On average, it takes six months to a year for a brand to find a suitable manufacturer with the required capabilities and capacity to make your product, if at all.

Contract manufacturing can offer numerous advantages, but it requires careful evaluation and considerations to ensure a successful and profitable partnership. This session will guide you through the process of effectively identifying contract manufacturers, avoiding common pitfalls, initiating a successful search for an ideal partner, and how to navigate contracts/agreements.

About the Speaker

Joe Colyn, is the Business Partner-Procurement & Coman at JPG Resources. From his early days walking fields and vineyards across North America as an agronomist to his later years as Manager of Global Procurement during high-growth years at Kellogg, Joe helps companies large and small mitigate against existential risks while bringing their products to millions of people’s homes. He knows that each brand has a unique set of ingredients, formula, and manufacturing needs, and brings the benefit of his 25+ years of experience to help them avoid common pitfalls and find their best-fit coman partner.