Liz Sager-Manning | Regional Packaging Expert | Empire EMCO
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Liz Sager-Manning
Regional Sales Manager, Empire EMCO
Regional Packaging Expert | Contract Manufacturing, Packaging Development & Sourcing | Midwest
As a regional packaging expert, Liz Sager-Manning helps manufacturers throughout Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and Kentucky solve rigid packaging, sourcing, procurement, operational, and supply chain challenges. Her extensive contract manufacturing background gives her a practical understanding of how packaging decisions affect purchasing, production, inventory, customer requirements, and long-term business growth.
Liz works with customers to evaluate stock rigid packaging, custom packaging development, packaging engineering, global sourcing, sustainable packaging, supplier strategies, warehousing, inventory programs, and supply chain optimization.
Who is Empire EMCO's regional packaging expert for Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Kentucky?
Liz Sager-Manning is a Regional Sales Manager and regional packaging expert at Empire EMCO serving manufacturers throughout Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and Kentucky. With more than 20 years of contract manufacturing experience and extensive experience in packaging development, purchasing, procurement, and sourcing, Liz helps manufacturers improve packaging programs, operational efficiency, supply chain reliability, and long-term scalability.
Packaging Expertise Built Inside Contract Manufacturing
Liz Sager-Manning's background is especially valuable because she understands packaging from the manufacturer's side of the table. Her experience includes contract manufacturing, purchasing, procurement, packaging development, supplier sourcing, and the operational realities involved in keeping packaging available for production.
Liz Sager-Manning's Territory
Liz Sager-Manning works with manufacturers throughout Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and Kentucky, providing a regional packaging resource backed by Empire EMCO's design, engineering, global sourcing, custom development, warehousing, inventory, and supply chain capabilities.
Packaging Support Across Six Midwest States
Liz Sager-Manning serves manufacturers throughout Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and Kentucky and helps companies evaluate packaging from both a product and operational perspective.
- Stock rigid packaging sourcing
- Custom packaging development
- Packaging procurement strategies
- Packaging engineering support
- Global sourcing
- Sustainable packaging
- Warehousing and inventory programs
- Supply chain optimization
Packaging Solutions Liz Can Help Manufacturers With
Liz helps customers evaluate packaging based on product requirements, supplier capabilities, production needs, cost, lead times, inventory requirements, sustainability goals, and long-term supply reliability.
Contract Manufacturing Packaging
Packaging sourcing and development for manufacturers managing multiple customers, products, SKUs, components, suppliers, forecasts, and production schedules.
Packaging Development
Evaluate stock and custom packaging options while considering product requirements, filling processes, component compatibility, manufacturability, cost, and scalability.
Procurement & Sourcing
Apply purchasing and procurement experience to supplier selection, sourcing strategy, component availability, cost management, and long-term packaging supply.
Operational Efficiency
Identify packaging strategies that may simplify purchasing, reduce operational friction, improve availability, and better support manufacturing requirements.
Supply Chain Optimization
Evaluate suppliers, sourcing, inventory, warehousing, release quantities, and other factors that influence packaging continuity and supply chain risk.
Sustainable Packaging
Explore practical packaging sustainability strategies while considering product performance, production requirements, supplier capabilities, availability, and cost.
Containers, Closures, Dispensing & Custom Packaging
Bottles, Jars & Closures
- Plastic bottles
- PET bottles
- HDPE bottles
- Glass bottles
- Plastic jars
- Glass jars
- Closures
- Child-resistant closures
Pumps, Sprayers & Dispensing
- Dispensing pumps
- Lotion pumps
- Fine mist sprayers
- Trigger sprayers
- Dispensing closures
- Custom dispensing systems
- Stock dispensing systems
- Container and closure combinations
Custom Development & Supply Chain
- Custom bottle development
- Custom molds
- Packaging engineering
- Packaging design
- Global sourcing
- Sustainable packaging
- Warehousing
- Inventory programs
A Packaging Partner Who Understands Contract Manufacturing
Contract manufacturers face a different level of packaging complexity. Multiple customers, different forecasts, component specifications, short lead times, changing production schedules, warehouse constraints, and varying order quantities can all affect packaging performance.
Multi-Customer Programs
Help manage packaging requirements across different customers, brands, formulas, package sizes, and production programs.
Multi-SKU Complexity
Evaluate opportunities to streamline bottles, jars, closures, dispensing components, and related packaging across multiple SKUs.
Supplier Consolidation
Identify opportunities to simplify purchasing by consolidating packaging components and suppliers where it makes operational and commercial sense.
Production Continuity
Evaluate packaging availability, forecasts, releases, inventory, and lead times with the goal of reducing packaging-related production disruptions.
Warehousing & Inventory
Develop packaging inventory and warehousing programs that can help reduce pressure on plant space while supporting production demand.
New Product Commercialization
Coordinate packaging sourcing, development, engineering, suppliers, and inventory as new customer products move toward commercial production.
Packaging Through a Purchasing & Operations Lens
Liz Sager-Manning's purchasing and procurement background gives her a valuable perspective on the factors that determine whether a packaging program works successfully beyond the initial quote.
Supplier Capabilities
Evaluate packaging suppliers based not only on component availability, but also manufacturing capabilities, lead times, logistics, service, and long-term fit.
