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Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Ludwigshafen, De

Ludwigshafen, De

• Developed concepts to extract value from premium sustainability services, resulting in over €2 million in consolidated margin in first 6 months• Led-cross functional project team, including third party certification at multiple manufacturing sites (ISCC PLUS), marketing, communication, training, and customer engagement, to launch the plastic industry’s first mass balance certified antioxidants, with a reduced product carbon footprint of 60%

Ludwigshafen, De

• Developed and led division-wide employee engagement and training on sustainability topics, with the goal of enabling customers facing colleagues to feel comfortable and confident when discussing related topics with customers, including, but not limited to, climate-based targets, circular economy, and health & safety.• Organized workshops with manufacturing sites to inform colleagues on corporate and divisional sustainability topics, assess where the sites are today with regard to sustainability, and to develop a bottom-up roadmap for future opportunities and activities. • Developed and co-led global marketing, communication, and sustainability initiatives under the VALERAS® branding – including products with quantifiable sustainability benefits, a new product line to improve the mechanical recycling of plastics, product stewardship and regulatory services, and cradle-to-gate product carbon footprint reports based on primary data• Experienced in customer engagement and presenting at large public settings, such as to industry associations, and at conferences and trade shows.

Ludwigshafen, De

• Established framework for evaluating customer sustainability reports and related documentation in order to identify customer sustainability needs, industry sustainability trends, and potential action areas for BASF to engage with customers on sustainability• Actively supported North American business units and strategic customer networks to advise on customer sustainability strategies, industry sustainability trends, and the relationship to BASF’s sustainable product offering and corporate sustainability initiatives • Led and organized numerous cross-divisional, cross-business, and cross-functional sustainability engagements with the customers• Organized and led customer trials in North America using certified circular raw materials imported from BASF’s European production sites• Led preliminary investigation and pre-commercial efforts to bring chemical recycling projects to North America utilizing BASF’s pre-existing NA production assets and a local supply of plastic waste derived pyrolysis oil• Experienced in presenting to executive leadership internally and externally

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

• Rotate every 3 to 8 months to learn and experience the product development cycle from multiple aspects of the business• Completed Rotations: Program Management, Product Planning, Sustainability & Emerging Materials Research, Product Launch, and Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) Research• Responsible for the build of media & marketing vehicles, business case development for material cost & investment reduction, and management of documentation that governs the usable color and material of all interior and exterior vehicle components.• Responsible for planning future commercial vehicles to meet fuel economy and emissions regulations though competitor analysis, vehicle content studies, and business case development.• Responsible for research and development of sustainable materials to reduce vehicle weight and increase renewable & recycled content.• Responsible for product launch of second row seats in the 2018 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator. (Louisville, KY)• Responsible for materials development and evaluation for additive manufacturing (3D printing) technologies compared to traditional manufacturing processes.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Internship 2 of 2: Responsible for research and development of next generation aluminum and magnesium alloys to reduce vehicle weight.

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Internship 1 of 2: Responsible for research and development of next generation aluminum and magnesium alloys to reduce vehicle weight.