Biography

Melanie Byler is the Chief Procurement Officer for Centralized Supply Chain Services, LLC. She is responsible for sourcing and contracting of all food and certain non-ingredients supplies, as well as ensuring that programs developed and implemented by Applebee’s and IHOP are properly supported.

Mrs. Byler joined CSCS in 2017 and held several leadership roles on the Procurement team before becoming Chief Procurement Officer.  Prior to joining CSCS, Mrs. Byler was the Executive Director of Quality Assurance for Dine Brands where her team was responsible for food quality, product commercialization and nutrition.  Early in her career, Mrs. Byler was a Food Technologist on the private label team at Associated Wholesale Grocers.

Mrs. Byler received a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics from Iowa State University and a Master of Business Administration from Baker University.