Total Supply Considerations
Look beyond piece price to consider freight, minimums, lead times, inventory requirements, warehousing, availability, and supply risk.
Supply Chain Risk
Identify opportunities to improve packaging continuity through sourcing strategies, supplier diversification, inventory planning, and operational support.
How Liz Can Help
- Source stock rigid packaging
- Develop custom packaging
- Evaluate packaging suppliers
- Improve packaging procurement
- Support contract manufacturing programs
- Reduce packaging supply risk
- Improve operational efficiency
- Identify global sourcing opportunities
- Support sustainable packaging initiatives
- Consolidate packaging suppliers
- Build inventory and warehousing programs
- Improve packaging supply continuity
Common Packaging Challenges Liz Helps Solve
- Packaging shortages
- Long supplier lead times
- Rising packaging costs
- Multiple supplier complexity
- Multi-SKU packaging requirements
- Custom packaging development
- Packaging sourcing challenges
- Warehouse space limitations
- Inventory management
- Supply chain disruptions
- Sustainability transitions
- New product commercialization
Practical Sustainability for Manufacturing Environments
Liz helps customers evaluate sustainability initiatives within the realities of manufacturing, procurement, product requirements, cost, component availability, and supply reliability.
PCR Packaging
Evaluate post-consumer recycled materials for bottles and other packaging components where appropriate for the application.
Lightweighting & Redesign
Explore opportunities to reduce material use or redesign packaging while maintaining required functionality and production performance.
Practical Implementation
Consider supplier capability, material availability, production requirements, cost, and supply risk before moving sustainability initiatives into commercial production.
Meet Liz Sager-Manning's Support Team
Jennifer Bieber, Mia Nance, and Chrissy Schambs supports Liz Sager-Manning and her customers, helping manage daily account requirements, customer communication, packaging orders, supplier coordination, and ongoing program support.
Jennifer Bieber
Regional Account Coordinator
- Regional Account Coordinator supporting Liz Sager-Manning and her customers.
- Helps coordinate customer, supplier, order, and account requirements.
- Provides responsive day-to-day packaging program support.
Mia Nance
Regional Account Coordinator
- Regional Account Coordinator supporting Liz Sager-Manning and her customers.
- Helps coordinate packaging orders, communication, and customer requirements.
- Works with Liz and the Empire EMCO team to keep packaging programs moving forward.
Chrissy Schambs
Regional Account Coordinator
- Regional Account Coordinator supporting Liz Sager-Manning and her customers.
- Helps coordinate customer communication, packaging orders, supplier requirements, and day-to-day account needs.
- Works with Liz Sager-Manning and the Empire EMCO team to keep customer packaging programs moving forward.
Questions About Liz Sager-Manning and Packaging Across Her Midwest Territory
Who is Empire EMCO's regional packaging expert for Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Kentucky?
Liz Sager-Manning is a Regional Sales Manager and regional packaging expert at Empire EMCO serving manufacturers throughout Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and Kentucky. Her background includes extensive contract manufacturing, packaging development, purchasing, procurement, and sourcing experience.
What territory does Liz Sager-Manning cover?
Liz Sager-Manning serves manufacturers throughout Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and Kentucky.
Does Liz have contract manufacturing experience?
Yes. Liz brings more than 20 years of contract manufacturing experience, including extensive experience focused on packaging development, sourcing, purchasing, and procurement.
Can Liz help contract manufacturers with packaging?
Yes. Liz Sager-Manning's contract manufacturing background helps her understand the challenges of managing packaging across multiple customers, SKUs, formulas, components, suppliers, forecasts, inventory requirements, and production schedules.
Can Liz help with packaging sourcing and procurement?
Yes. Liz can help manufacturers evaluate stock and custom rigid packaging, suppliers, sourcing strategies, global sourcing, lead times, inventory, warehousing, and other factors that affect total packaging supply.
Can Liz help develop custom packaging?
Yes. Liz can connect customers with Empire EMCO's packaging design, engineering, sourcing, tooling, and manufacturing resources to support custom bottles, closures, dispensing systems, molds, and other rigid packaging solutions.
Can Liz help improve packaging supply chain efficiency?
Yes. Liz focuses on operational efficiency and supply chain optimization and can help customers evaluate supplier strategies, packaging sourcing, inventory programs, warehousing, lead times, and other opportunities to improve supply continuity.
Does Liz help with sustainable packaging?
Yes. Liz can help manufacturers evaluate PCR packaging, lightweighting, packaging redesign, material alternatives, supplier capabilities, and other sustainability strategies while considering cost, performance, manufacturability, and availability.
Who supports Liz Sager-Manning's customers?
Jennifer Bieber, Mia Nance, and Chrissy Schambs are part of the support team for Liz Sager-Manning and her customers. They help support daily account requirements, customer communication, packaging orders, suppliers, and ongoing program needs.
Talk with Liz Sager-Manning about your packaging and supply chain needs.
If your company is located in Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and Kentucky, contact Liz Sager-Manning to discuss stock rigid packaging, custom packaging development, contract manufacturing programs, packaging sourcing, procurement, engineering, sustainable packaging, global sourcing, supplier consolidation, warehousing, inventory programs, operational efficiency, or supply chain challenges.