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Jim Addison

Former Vice President, Boardriders and COO, Oakley

20+ years’ progressive Global Operations & Logistics leadership experience directing business development and process improvement for global organizations. Strategic, action oriented leader accomplished at igniting team performance to overcome challenges and exceed goals. Genuine relationship builder with all levels of staff, customers, and vendors.

At Boardriders, he played a senior distribution role leading North America Distribution Center supporting delivery of 22 M+ units of branded product in a multichannel, including DTC/Ecom, automated distribution environment supporting 6 M units of inventory with an annual budget of over $16 M. His past experience was at Oakley where he played a Global (Americas, Europe, Asia) operations, logistics and distribution executive role overseeing 6 direct reports and an Operations team of 47 personnel with budget responsibility of over $44M.

FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE

  • Budgeting & Cost Control
  • Contract & Vendor Management
  • IT Strategy & Optimization
  • Supply Chain Optimization

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INDUSTRY EXPERTISE

  • Retail and Consumer Goods

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CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

  • Boardriders
  • Oakley
  • Luxottica
  • LeaJoy