Global Sustainability Compliance Specialist

Sonoco; Paris; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonoco is seeking a sustainability-focused professional to help execute its global packaging strategy and manage regulatory requirements across multiple regions. The role involves reviewing PPWR, EPR, CSRD, EUDR/CSDDD, and coordinating implementation with internal stakeholders.

You will analyze market and customer insights to drive sustainable product development that aligns with legal, market, and corporate goals, while engaging with global associations and leading continuous improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with sustainability background.
• 2–4 years of sustainability or regulatory compliance experience in packaging.
• Ability to analyze information including legislation and standards.
• Strong communication of findings internally and externally.
• Aptitude to develop novel concepts and solutions.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships globally.
• Strong internal networking to gain support for objectives.
• Ability to mediate between technical, commercial and sustainability needs.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of Sonoco's global sustainable packaging strategy and regulatory needs.
• Review global legal requirements focusing on PPWR, EPR, CSRD, EUDR, CSDDD and EmpCo, coordinating with internal stakeholders.
• Collect and analyze market and customer insights to support sustainable product development meeting legal, market, and corporate goals.
• Handle customer requests and optimize documentation and feedback processes using modern IT tools.
• Represent Sonoco in packaging industry associations and contribute to focus areas.
• Assist in organizing internal guidelines, webinars, trainings, newsletters.
• Support trials and recyclability investigations on lab or industrial scale globally.
• Coordinate SEDEX/SMETA activities globally.
• Identify and implement continuous improvements.

Skills

Sustainability

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication

Networking

Mediation

Education

Bachelor's in Sustainability

Job description

What You'll Be Doing

• Support the execution of Sonoco’s global sustainable packaging strategy and business unit-level regulatory needs
• Review global legal requirements, with a special focus on packaging design (PPWR), extended producer responsibility (EPR), reporting (CSRD), supply chains (EUDR, CSDDD) and external communication (EmpCo), and coordinate implementation in collaboration with internal stakeholders
• Collect and analyze market and customer insights to collaborate with business units developing sustainable products which meet legal requirements, market expectation and corporate goals
• Handle customer requests and optimize documentation and feedback processes using modern IT tools
• Represent Sonoco in selected associations of the packaging industry; monitor of and contribute to the relevant focus areas
• Support with the organization of internal guidelines, webinars, trainings, newsletters
• Support trials and recyclability investigations on lab or industrial scale globally
• Support with the global coordination of SEDEX / SMETA activities in Sonoco
• Identify and implement continuous improvements

This is an onsite position located in Hockenheim, Germany or Paris, France .

We'd Love To Hear From You If

• Willingness to travel (10%)
• BS or BA degree with a background of sustainability
• 2 to 4 years of experience with sustainability and/or regulatory compliance principles, preferably in the context of packaging
• Interest to identify and analyze information, including legislation and industry standards
• Ability to effectively communicate findings and key issues both internally and externally
• Aptitude to support the development of novel concepts and solutions
• Ability to build collaborative relationships globally
• Ability to effectively network internally to gain support in achieving objectives
• Ability to mediate between technical, commercial and sustainability requirements