Dick Kennedy
Chief Manufacturing and Supply Chain Officer
Dick Kennedy joined Wells Enterprises, Inc. in February 2007 as Manufacturing Manager at our North Ice Cream Plant in Le Mars. During his career at Wells, he has taken on progressive leadership roles in overseeing critical programs across the business focused on sustaining our future, including continuous improvement, R&D, product commercialization, sales & operations planning, M&A, and business transformation.In 2022, Dick was promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain, leading Wells overall procurement, logistics, engineering, and manufacturing efforts across the country. His drive and focus on progress and the future have led to Wells’ development of our long-term industrial footprint strategy, with a focus on improving the overall efficiency, connectivity, and performance across all aspects of the supply chain. With that leadership, Dick assumed his role of Chief Manufacturing and Supply Chain Officer in 2024.
Prior to joining Wells, he worked in the consumer electronics industry in an international role where he worked as a global engineering leader and in various roles in business development, business planning & supply management.
Dick is an Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering graduate of Iowa State University. He also holds a Theory of Constraints Jonah certification from the Goldratt Institute.
His favorite Wells product is Blue Bunny Chips Galore sandwich.