Stephen Cook,
Managing Partner
 Mr. Cook began his packaging career with Domglas as a sales representative responsible for managing key accounts in the Soft Drink, Food and Liquor categories. Steve went on to work for 7-Up Canada and Capital Plastics before embarking on a twelve year career with Richards Packaging.
While at Richards Packaging Mr. Cook's responsibilities grew from Sales Manager to Vice President. During this period western operations grew from a single distribution branch to a manufacturing distributor with operations and plants throughout North America.
Steve briefly left the packaging industry to become the Vice President of a national vitamin/nutritional manufacturer, responsible for resource planning, purchasing and production planning.
In 1999 Mr. Cook became a Managing Partner in Columbia Packaging and started the plastics and components division with an initial focus on pharmaceutical, nutritional, vitamins and beverage markets.
Steve's primary areas of responsibility include: national account management, worldwide sourcing, supplier relations and supply chain management.
Mr. Cook completed a Marketing Management program at Capilano College and Economics and an APIC-accredited MRP Production Planning at BCIT.
Columbia Packaging Managing Partner, Stephen Cook accepted into
Elite National Leadership Program
 Columbia Packaging managing partner Stephen Cook is one of forty high potential entrepreneurs from across Canada that have been invited to attend the prestigious Quantum Shift Program this May.
Founded by KPMG Enterprise and the Richard Ivey School of Business, Quantum Shift is an elite national program designed to encourage Canada’s brightest entrepreneurs in the areas of leadership and strategy. A review of the executive education by the Financial Times ranked Ivey’s faculty as the best in Canada and among the top 10 globally, alongside Harvard, Wharton and Columbia.
“It is a tremendous opportunity to learn and grow with such a great group of business leaders,” Cook said .
“We have a real team focus and I am excited to participate in such a program to grow both personally and professionally, and I look forward to sharing these new ideas with Columbia’s customers and staff. Applied knowledge and customer focus have been a core part of Columbia Packaging's success and differentiation from our competitors.”
Columbia Packaging is a market leader to the Pharmaceutical / Vitamin Nutritional and Beverage industries, specializing in the supply chain management of rigid packaging materials, with offices and distribution centers located in Vancouver, Montreal and Los Angeles, California. Columbia Packaging has remained focused on delivering a unique brand of knowledge, service and innovation to its customers and partners. |
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