Kathryn Ferreira

• ● Proposed 2030 Product & Circularity targets with backing financial data, ROI, and impact measurement. Ability to forecast long range plans and total impact to goals.

• ● Collect, verify and measure 3P organic certificates, impact scores, and product data relative to regulatory compliance.

• ● Led internal training, multi-stakeholder engagement, and environmental communication strategy (green claims toolkit).

• ● Served as subject matter expert in new tech implementation and mapped interim data sources for regulatory product data disclosure compliance.

• ● Nominated regenerative, non-profit agricultural cooperative for company's Community Impact Grant, resulting in award funding. Strengthened company's community partnership and visibility in sustainability and social impact initiatives.

• ● Consulted frequently to build global materials operations/planning, and sustainability organizational strategies (also in partnership with Nike HQ).

• ● Target team owner, responsible for setting a roadmap towards 2020 and 2025 goals. Enabled innovation and KPI reporting for 2030 and beyond.

• ● Redesigned a more sustainable supply chain with Procurement and a third-party logistics provider, improving quality and reducing cost by $3M annually.

• ● Integrated supplier optimization metrics (with scorecarding) and vendor sourcing strategy within increasingly stringent compliance requirements. Continually increasing vendor requirements while successfully negotiating material costs within high margin target expectations.

• ● Adopted product scoring tools with automated integration into PLM system and creation process.

• ● Led sustainable mass-balance fiber scheme ramp up and vendor training sessions, while participating in global annual member meetings. Results shown by leading the first business unit within Nike Inc. to hit 100% Preferred Cotton.

• ● People management experience: recruited, coached and led a team of up to six. Results driven collaborator with Asia liaison partner office. Managed a large vendor base.

• ● Extensive overseas travel for development and sourcing, trade shows and vendor auditing. Held multiple training sessions and initiative rollouts with overseas supply chains.

• ● Promoted from previous roles with R&D responsibilities across product types: Footwear, Apparel, Accessories, Materials, Packaging.