William Lynch — Senior Vice President of Operations at Central Garden & Pet Company

Mr. William Lynch, also known as Bill, has been Senior Vice President of Operations at Central Garden & Pet Company since October 10, 2016. Mr. Lynch served as a Senior Vice President of Global Operations of Moen Incorporated since June 2014 and was responsible for supply chain strategy, engineering, strategic sourcing, planning, manufacturing, logistics, quality and customer service. In this role, Mr. Lynch assume leadership responsibility for the entire Global Operations team, including Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Logistics & Distribution, Quality, Operations Engineering, Environmental Health and Safety, Customer and Consumer Service. He spent over thirty years at The Clorox Company in numerous management positions. Prior to joining Moen, he served as Vice President of Product Supply Global Operations for The Clorox Company and led the globalization of the product supply function so that operations capabilities were leveraged to build profit in its international division. He also led the Global Supply Chain Strategy and Policy functions as Vice President and was responsible for global end-to-end supply chain strategy development, supply chain mega process ownership, merger and acquisition due diligence and integration, as well as Clorox's cost savings program. Mr. Lynch holds MBA from Georgia State and BS from Georgia Tech in Mechanical Engineering.