Latest Premier podcast Podcast Episodes
Premier Power Hour, Special Announcement
Premier Power Hour - October 13, 2022 12:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBig changes are coming to Premier’s podcast! Billy Watkins explains we will have a change in hosts and a new name, “The Whole Package by Premier Packaging.” But don’t worry: The re-branded podcast will feature the same entertaining look at industry trends and our people who make Premier special.
Premier Power Hour - Episode 32, “The Guys Behind the Scenes”
Premier Power Hour - September 29, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn a lighthearted episode, Billy Watkins interviews Digital Media Specialist Chaz Rough and Market Researcher/Content Writer Steve Hall, who work behind the scenes on this podcast. They have cool backgrounds, from playing their music at famed punk club CBGB to hanging with TV stars at network pa...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 31, “Lori Orr: OWN It”
Premier Power Hour - September 15, 2022 12:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLori Orr, Premier’s Corporate Learning and Development Manager, talks about the key to success at work: “OWN it.” The acronym coined by Lori stands for Overcome (obstacles and problems), Welcome (help and advice), and Network (to build partnerships). Lori demonstrates the power of self leadershi...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 30, “Zach Pearson: Solving Problems”
Premier Power Hour - September 01, 2022 12:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCohost Zach Pearson talks about his role as a Premier Supply Chain Specialist, solving problems for customers. The Pacific Northwest native tours warehouses to spot supply chain inefficiencies and does more listening than talking to understand clients’ needs. How does he handle rejection? “You h...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 29, “Bin Boxes: The Sky’s the Limit”
Premier Power Hour - August 18, 2022 12:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCohost Billy Watkins works with Premier’s bin boxes—customizable corrugated solutions to improve product storing and picking in warehouses. Billy marvels at how scalable bin boxes are, from 125 bin boxes for one customer to 3 million for another. He explains the bin box process as well as the un...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 28, “Jeff Steele: The Importance of Communication”
Premier Power Hour - August 04, 2022 12:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJeff Steele, Premier’s National Industrial Sourcing Manager, finds quality raw material at the best possible prices from hundreds of suppliers around the world. In this career progression episode, he explains how good communication and Premier’s size and reach are the keys to getting our custome...
Premier Power Hour – Episode 27, “Chip Underwood: Don’t Want to Be Anywhere Else”
Premier Power Hour - July 21, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhen Chip Underwood started at our Chicago division 12 years ago, the new Operations Manager had a PC on a crate and 2 coworkers. Today the division has 46 employees and Chip is Premier’s Customer Service and Procurement Director, managing teams for “everything west of the Mississippi and Canada...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 26, “One Year Anniversary”
Premier Power Hour - July 07, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsZach Pearson and Billy Watkins celebrate a year of cohosting the “Premier Power Hour” by looking back. What was their favorite moment on the show? What have they learned about Premier that they didn’t know before? Funniest moment? Most awkward? And what have Zach and Billy learned about each oth...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 25, “The Future of Packaging”
Premier Power Hour - June 23, 2022 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhere has packaging been and where is it going? On a very special 2-moustache episode, cohosts Billy Watkins and Zach Pearson discuss the changes they’ve seen in the packaging industry, from the e-commerce explosion to the shift toward more sustainable options. “Future” innovations are already h...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 24, “Molly Maci: The Premier Way”
Premier Power Hour - June 09, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMolly Maci, a Project Manager in our Chicago office, says “The Premier Way is to do whatever it takes to get what the customer needs.” Molly, a 27-year veteran of the packaging business, gives our customers the white-glove treatment, forming a partnership to find solutions to challenges. And may...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 23, “Mike Farmer: Always Looking to the Future”
Premier Power Hour - May 26, 2022 14:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJoining Premier after 16 years in the food industry, Ohio Valley South Sales Manager Mike Farmer considers our company “innovators,” with founder John Gaynor always looking to the future for an edge on competitors. In this fun interview, the Cleveland native reflects on Premier’s culture and wha...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 22, “Mekesia Yarborough: The Premier Way”
Premier Power Hour - May 12, 2022 12:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMekesia Yarborough was looking for “something different and more” when she first interviewed at Premier—but that job was not a good fit. Two years later, Premier leadership remembered the veteran manufacturing and distribution leader and called her when the role of Operations Manager of our faci...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 21: “Mackenzie Crigger Part 2: Certified Sustainable”
Premier Power Hour - April 28, 2022 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPremier Power Hour, Premier Packaging, Podcast, Premier Packaging Podcast, Premier Podcast, Packaging Podcast, Supply Chain Podcast, Job Progression, Career Progression, Sustainability, Career Growth, Packaging Supplies, Packaging Equipment, Automation, Service & Maintenance
Premier Power Hour - Episode 20, “Mackenzie Crigger Part 1: Already Grounded in Sustainability”
Premier Power Hour - April 14, 2022 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGrowing up in the strip-mining regions of Kentucky sparked Mackenzie Crigger’s passion for sustainability at an early age. When she joined Premier as our new Sustainability Manager, she found an organization already tracking key sustainability data for logistics purposes, with energy-saving meas...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 19, "Ed Gallegos: Bridging the Gap Between Hope and Reality"
Premier Power Hour - March 31, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe “Premier Power Hour,” a podcast from Premier Packaging, explores trends in the packaging industry as well as the company’s people, products, and services. Billy Watkins and Zach Pearson cohost the show for Premier, which provides innovative packaging solutions by asking “Why” to deliver the “...
