<![CDATA[The Beacon Beat]]>Supply chain leaders do some of the most complex, high-stakes work in any business. The Beacon Beat exists to give that work a voice.

Each episode is with a senior supply chain leader, talking about how they actually do the job. Real experiences, real numbers, real scars. No slides, no scripts, no corporate talking points.

]]>www.beacon.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:17:48 GMTThu, 14 May 2026 12:21:03 GMT60Beacon<p>Supply chain leaders do some of the most complex, high-stakes work in any business. The Beacon Beat exists to give that work a voice.<br /></p><p>Each episode is with a senior supply chain leader, talking about how they actually do the job. Real experiences, real numbers, real scars. No slides, no scripts, no corporate talking points.</p>episodicBeaconaj@beacon.co.ukno<![CDATA[Kevin Keenan, Former Director of Supply Chain at Screwfix & Sainsbury's]]>Director of Supply Chain, Kevin Keenan opened 750 Screwfix stores in his tenure. Only five had problems.

In the first episode of The Beacon Beat, Kevin walks through 25+ years of running supply chain at Sainsbury's and Screwfix: the Christmas turkey crisis, scaling through 25% LFL growth, the two-year tech project sold to him as six months, leading through Covid, and his honest read on AI in supply chain.

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]]>3349b5dd-f20a-4946-948d-8823b88bed92Thu, 14 May 2026 12:26:41 GMT<p>Director of Supply Chain, Kevin Keenan opened 750 Screwfix stores in his tenure. Only five had problems.<br /></p><p>In the first episode of The Beacon Beat, Kevin walks through 25+ years of running supply chain at Sainsbury's and Screwfix: the Christmas turkey crisis, scaling through 25% LFL growth, the two-year tech project sold to him as six months, leading through Covid, and his honest read on AI in supply chain.<br /><br />The Beacon Beat is brought to you by Beacon, the AI Supply Chain Workspace. Learn more at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://beacon.com" target="_blank">beacon.com</a>.<br /></p><p>Want to be a guest? info@beacon.com</p>no00:59:381Kevin Keenan, Former Director of Supply Chain at Screwfix & Sainsbury'sfull