BEVCHAIN

Solely devoted to beverages

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Linfox, BevChain provides national tailored supply chain solutions for the beverage industry across Australia and New Zealand with ‘best-in-class’ warehouse management and distribution services.

In Australia we lead the industry, with two out of every three alcoholic serving units handled via our managed network, and deliveries to more than 25,000 outlets nationally.

As specialists in warehousing and distribution of alcoholic beverages, we understand the demands placed on the liquor industry and its customers.

Since our inception, a growing number of suppliers of beer, wine and spirits have taken advantage of our logistics model for beverage-specific services and our ability to tailor solutions to their needs.

The satisfaction of our customers has led to major growth for our company, enabling the formation of a national delivery network. Through our ‘one-stop-shop’ concept we have since become an instrumental leader in the alcoholic beverage 3PL industry.

Today, BevChain successfully consolidates products from over 25 different customers, including some of our favourite beer brands, for distribution across Australia and New Zealand.

Iconic Route

Our vehicles operate in some of the most stunning scenery in the world. BevChain delivers kegs and packaged beverages to pubs and outlets across Australia. In Sydney, one of the busiest but beautiful delivery routes takes in The Rocks and Eastern beaches.

From a strategic discussion between Linfox and Lion, a partnership was formed. As a result, BevChain was created.

The story of BevChain began in 2006, when Linfox and Lion joined forces to become an end-to-end 3PL provider for the beverage industry.

The partnership grew from strength to strength, and in September 2017 Linfox bought Lion’s share of BevChain, taking full ownership of the business.

BevChain will continue to build smart supply chain solutions for beverage suppliers, while leveraging the capability and scale of Asia Pacific’s largest privately owned logistics provider.

In partnership with Linfox, our vision is to be the most trusted logistics provider in Australia and New Zealand.

Misha Shliapnikoff

President

With more than 20 years’ supply chain experience in Australia, North America and Asia, Misha has significant expertise and knowledge of the FMCG market. He is a proven strategic leader, with exceptional customer relationships and commercial acumen.

Tim Gilberd
General Manager —
Commercial and Finance

Tim has over 20 years of financial and commercial leadership experience with over 12 years of this in the Australian beverages Industry. He has a proven track record in developing and implementing innovative strategies to improve financial results and build sustainable marketplace advantage.

Sean Parker - Portrait

Sean Parker
General Manager — Retail

With a thorough understanding of the beverage sector, Sean has a strong customer-centric focus from his experience as a customer and provider of third party logistics.  He spent several years with Lion in various logistics roles and previously spent eight years at Linfox, which included running the logistics operation for CUB in NSW.

Sean Roberts
General Manager —
Major Brands

Sean has over 25 years’ experience in the Beverage supply chain sector and is a GM within our Major brand portfolio. Sean forms transparent and trusting relationships through innovative and leading-edge customer solutions combined with optimal network design initiatives.

 

Michael Assaf
General Manager —
Customer – Major Brands

Michael covers BevChain’s Major Brand customers & our ANZ operations team. He is charged with responsibility for the best-in-class beverage supply chain solution across the country.

Mark Eaton
General Manager —
Customer Network

Mark covers BevChain’s Customer Network and Linehaul Operations.  With over 17 years’ experience in transport & logistics, Mark has a strong passion for optimising tailored customer solutions to provide the best possible service and financial outcomes.

Hamish Cole
General Manager —
Business Development

Hamish has extensive 3PL beverage industry experience. He excels at delivering customer safety improvements, developing and implementing supply chain customer strategies, project management, establishing continuous improvement initiatives, and negotiating complex international contracts for BevChain customers.