Bill DuBose

Bill is an energetic technical and operations manager with vast experience in the beverage industry. He is noted for 25 years of team driven process management/root cause skills and knowledge of the food and beverage industry. His career experiences span quality assurance, plant management, division QA management, citrus/juice processing, juice packaging, quality systems, teams (internal and customer), technical management of citrus essential oils, citrus and apple essential oils/flavors processing, supply chain, product management, and sales.

For the past 13 years at Kerry (SunPure) Ingredients and Flavors, he was on the “ground floor” of a start-up company that purchased and processed citrus and essential oils. He was a key member developing a state of the art essential oil manufacturing site, building sales from $0 to $35M in seven years. The business evolved into a joint venture (Cargill CitroPure) that led to a successful buyout (Kerry).

At Kerry (SunPure), Bill led the development of the technical and operations teams, supply chain of citrus essential oils/by-products, toll manufacturing, selective sales accounts, and product management of grapefruit oils and terpene by-products.

He has always had a passion for safety and customer service. Through his leadership of multiple teams, they achieved 1 million man-hours of no lost workday injuries in seven years. In addition, he initiated a root cause customer service measurement system that increased on-time sales delivery by 70%. The on-time customer delivery system currently exceeds 95%.

Previously, Bill was Citrus & Beverage Operations QA Manager for Coca-Cola Foods. Bill managed eight U.S. sites, two international locations, and multiple contract packers. This included citrus processing (Florida and Brazil), all forms of juice packaging, and their quality systems.

In addition, Bill led an aseptic juice contract packaging start-up, developed technical support of the California citrus industry supply chain, and managed a citrus processing plant in Florida.