Sarah U.

About Sarah U.

Passionate sustainability manager. I support customers, particularly higher education, with sustainability focused product solutions, data driven insights, and reporting. I lead customer strategy, enable sales teams, and serve as a sustainability spokesperson, while also driving enterprise initiatives including a global sustainability champions network, product donations, and new sustainability reporting capabilities, Previously, I was a sustainability developer at IKEA where I built and lead waste diversion, compliance, product donation, and employee engagement programs at the site level.

Experience

1. Sustainability Manager, North America

   Sysco

   Jul 2024 — Present

   Lead customer sustainability strategy for the higher education segment, supporting sustainability goals through sustainability-focused product offerings, purchasing analysis, reporting support, and data driven recommendations.Serve as sustainability subject matter expert in customer meetings, bids, conferences, and trade show booths, acting as a spokesperson for the company’s sustainability program.Develop and deliver customer and sales enablement, including sustainability resources, webinars, and training for local and national sales teams.Track and analyze customer purchasing and sustainability data to inform insights, recommendations, and customer reporting, including building new reporting capabilities to support frameworks such as AASHE STARS.Lead global sustainability champions network across the enterprise, educating colleague, driving engagement, and translating issues and ideas into actionable solutions.Own enterprise wide product donation efforts, enabling sites to donate unsellable product, establish standardized processes, identify community partners, reduce waste, and lower hauling costs.Manage relationships with two national nonprofit partners and track global good performance across product donations, cash contributions, and employee volunteering worldwide, including building a new global volunteering tracker system.

Education

• Principia College

  BA Triple Major in Sustainability, Environmental Studies, and Global Studies