Gail Tavill
Sustainability & Zero Waste Advocate
- Role
- Chief Sustainability Officer at OSI Group
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Gail Tavill
Accomplished and agile business partner and culture creator with a broad range of demonstrated leadership skills in diverse aspects of food systems, R&D, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability. Adept in building comprehensive business strategies while creating and driving sustainability initiatives. Extensive thought leadership in CSR, circularity and sustainability, particularly related to product & package design, food waste, public policy, and external issue management. Passionate advocate of waste reduction and avoidance with established industry credibility. Leaning into small business ownership through franchising.Specialties: Strategy development, food industry R&D in product development, process and package engineering, nutrition, sustainable food systems, cost efficiency and waste minimization, food waste issues, cross-sector and industry collaboration.
Experience
Chief Sustainability Officer
Sep 2022 — Present · Aurora, IL, US
Education
Michigan State University
BS, Packaging
Illinois Institute of Technology
MS, Environmental Management
Skills
- Food Processing
- Sustainability
- Supply Chain Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Food Industry
- Customer Insight
- Lean Manufacturing
- Food
- Packaging Design
- Food Science
- Brand Development
- Sustainable Development
- Product Innovation
- Consumer Products
- Product Development
- Shopper Marketing
- Packaging Engineering
- R&D
- Plastics
- Supply Chain
- Manufacturing
- Fmcg
- Product Design
- Commercialization
- Sustainable Packaging
- Haccp
- New Business Development
- Brand Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Packaging
- Ingredients
- Continuous Improvement
- Food Packaging
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