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Check out the latest blog posts for what's happening in the packaging and processing industry for women, including tips, career advice, what to look out for and more.
Check out the latest blog posts for what's happening in the packaging and processing industry for women, including tips, career advice, what to look out for and more.
Lisa Propati, Vice President & General Manager - WLS, a ProMach Product Brand. What is one (or more) piece(s) of advice you’d offer a woman entering this industry, or what do you know now that you wish you knew when you were younger and just starting out?
Lisa Barrieau, Banding Sales Manager - Food, Felins
Cimberly Weir, Associate Director, Michigan State University. What led you to pursue a career in this industry? Honestly, I attribute my interest in manufacturing to Sesame Street and the episode where they make the crayons. I was fascinated by it and will never forget it and could still watch it over and over.
CEO, Plexpack Corp. What led you to pursue a career in this industry? Did not pursue in this industry per se. Didn’t look at manufacturing as a viable option or even was aware of it as an option. Started with more creative endeavors and ended up in marketing. Got this start as marketing and sales assistant. Then saw the opportunities unfold.
Vice President of Engineering, Marzetti Company What do you enjoy most about your career? I have been blessed to have been given several opportunities that have leveraged my technical background, but really stretched me out of my comfort zone as it relates to people management and strategy development. Over the length of my career, my interests have shifted from loving technical detail to solving bigger business challenges. The consistent thing that has not changed, is that my roles and career have all involved some form of problem solving, in that every day is a new challenge.
CEO, Morrison Container Handling Solutions What is one piece of advice you’d offer a woman entering this industry, or what do you know now that you wish you knew when you were younger and just starting out? Find your voice – you don’t need to act like a man – be yourself and find a way to be heard. Take advantage of the fact you do stand out in a group – be articulate, on point and generous. If you do this consistently you will be noticed in a way men can’t compete with.
R&D – Principal of HPP Applications, Good Foods Group, LLC What is one (or more) piece(s) of advice you’d offer a woman entering this industry? From the beginning I was fortunate enough to have male role models whom treated me as their equals and never viewed me as inferior or less than them. That gave me great confidence in my capabilities because it was my capabilities which set me a part from them.
By: Allison Wagner, Business Strategy Manager, Morrison Container Handling Solutions It’s 6 a.m. on a Saturday and I’m sitting next to my dad as he drives me into Chicago’s Southside. As a business and shop operations manager, he rarely took a day off, let alone a Saturday, and he usually needed office help. So, for years, on many Saturdays, that was me.
By: Sammi Bessey, Executive Assistant, Apex Filling Systems Less than 7% of Fortune 500 Companies are led by women. Yet, according to a recent Harvard Business Review survey, female leaders are rated as equal to or better than their male counterparts in almost every core competency, including initiative, integrity, problem solving, and communication.
Early in my life, I knew I had interests in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). My focus was primarily the sciences which led me to attain a degree in Biological Science. However, I still had a thirst for knowledge and curiosity which propelled me down the road of Mechanical Engineering where I would attain my second degree. This degree ultimately led to a career in food manufacturing and eventually to the Campbell Soup Company.
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