Student Team:
Jiawen Qi – BBA/MSCM
Kiersten Koning – MSE Industrial and Operations Engineering
Project Sponsors:
Michael Zambito – Champion, Vice President of Sourcing at L’Oréal
Rupak Doctor – Supervisor, Environmental Sourcing Manager at L’Oréal
Faculty Advisors:
Damian Bell – Ross School of Business
Sridar Lakshmanan – College of Engineering
In support of L’Oréal for the Future sustainability commitments, the Tauber team will partner with L’Oréal North America Sourcing to support their supplier decarbonization strategy. The team will create a decarbonization benchmark, build and monitor a supplier maturity scale, and design an automated assessment tool to bring sustainability to the forefront of sourcing decisions. The team will leverage industry research, supplier communications and analyses, and assessment automation to provide actionable recommendations and tools to strengthen sustainable sourcing initiatives.
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