Brian Lansing, Cpsm, Cpsd Email & Phone Number

Bloomington, Illinois, US

• Oversee sourcing and procurement function for all spend categories within the business. Manage suppliers in APAC, North America, and LATAM regions for all types of flexible packaging.
• Responsible for sales margin management for the flexible packaging and multiwalled paper bag categories.
• Designed and executed robust global sourcing strategies delivering on KPIs and organizational objectives, implementing innovative programs, improving the bottom line and sustainability goals.
• Developed a supplier risk management program and deployed comprehensive strategies to mitigate supply chain obstacles due to COVID 19, transportation issues, potential tariffs, and other bottlenecks.
• Implemented strategic sourcing strategies that achieved more than 5% saving YOY in the FIBC, woven bag and flexible packaging categories

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

• Oversee sourcing and procurement, managing multi millions in annual spend of indirect and direct raw materials for global packaging and ingredients. Lead a team of five direct and 30+ indirect reports throughout 14.
• Designed and executed robust global sourcing strategies delivering on divisional KPIs and global organizational objectives, implementing innovative programs, improving the bottom line and sustainability goals.
• Reviewed and analyzed supplier risk and deployed comprehensive strategies to mitigate supply chain obstacles due to resources, potential tariffs, and bottlenecks.
• Implemented strategic sourcing initiatives to capture impactful cost savings, exceeding targets by 10%+ YOY – achieved FY2018 savings of over $70M.
• Develop strategies to increase our Supplier Diversity spend each year.

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

• Manage multi million dollar global packaging category spend with 22 direct and indirect reports.
• Lead strategic sourcing projects in all categories that exceed our annual savings budget
• Deployed tactical global penetration strategy and led sourcing activities in Asia, capturing 10% savings on $25M in spend
• Appointed to the Food Safety Leadership team to assist with development of processes for suppliers to deliver on quality objectives.

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

Wayzata, Minnesota, US

Wayzata, Minnesota, US