Sustainability Manager

Essity; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Essity is seeking a Sustainability Manager to enhance customer engagement regarding sustainability in line with their professional hygiene strategy. This role involves leading regional sustainability efforts, improving tools for customer collaborations, and providing expert advisory on sustainability communications. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of relevant experience and excellent communication skills, thriving in an international environment.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in a sustainability role, ideally from a product perspective or consultancy.
• Experience in sustainability communication, product sustainability assessments, and corporate reporting.
• Familiarity with Science Based Targets and sustainable sourcing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive and coordinate customer engagement around sustainability.
• Improve tools to support customer collaboration on sustainability topics.
• Lead sustainability training and competence development.

Skills

Excellent communication

Customer driven

Self-motivated

Education

University Degree or equivalent

Job description

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As a Sustainability Manager, you will drive and coordinate customer engagement around sustainability from a product and service perspective, aligned with global Professional Hygiene sustainability strategy and roadmaps. You will also collaborate with other Professional Hygiene sustainability roles and Essity global sustainability functions to leverage initiatives and secure alignment across categories and business units.

You will report to the Senior Sustainability Manager and be situated within the Product Management team. The role does carry the need for periodic travel (10-20% per year).

What You Will Do

Improve and implement way of working and tools to support customer collaboration and tenders around sustainability topics. This includes e.g., managing tools for product carbon footprint and other product sustainability information to meet customer needs.

Coordinate and coach a network of regional sustainability ambassadors in the Professional Hygiene sales & marketing organization.

Support with expert advisory in sustainability dialogue with strategic customers.

Provide input on content for sustainability communication and events targeted to customers.

Collect input of regional & local sustainability requirements and needs from regional sustainability ambassadors, to support prioritization of activities.

Lead sustainability training and competence development for regional sustainability ambassadors.

Who You Are

To be successful in the role you are an excellent communicator with the capability to convey knowledge and information to your colleagues and drive business results within your area. You are costumer driven and thrive in an international setting with stakeholders at different levels within the organization. Since you will work self-efficient and independent in the role, we believe you are self-motivated with a strong internal drive.

University Degree or equivalent.

At least 5 years of working experience in a sustainability role, ideally from a product perspective and/or from consultancy.

Experience in sustainability communication, product sustainability assessments and corporate reporting, e.g., Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Greenhouse gas protocol, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.

Experience in working with Science Based Targets and sustainable sourcing is consider a plus.

Experience working in a matrix organization is an advantage.

Application

Interested? Please send your application in English . If you are up for the challenge and think this sounds like you, apply online today! Kindly note that due to GDPR we will not accept applications via mail. As we will be making ongoing selections, interviews might start before the application deadline. Please use the link to apply via our career site. We may conduct background checks in the final stages of the recruitment process to verify your qualifications and fit for the role.

Together, we are improving lives, every day.

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.