From
Pepsi
to
Purpose
Tea,
Sal
Lazar,
EMBA
'00,
has
over
35
years
of
experience
working
for
beverage
companies
consumers
know
and
love.
Lazar's
thirst-quenching
career
has
spanned
leadership
positions
in
Dr.
Pepper
Snapple
Group,
PepsiAmericas
and,
most
recently,
serving
as
interim
COO
for
Purpose
Tea.
"I started my career as a merchandiser on the front line with Pepsi," Lazar said. From there, he has climbed the corporate ladder, serving as vice president of revenue management and business insights for PepsiAmericas, vice president of business developments for Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, and as interim COO for Purpose Tea. This innovative new tea company brings purple tea to consumers and gives back to the people who make the tea industry possible, donating a portion of sales back to vulnerable female tea pickers in Kenya.
In this most recent role, Lazar helped expand the Purpose Tea brand's reach and develop the company's business and financial plans.
With decades of experience to draw on, Lazar now runs Lazar Consulting LLC, his own business consultancy for consumer packaged goods companies.
Lazar credits the BW Executive MBA program with helping enhance his career, as it expanded upon the experience he already had in the consumer goods industry.
"Obtaining my EMBA from Baldwin Wallace was the key difference maker in transcending my career," shared Lazar. "The academics and the team(s) that I worked with during my EMBA enhanced my real-world work experience and allowed me to parlay them into expansion of responsibilities in my career."
