Ferrara
Sam Padilla is a seasoned procurement professional with extensive experience in the dairy sector, currently serving as Senior Procurement Manager at Ferrara since September 2023 and at Lactalis Group since November 2021. Previously, Sam held roles at The Kraft Heinz Company, where responsibilities included Senior Manager and Senior Buyer for Cheese Procurement, and at Fonterra as Market Risk Manager, providing analysis of global dairy markets and leading risk management for the US office. Earlier career highlights include purchasing coordination at Kerry, where Sam managed a $20M budget, and a dairy analyst position at Rice Dairy. Sam holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Economics and Policy from Oregon State University and additional educational background from the University of Illinois Chicago.
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Ferrara
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Ferrara is the third-largest U.S. non-chocolate confectionary company in the U.S. We have been sharing delight in every bite since 1908, when Salvatore Ferrara began selling candy-coated almonds from his bakery in Chicago’s Little Italy. Headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, the Company specializes in gummies, seasonal candies, fruit snacks, and other general line candies and offers its portfolio of well-loved consumer brands and private label products through retailers predominately in the United States.