Sarah Downey is an Associate R&D Manager at Blue Buffalo, where leadership of the R&D Holistic Margin Management team involves cross-functional collaboration to identify non-value added costs and implement cost savings projects to enhance P&L optimization. Previous experience includes serving as a Senior Research and Development Engineer at Blue Buffalo, focusing on margin management strategies and consumer value. Sarah's background features roles at Cereal Partners Worldwide as an R&D Engineer for new product development, General Mills as an R&D Engineer specializing in cereals, and academic research as an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, where projects included oil dispersant research. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.