Maureen Desanzo
Corporate Sustainability | Sustainable Sourcing | Sustainable Technology and R&D | Creating value by integrating sustainability across the enterprise| Leading change to ensure a sustainable future
- Role
- Director, Sustainable Sourcing at Nestlé
- Location
- Akron, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Maureen Desanzo
I am a strategic global sustainability leader with 25+ years of experience creating value by integrating sustainability across the enterprise and ensuring a sustainable future.As a collaborative, cross-functional business partner, I drive change by embedding sustainability into governance, strategy, and processes, thereby facilitating value creation.Throughout my career, I have functioned as a strategic thought leader who challenges organizations to look at sustainability through a wider lens, across operations, products, and supply chain, and embracing circular innovation in R&D and product development. Operationally, I improve productivity by automating and streamlining processes and driving continuous improvement.As a supportive servant leader, I build high-performance teams and develop employees to achieve goals. I advise other teams and leaders in problem solving, identifying connections, building capabilities, and developing solutions.Words used to describe me include strong business acumen, change agent, adaptable, systems thinker, future-oriented, circular mindset, and self-directed.Key Competencies: Corporate Sustainability: ESG Governance | Climate Strategy – Net Zero Emissions | ESG disclosure | Life Cycle Assessments | Circular Innovation | Environmental Remediation | Product Stewardship | Climate Adaptation & Resiliency | Nature and Biodiversity | Corporate Social Responsibility | Goal Setting | Roadmaps | TCFD | CDP Operations: Strategic Sourcing | Product Development | Supplier Development | Continuous Improvement | Complexity Reduction | Negotiations | Contract Management | KPIs & Reporting | Dashboards | Policy Development | Regulatory Affairs | Business Continuity Global Leadership: Collaboration | Change Management | Integration | Strategic Planning | Relationship Building | Decision Making | Problem Solving | Stakeholder Engagement | Project & Program Management | Thought Leadership | Facilitation | Influencing | Needs Analysis | Remote Team Leader
Experience
Director, Sustainable Sourcing
Oct 2025 — Present · US
Education
MIT Sloan School of Management
Executive Education
Goodyear Learning & Development
Continues Education
Ohio University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemical Engineering
Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
Executive Education
United Nations Global Compact
Human Rights Business Accelerator
Skills
- Supply Chain Management
- Automotive
- Manufacturing
- Process Engineering
- Six Sigma
- Root Cause Analysis
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Global Sourcing
- Lean Manufacturing
- R&D
- 5s
- Kaizen
- Fmea
- Continuous Improvement
- Product Development
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