Warren Sarafinchan

Warren Sarafinchan leads the firm’s Supply Chain Effectiveness Discipline. He also serves clients in the areas of business strategy, negotiation, and leadership coaching. Warren has extensive experience working with leading organizations to design and implement solutions to complex business challenges. Warren’s facilitative approach has allowed teams he has worked with to accomplish ‘impossible dreams.’In addition to Warren’s experience leading Supply Chain functions, he has implemented multiple ERP solutions, led a Sales organization through a period of significant challenge and change as well as heading Information Technology functions. This broad-ranging experience allows Warren to bring total business solutions to his clients. Warren works from the initial problem-solving / visioning through to successful implementation.Most recently, Warren was the President and Chief Executive Officer for the largest Tree Fruit Cooperative in Canada, where he completely changed the strategic trajectory of the business. Prior to working for BC Tree Fruits, Warren was the Executive Vice President of Supply Chain and Sales at SunRype Products Limited. Before SunRype, Warren worked in senior leadership roles for Mars Canada, Maple Leaf Foods and Labatt Breweries of Canada. Under his leadership, the teams Warren worked with have developed and implemented strategies that have delivered significant financial improvements, increased customer collaboration, and improved overall team engagement. Additionally, Warren has developed and implemented a Negotiation professional development program that enables organizations to create significant value for both customers and suppliers.Warren’s practice will bring his clients a broad spectrum of industry-leading resources that can create the right solutions for their businesses.Warren and the Lighthouse NINE team are extraordinarily dedicated to ensuring that clients are thrilled with the services and solutions provided.
26
Mar

Leading During Times of Volatility: “Time Moves in Dog Years”

Early in my career, I reported to a Vice President who recognized the importance of proactively identifying potential risks and ensuring that plans were developed and tested. In a contingency planning update meeting, she shared a thought with our team that echoes in my ears close to thirty years later. Her words to the team were “when a significant risk

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12
Sep

Should You Feel Comfortable in a Negotiation?

Generally, we all like to find ourselves in comfortable situations where we have a good read on the environment, the people we are doing business with and the methods in which we operate. Negotiations are no different. This is typically characterized by negotiations that lack tension, disagreement and conflict. While these are safe discussions, ultimately, the best negotiations and negotiators

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