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Led VF Corporation’s Global Responsible Sourcing strategy, leading high-impact teams across factory compliance, workplace safety, human rights, environmental sustainability, and community empowerment. Oversaw the Responsible Sourcing Operations team, delivering transformative programs across the global supply chain, from compliance remediation and capacity building to environmental and social innovation. Provided strategic direction to a team of data managers and analysts, leveraging cross-functional insights, stakeholder engagement, and diverse data ecosystems to shape forward-looking, data-driven strategies that elevate performance and accountability across all Sustainability, Responsible Sourcing, Product Stewardship and Traceability functions.
Led a team specialized in supply chain sustainability, specialized in assessing and improving environmental and social conditions from origin to end user. We took a holistic approach to identifying risks and opportunities by improving transparency within the supply chain and building collaborative relationships with stakeholders. Worked with leading global companies to develop strategy, policy, guidance, and due diligence processes related to environmental and social impacts in their businesses' value chain. Took into account international standards along with local conditions, and identified practical ways to operationalize, monitor, and continually improve to create sustainable businesses. Selected industry experience includes natural rubber, agriculture, meat, seafood, pharma, mega-sporting events.
Developed, implemented, and managed supply chain policy on sustainable sourcing - including responsible palm oil, pulp & paper, cocoa, coffee, tea, dairy, meat and other commodities as well as policy regarding human trafficking and forced labor. Lead for quantifying and analyzing KPIs across supply chain for internal and public reporting. Sustainability subject matter expert to build business cases, manage projects, engage with internal and external stakeholders, and work collaboratively across supply chain. Speaker - Webinar by The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime & Babson College Social Innovation Lab, December 2014 - 'The New American Dream? Illicit Migration, Human Trafficking and Smuggling in the Americas' Speaker - GMA Supply Chain Conference, Orlando 2014 - 'Risk Analysis: Human Trafficking and Slavery'