Net Zero Specialist

At World Fuel Services, our employees are the key to our global success. We are industry leaders due to the innumerable talents of our approximately 5000 strong professional team. Our people thrive in an entrepreneurial and culturally-diverse environment, where innovative thinking, collaboration and efficient execution are highly valued. Our high-performance culture is what allows us to drive sustained growth. Stronger together, we promote an environment where individuals can thrive.

The Net Zero Specialist is responsible for carbon reduction strategies to global and national clients on sustainability topics. The role will be fully accountable for the development and overall management of proposals on carbon reduction strategies, climate mitigation solutions, and for the implementation of projects. The Net Zero Specialist will supervise project teams to ensure quality, consistency, and coherence, and provide support to ensure efficient processes and timely delivery. In addition, the role will lead the development of new products and solutions that can help our clients address their sustainability challenges.

Topics of engagement may include carbon reduction strategies and workshops, GHG accounting and disclosure, corporate risk and opportunity assessments, Science Based Targets (SBTs), climate change mitigation and planning, energy efficiency measures, Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), renewable energy solution strategy, carbon management and insetting/offsetting, corporate strategy implementation and monitoring, etc.

Primary Responsibilities
- Management_
- Plan and implement strategies to ensure the most efficient and highest-quality implementation
- Manage and supervise consulting assignments throughout their entire project cycle: initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure
- Work across the global sustainability organization to help build understanding across geographies and product and service categories
- Use WFS internal capabilities (e.g., HR, IT, analytical resources) to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of team operations
- Commercial_
- Develop proposals with our commercial team and regularly generate own leads, actively contributing to the business development activities of the company
- Provide guidance in the development of proposals on carbon reduction strategies and implementation of consulting projects, as well as lead their review
- Understand the full scope of sustainability and WFS products and services
- Interact and build relationships with our international and regional clients and manage the timely delivery of assignments
- Plan and execute training across all segments to effectively leverage the WFS client base and cross-segment opportunities: Land, Aviation and Marine
- Grow customer and prospect awareness of products and services, grow perception of World Kinect as though leaders through delivery of customer-facing webinars and training, earned media, participation and speaking at conferences and industry events
- Strategy Development_
- Work with the broader global sustainability management team to review Sustainability Consulting and Services strategy across markets, regions that will meet growth and revenue goals
- Identify and prioritize market segments and geographies that have the greatest growth and revenue potential
- Develops and maintains relationships with services and consulting industry that enable us to leverage growth potential through partnerships and other cooperative alliances
- Identify and help to evaluate industry acquisition targets that support or are complementary to the Sustainability Consulting and Services strategy and have the potential to expand geographic reach and accelerate growth and revenue generation
- Product & Service Development_
- Refine and maintain existing Sustainability Consulting and Services offerings to ensure they are up-to-date and competitive in the market.
- Develop new products and services to take advantage of new business models or opportunities created by changes in regulatory, incentive or market structures
- Diversify strategies across different revenue models to maximize revenue potential. Potential structures could include success-based, brokerage, revenue sharing, and partnerships/finder’s fees, spread margins
- Maintain knowledge of Sustainability Consulting and Services markets, growth of new and emerging markets to identify new product and service opportunities.
- Financial_
- Work with Sustainability management to define annual revenue goals, interim quarterly targets and key performance indicators
- Monitor and report on performance with respect to annual revenue goals

Additional Responsibilities

The incumbent must be able to communicate effectively, build relationships and work closely with internal and external stakeholders including clients, third-party vendors, and peers across the World Kinect Energy Services global team. Must be comfor