Sarah Power Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Lake Forest, Illinois

• Designed and implemented Grainger’s global product compliance center of excellence model across multiple countries and platforms, consolidating headcount while maintaining team engagement• Built and lead a team responsible for global compliance of Grainger’s portfolio of products and suppliers in North America, Europe, and Asia• Vetted and launched a new partnership with compliance data vendor, increasing speed of new product introduction • Collaborated with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, and the California Energy Commission to provide research and guidance to operations and legal leaders on the impact of regulation changes in North America• Created Grainger’s ethical sourcing team to report to internal and external stakeholders on adherence of suppliers to ethical sourcing guidelines• Rebranded product compliance as product integrity program, implementing a collaborative, enterprise-wide communications strategy• Launched cross-vertical pilot focused on recycling of personal protection equipment, which increased sales on Environmentally Preferable Products

Lake Forest, Illinois

• Designed and implemented Grainger’s global corporate citizenship strategy, enhanced corporate reputation including secured recognition by Barron’s for Grainger as the 8th most sustainable company in the U.S., up from 75th in the year prior• Collaborated with marketing leadership, NASCAR, Richard Childress Racing and the American Red Cross in innovative public relations campaign designed for disaster relief awareness resulting in earned media spots with FOX Sports and over 10M social media impressions• Served as lead on Grainger’s $1M signature philanthropy partnership with the American Red Cross• Provided legal and regulatory research and guidance on all CSR matters including the California Transparency in Supply Chain Act, UK Modern Slavery Act and Companies Act 2006 (Strategic and Directors' Reports) Regulations 2013• Designed Grainger’s supplier stewardship program with pilot and four-year strategy, including implemented supplier communications program that resulted in adjustments to enterprise policy and supplier contracts• Drafted Grainger’s Corporate Social Responsibility Report and internal and external communications strategies, including all C-suite executive communications and mixed media content

Ann Arbor, Mi

• Designed and implemented global corporate citizenship storytelling efforts (team member giving, volunteer programs, and strategic philanthropy) that directly drove engagement of 84,000 teammates • Justified entirety of investment in CSR budget, RFP/sales development, developed dashboards that provided real-time reports to support data needs of department leads• Served as lead for Con-way’s signature philanthropy partnership with Christina’s Smile, providing fundraising that resulted in dental treatment for 1,200 kids in one day• Developed innovative CSR marketing and public relations plan for internal and external audiences; elevating brand recognition and employment brand, attracting and retaining top talent within a multigenerational workforce • Execute strategies of the XPO Foundation, the XPO IMPACTS team member engagement program, and the GRI G4 global sustainability report• Led global transition and implementation of team member engagement programs through XPO’s $8B acquisition of Con-way Inc; collaborated on design of new global giving and engagement program that integrated 5 legacy entities under OneXPO; applied XPO resources to increase community impact of creative campaigns; created EEO-1 and Canadian Equity reports• Represented and communicated on Con-way’s behalf in relation to social impacts; lead internal stakeholders through sensitive issues in corporate citizenship

Greater New York City Area

New York, Ny

Greater New York City Area

J.D.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)