SUMMARY:
The Sustainability Manager will work cross-functionally, to influence, implement and advise strategic sustainability initiatives to support Hollingsworth & Vose's (H&V) environmental, social and governance efforts across three pillars: People, Planet and Performance.
The role is designed for a sustainability “generalist” with familiarity and experience at executing programs across multiple sustainability topics and will engage with employees at multiple levels of the organization.
As a member of the Global Environmental team, this position will directly report to the Global Director of Environment, but will have critical interface with HR, Health & Safety, Procurement, Engineering and Operations teams. Initial focus will be on minimizing H&V's environmental impact through waste, water, and energy reduction, in addition to a long-term strategy for procurement of renewable energies and engagement of suppliers.
The position will be located in H&V's corporate office located in East Walpole, MA.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Drive environmental, social and governance initiatives to meet H&V's sustainability goals.
- Lead and facilitate the Global Sustainability Ambassador network to ensure engagement and collaboration through various functions at H&V
- Management and validation of environmental, social and governance global data.
- Act as Project Manager in drafting Annual Sustainability Report
- Act as Subject Matter Expert for sustainable and responsible procurement, facilities sustainability, and renewable energy among other topics.
- Facilitate life cycle analysis / carbon footprint studies for H&V's extensive product offerings. Partner with both product development teams and customers in minimizing in these effors.
- Support development of key relationships in our supply chain to help identify pathways of ESG improvement.
- Manage customer sustainability surveys and questionnaires.
- Work with site operational leaders in the implementation of water / energy / waste reduction projects.
- Provide expertise on benchmarking, share industry best practices and standards, and consumer expectations to ensure goals and initiatives are aligned to business value.
- Drive the business to move from ambition to execution by finding opportunities to integrate sustainability into processes, programs and decision making.
- Other related duties as assigned or required.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree in Environment, Engineering, Sustainability or related scientific/technical field from an accredited college or university
- 5-10 years of sustainability experience for an industrial organization
- Strong knowledge of SDG reporting protocols, including Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
- Experience leading sustainability projects and facilitating global networks.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Computer skills including MS Office, database inquiries and ability to learn new software.
- Demonstrated success building positive relationships with vendors, contractors, and employees at all levels of the organization.
- Strong ability to network, self-starter, ability to take initiative, excellent project management skills.
- Strong attention to detail, good conflict management skills
- Ability to strategically multi-task while also being clear and focused on execution.
- Ability to communicate difficult concepts with a focus on simplicity to garner support and agreement from others.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND ENVIRONMENT:
- Normal office environment much of the time but will require working around large equipment in an industrial setting both indoors and outdoors.
- Must be able to wear personal protective equipment such as ear plugs, safety glasses, safety shoes and respiratory protection.
- Must be able to walk and stand on concrete floors for considerable periods of time, climb stairs, cross platforms and traverse uneven ground outdoors.
- Minimal travel as required by business needs (