supply chain and became a member of the executive committee in June 2002. Paul is responsible for providing strategic direction and leadership for the logistics, planning and customer service activities for The Dannon Company, Inc. in the United States.

In 1979, Messina began his career with The Dannon Company in transportation and route management. As the role of logistics emerged in the dairy industry as an important contributor for company value, service and profitability, so did the role here in DANNON. The DANNON logistics organization under Messina began to evolve into a more comprehensive supply chain organization focused on value added services and efficient flow of goods and raw materials. In his tenure Messina has been responsible for the development and transition from an internal DSD operation to the current 3PL logistics network servicing client warehouses nationally. He also has developed and centralized under supply chain the planning operations group, which includes forecasting, deployment and materials procurement.

Messina is a graduate of Manhattan College and earned his bachelor's degree in Business Management with a minor in Marketing. Presently he resides in Allentown, PA, with his wife Janice and two children.