Ken Sauers is vice president of pricing and business integration at Essendant. He has expertise in developing and implementing pricing strategy, pricing and supply chain optimization, and negotiation and contract management. He also has considerable experience in organizational change management and pricing system design and deployment. His seven years with Essendant include leadership roles in both pricing and finance across both the office products and facilities businesses. Prior to Essendant, Ken held various domestic and global leadership roles at BP in pricing and supply chain management for more than a decade. Ken earned a BBA in Accounting at the University of Iowa and an MBA at DePaul University.