Sustainability Manager

**Sustainability Manager**

Red Sky Personnel are looking for a Sustainability Manager to join one of the world's leading chemicals manufacturers. This role is based in Tavaux.

**Purpose of the role**

To refine, develop and further improve the company's Sustainability Strategy to gain maximum commercial/environmental and social benefit for the long-term.

**Responsibilities**:

- Refine, develop and further improve the Sustainability and CSR strategy for the company.
- Design and implement a sustainability roadmap regarding KPIs, projects, costs, timings.
- Ensure that all our trade associations are aligned with business needs and overall direction of the company.
- Publish an annual report that demonstrates the achievements of each association and its annual targets.
- Develop and maintain sustainability business models.
- Develop new models responding to circularity and CO2 trends.
- Understand waste and recycling value chain dynamics.
- Develop in house LCA knowledge and capability to calculate LCA for internal process and products in order to prepare for external validation and valorisation.
- In particular lead the ESG reporting and sustainability rating submission (eg: Ecovadis).
- Deliver high quality presentations at external conferences to support the company's leadership in sustainability.
- Lead, coach and develop members of the sustainability team.
- Work closely with the CSR Manager and LCA sustainability Engineer to ensure activities are aligned and compliment one another.

**Experience and Qualifications**:
**Education**
- Undergraduate degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Science or other relevant discipline
- Postgraduate education in technical field would be beneficial
- Significant technical experience within the chemicals industry is required ideally with some time spent within sustainability
- Previous people management experience required

**Technical Skills**
- Strong understanding of the chemistry of all products, manufacturing processes and ecological issues, and the link between them
- Experience of defining, developing and implementing a strategic framework
- Excellent understanding of the various definitions of sustainability and how these can be integrated within a company

**Behavioural skills**
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a wide range of people and offer sound scientific and expert advice to build consensus
- A creative thinker who can identify new ideas for building sustainability practices and add value to the company
- Excellent communicator with high level of competence in delivering external presentations and speaking at public forums

**Salary**: 130,000.00€ - 145,000.00€ per year

Work Location: In person

Expected Start Date: 02/10/2023