Johnny Makkar

Johnny Makkar is the current Operations Manager at Pod Foods. Johnny has previously worked as an Operations Manager at Chewy from March 2021 to September 2021 and at FreshDirect from January 2018 to February 2021. At Chewy, they were on the MDT1 outbound leadership team and was responsible for the brand new 732k sq/ft FC in Lewisberry, PA. At FreshDirect, they ran the day-to-day functions of the plant Control Tower ensuring that every customer order arrived at the shipping floor on time and in full. Johnny has been a subject matter expert on our WMS and WES systems, HMI controls for 9 miles of Intelligrated conveyors using Ignition, and company-wide analytics/reporting.

Johnny Makkar holds a B.S. in Business Administration, Management and Marketing from Montclair State University. Johnny is certified in Operational Excellence Foundations from LinkedIn, Good Manufacturing Practices from Cornell University, HACCP Certification from the International HACCP Alliance, Performance Measurement from Harvard Business Publishing, Forklift Operator Training from Forklift Academy, Inc., and ServSafe Food Protection Manager from the National Restaurant Association.

Johnny Makkar works with and Brent Erickson - Logistics Manager. Their manager is Andrew Runnette, Direct of Logistics Operations.