Betty Kao
I help organizations turn operational complexity into competitive advantage.
As a global supply chain & operation executive with 25+ years in the consumer and beauty industries, across public companies, founder-led brands, and private equity-backed organizations, I have led teams through growth, globalization, transformation, and restructure at every stage of the business lifecycle.
The challenges, while different in scale, are often the same at their core, and so is the solution: clarity, strategy, and the discipline to build operations that are ready for where the business is going.
Areas of Expertise
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Partnering with CEOs, Founders, and leadership teams to develop operational strategy, identify growth and profitability levers, and bridge the gap between business goals and execution at every stage of grow
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Restructuring systems, processes, and teams to unlock capacity, accelerate speed to market, and drive performance that lasts. This includes the planning and operational frameworks that bring structure, alignment, and execution discipline across the organization.
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End-to-end optimization across planning, sourcing/procurement, manufacturing, and distribution, designed around what the business needs to compete and scale.
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Results
$15MM+ in direct material savings returned to the bottom line.
$20MM in working capital freed up to reinvest in growth.
$500K to $10MM e-commerce channel built from the ground up.
$400K to $1MM+ in annual savings through warehouse optimization, 3PL transitions, and insourcing of key fulfillment activities.
88% to 96%+ service level and 2x to 3x inventory turn improvements through planning process redesign and operational discipline.
Why I Started LumenWay
A high-performing supply chain and operations are a competitive advantage to own.
The most successful businesses understand this, treating their operations not as a cost to manage but as the engine behind growth, the foundation beneath scale, and the edge that sets them apart.
That is the work LumenWay Partners was built for.