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- Sustainability division start-up
- Report line: MD
About Our Client
Retail / Fashion / Sports apparel international player
Job Description
Reporting to the MD, the main responsibilities are:
- Drive the environmental policies' strategy, identifying -together with the operational leadership- production processes improvement to reduce CO2 emissions;
- Ideate and lead the group sustainability strategy across different brands and business units and propose,
- Implement, and lead the sustainability initiatives for global supply chain;
- Monitor industry and supply chain trend and best practices to develop supply chain sustainability strategy across all regions and supply chain activities;
- Oversee the delivery of the sustainability targets related to climate resilience, greenhouse gas emissions, water, waste, responsible sourcing, packaging circular economy, etc. leveraging direct reports and broader supply chain organization;
- Program and implement environmental policies to minimize the impact on the planet also through new business models based on reuse, sharing, repair and recycling;
- Stay informed of current industry-wide regulatory requirements and emerging trends and ensure that company's suppliers are compliant to these requirements; monitor gap closure plans to mitigate shortfalls if needed.
The Successful Applicant
- Master's degree in Engineering, management or similar title. Environmental, sustainability or ESG studies are a plus;
- At least five years of experience in Sustainability or ESG roles;
- Experience in leading, developing and implementing sustainability strategy, ideally within a supply chain context;
- Ability to track and extract insight from complex data sets and experience in GHG emissions, responsible sourcing, circular economy and life cycle analysis;
- Project Management orientation, CSR measurements experience, ISO requirements compliance management experience;
- Experience with sustainability practices, tools, standards, frameworks, certificates, reports;
- Strategic vision of sustainable development at business level, but also at financial, social and globalization\inclusion level;
- Overall vision: inclination to read the bigger picture and moreover detailed aspects.
What's on Offer
Sustainability Leader role in retail international player - Exciting career path - Report line: MD
Contact
Guido Caleca
Quote job ref
JN-012023-5901271