Episode 19 - "Ed Gallegos: Bridging the Gap Between Hope and Reality"
Premier Power Hour - March 31, 2022 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe “Premier Power Hour,” a podcast from Premier Packaging, explores trends in the packaging industry as well as the company’s people, products, and services. Billy Watkins and Zach Pearson cohost the show for Premier, which provides innovative packaging solutions by asking “Why” to deliver the “...
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Premier Power Hour - March 31, 2022 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe “Premier Power Hour,” a podcast from Premier Packaging, explores trends in the packaging industry as well as the company’s people, products, and services. Billy Watkins and Zach Pearson cohost the show for Premier, which provides innovative packaging solutions by asking “Why” to deliver the “...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 18, “Chris Winfield: Getting In on the Ground Floor”
Premier Power Hour - March 17, 2022 18:24 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAt 17, Chris Winfield started at Premier, stuffing inserts in vacuum cleaner packages in a former tobacco warehouse. Today, he’s Vice President of Sales. Chris talks about his career progression, from his favorite job (forklift driver) to a management decision he’d make differently in hindsight. ...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 17, “Glen Clements: Bring Value”
Premier Power Hour - March 03, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat makes a good salesperson? Glen Clements, a Premier Supply Chain Specialist based in Georgia, says it’s important to listen more than you talk and focus on how you can help the customer. With Premier, “you always have something to offer, some solution to provide. You can always bring value,” ...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 16, Patty Stoff: “Knowing How to Throw the Ball”
Premier Power Hour - February 17, 2022 13:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPatty Stoff wisely “hung up” on her pay phone company job and joined Premier as an accountant. In a decade, she has worked her way up to Director of Customer Service and Procurement by asking questions, finding a mentor, and being a team player. Patty went to college on a bowling scholarship and ...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 17 Patty Stoff: “Knowing How to Throw the Ball”
Premier Power Hour - February 17, 2022 13:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPatty Stoff wisely “hung up” on her pay phone company job and joined Premier as an accountant. In a decade, she has worked her way up to Director of Customer Service and Procurement by asking questions, finding a mentor, and being a team player. Patty went to college on a bowling scholarship and ...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 16 “One Heckuva Resume”
Premier Power Hour - February 03, 2022 13:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRebecca Okken, a dispatcher at Premier’s Indianapolis Distribution Center, is unstoppable. Whenever she was told she couldn’t do something like drive a semi because of her gender or size (4’-10”), she did ‘em anyway. Rebecca talks about her remarkable career progression, including supervising 7 d...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 15, “One Heckuva Resume”
Premier Power Hour - February 03, 2022 13:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRebecca Okken, a dispatcher at Premier’s Indianapolis Distribution Center, is unstoppable. Whenever she was told she couldn’t do something like drive a semi because of her gender or size (4’-10”), she did ‘em anyway. Rebecca talks about her remarkable career progression, including supervising 7 d...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 15, "Damage Control'
Premier Power Hour - January 20, 2022 13:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe statistics are startling: 1 in 10 packages arrive damaged. Cohosts Zach Pearson and Billy Watkins discuss why damages occur during shipping and how you can ensure your package—and more importantly your product—arrives in good shape: right-sized packaging, protective void fill, and Premier’s I...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 14, "Damage Control'
Premier Power Hour - January 20, 2022 13:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe statistics are startling: 1 in 10 packages arrive damaged. Cohosts Zach Pearson and Billy Watkins discuss why damages occur during shipping and how you can ensure your package—and more importantly your product—arrives in good shape: right-sized packaging, protective void fill, and Premier’s I...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 14, "Premier’s Culture'
Premier Power Hour - January 06, 2022 13:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPremier’s culture can be hard to describe, but it’s the reason employees stay with us, according to Candace Hall, Corporate Director of Human Resources. At our fast-paced company, employee input is valued, opportunities for advancement exist, and our growth into new products and areas ensures the...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 13, On the “Front Lines” of Customer Service
Premier Power Hour - December 23, 2021 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThree years ago, Ellie Kramer knew little about packaging. Today she is Customer Service Manager for Premier’s North Central Division, working closely with our different divisions and our vendors to find solutions for our customers. In a laugh-filled interview, she talks about her career progress...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 12, “Lucy Scott: Working Toward Excellence”
Premier Power Hour - December 09, 2021 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPremier Power Hour, Premier Packaging, Podcast, Premier Packaging Podcast, Premier Podcast, Packaging Podcast, Supply Chain Podcast, Job Progression, Career Progression, Sustainability, Career Growth, Packaging Supplies, Packaging Equipment, Automation, Service & Maintenance
Premier Power Hour - Episode 11, “Joe Cox: Growing with Premier”
Premier Power Hour - November 25, 2021 13:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAs a college junior, Joe Cox began working at Premier when the company consisted of 15 employees in a gloomy tobacco warehouse. (His “job interview”: “When can you start?”) Twenty-six years later, he’s Corporate Resources Director of Premier, which has grown to 900 employees in more than 90 locat...
Premier Power Hour - Episode 10, “How to Decrease Freight Costs”
Premier Power Hour - November 11, 2021 13:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe explosion of e-commerce during the pandemic has coincided with supply chain issues making it more expensive to ship product. Billy and Zach interview Ryan Benningfield, Director of Corporate Operations for Premier, about the causes of high freight rates and how to lower them. Ryan recommends ...
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