About Edurne
¡Hi! 👋 I’m Edurne Suárez, an Industrial Engineer specialized in Materials and Technology in the Circular Economy and Sustainability Innovation Ecosystem.
👕 Por the past three years I am working within the Innovation Hub of one of the world’s largest retail companies, collaborating closely with start-ups developing disruptive technologies to build a more sustainable fashion industry. My focus areas include next generation materials, recycling technologies, sustainable processes, traceability and resale platforms and end-of-life and valorization projects.
💡 I also work as an Expert evaluator for different European programs and investment funds, supporting the review and technical assessment of innovative solutions in sustainability, circular economy and deep-tech innovation.
🚀 Throughout my career, I have participated in more than 10 collaborative R&D projects, prototyping and launching new products and services across different industries like agriculture, food, packaging and heavy industry.
How I Can Help You:
✔ Innovation consulting in Sustainability & Circular Economy
✔ Scouting, Deep Dive and Connection
✔ Technical & business due diligence for start-ups and innovations
✔ Corporate sustainability and innovation strategy
✔ Market and competition analysis, Feasibility study, Business Model
✔ Early-stage business planning and funding
✔ EU proposal preparation support
✔ Start-ups Mentoring
✔ Workshops/ Training organization
Spanish
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Galician
Native or bilingual
Basque
Basic
Can work on-site
A Coruña (up to 50km), Santiago de Compostela (up to 10km), Vigo (up to 10km)
Experience
- InditexCoordinadora de proyectos en Sustainability Innovation Hub InditexRAW MATERIALS INDUSTRYJanuary 2023 - Today (3 years and 5 months)La Coruña, Spain
- Start-ups and innovations scouting, early impact assessment, deep dive analysis and piloting.
- Deployment of the Acceleration & Scaling program for the promising solutions.
- Next gen fiber plan 2030 Corporate Sustainability
- Fiber and supply chain validation for material integration.
- Due diligences preparation for investments and offtakes opportunities coordinating with financial team to assess scalability and product-market fit.
- Life cycle analysis commissioning and review.
- Pillars: Next Generation Materials, Recycling technologies, Dyeing and Manufacturing Processes, End-of-Life, Traceability, Use- phase.
- AIMEN Centro tecnológicoProject Manager and Circular Economy ResearcherRESEARCHNovember 2019 - October 2022 (2 years and 11 months)Vigo, SpainResponsible for overall coordination, implementation, reporting and quality assurance of R&D&i projects.Leadership of internal technical teams and products development and consortium partners.Proposal conceptualization and writing (H2020, Horizon Europe).Main sectors: Manufacturing Industry, I4.0 technologies, Digitalization, Circular Economy, Additive Manufacturing.Published scientific papers:- 𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒔𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒔.- 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝑻𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒔 - 𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒍 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒍
- IRIS TECHNOLOGY GROUPProject & Innovation ManagerMECHANICAL ENGINEERINGOctober 2018 - October 2019 (1 year and 1 month)Barcelona, SpainResponsible for overall coordination, reporting and quality assurance of R&D projects related to the Digital Transformation, Monitoring and Circular Economy Technology solutions application.Management and participation in the development of technological solutions for monitoring processes and digital products following the SCRUM methodology.Examples:- 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘌𝘉𝘖𝘟 - 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘰𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘪ó𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘴.- 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘎𝘙𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘟 - 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘤𝘪ó𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴.Working closely with the European Commission, partner organisations, providing a communication link between all collaborating organisations, stakeholders and end-users.Definition and preparation of strategic roadmaps, exploitation and dissemination plans, economic-technical feasibility studies, market and competitor studies, data and risk management plans.Proposal development and writing (H2020)Main areas: ICT & Digitisation, Applied Photonics and Circular & Bio-Economy for Industry 4.0 and Agricultural and Food Industry.Event organization (𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴: //𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩.𝘣𝘦/𝘩2020-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘢-𝘰𝘯-𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭-𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘴), Workshops and European consortium meetings preparation.Writing articles for magazines and blogs.𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑼𝒍𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈: 𝑬𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
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Education
- Engineering Design for a Circular EconomyTU Delft2020Descubrir y desarrollar métodos de ingeniería y diseño sostenibles para mejorar la reutilización, reparación, refabricación y reciclaje de productos para una economía circular.
- Programa Superior en Industria 4.0ASIME2020Capacitar a las personas seleccionadas en una de las tecnologías más demandadas en el mercado laboral y garantizar la incorporación a este con funciones asociadas a las TIC y a la Economía Digital. Conocer técnicas de project management basadas en las principales metodologías de gestión y utilizar las herramientas correspondientes a dichas metodologías.
Certifications
- SCRUM ManagerVITAE2021
- Circular Economy FacilitatorChange Makers2022