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Full time
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Gothenburg
Dunstable; Saint-Ouen; Madrid; Mannheim; Munich
Are you an expert in sustainability and ready to shape a greener future for our customers? As the Sustainability Manager, you'll have the opportunity to drive customer collaboration and engagement to support in positioning Tork as a leader in sustainability. Join us in making an impact - apply today!
Essity – a leading global hygiene and health company and the home of brands like Tork, Libero, TENA, Libresse, Sorbact and JOBST is offering an exciting and challenging opportunity for you who want to contribute with your expertise, energy and creativity.
We are looking to hire a Sustainability Manager, within the Professional Hygiene Business Unit, which includes operations in North America and Europe, selling primarily under the Tork brand. Tork is the leading global professional hygiene brand with sales in 110 countries. The Tork brand offers professional hygiene products and solutions to customers ranging from restaurants and healthcare facilities to offices, schools and industries. Products include dispensers, paper towels, toilet tissue, soap, napkins, and industrial and kitchen wipers, as well as intelligent washroom dispensing systems. Through expertise in hygiene, functional design and sustainability, Tork has become a global market leader.
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About the Role
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.