Business Chief USA – August 2019

insulation end markets, continuously

extending our temperature range

and equipment verticals,” Jesic says.

“We substitute the legacy materials

of our competition with our innovative

solutions and reinforce our premium

brand position to create value for

equipment owners, specifier engineers,

contractors and investors.”

Jesic’s role provides a broad mandate

and list of responsibilities, as she

oversees purchasing, planning, distribu-

tion, transportation and compliance.

She and her team are working to deploy

sustainable technology and strategies

across Armacell’s supply chain, from

converting the company’s shipping

lines to an intermodal approach and

reducing miles travelled, to recycling

over one billion plastic bottles into

polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

products. “Beyond the benefits we

seek to realize through technology,

we also are committed to best practices

that impact the environment. To reduce

waste, we have cases where we also

donate our scrap to prevent it from

going into landfills,” says Jesic. “It can

—

Amber Jesic,

General Manager, Supply Chain,

Americas, Armacell

“ Technology

provides an

opportunity to

simultaneously

reduce costs

and improve

service”

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