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Kathryn Ferreira

Product & Materials Sustainability

€650/day
1 project
Andover, US
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Kathryn

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Andover (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Fanatics, Inc.
    Senior Sustainability Manager, Product
    November 2022 - January 2026 (3 years and 2 months)
    • ● 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.
  • Converse
    Senior Materials Manager/Apparel Sustainability Lead
    November 2005 - November 2022 (17 years)
    • ● 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.

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Education

  • Certificate; Accelerated Management Program
    Yale School of Management Executive
  • Master of Arts
    Goddard College
    Sustainable Business and Communities

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