KEY Accountabilities:
- Joint decarbonization roadmap development with key suppliers within a specific material or ingredient portfolio, leading to reductions in GHG emissions aligned with UL targets:
- Jointly and collaboratively identify quantified and costed decarbonization plans for priority materials, that is cognizant of R&D and Sourcing strategies, Supplier Strategies and disruptive innovations.
- Drive co-financing of the reductions where required, in partnership with the Climate & Nature Fund team and partners.
- Establish and maintain a cadence for reviewing performance and progress against the plan; follow up on specific actions to ensure that the overall goals are delivered.
- Contribute to the communications plan for updating stakeholders on progress.
- Supplier engagement and procurement capability-building.
- Support buyers in establishing a climate dialogue with climate-priority suppliers, basis the decarbonization plans and Supplier Climate Programme.
- Empowering and guiding procurement teams through the supplier engagement framework on Climate and building climate capabilities within procurement.
- End-to-end Buying processes and integration of Climate into that.
- Provide advisory on the options for integration of climate clauses into contracting terms & conditions and commercial levers to activate with suppliers.
- Practitioners’ knowledge of the end-to-end buying process between buyers and suppliers, and contractual / policy frameworks.
Professional & Technical Skills:
ESSENTIAL
- Strong analytical, data and information management skills.
- Project management: disciplined planning, execution, follow up, attention to detail.
- Exceptional communication and engagement skills.
- External orientation, market awareness and insights, curiosity oriented to the climate topic.
- Climate expertise including lifecycle assessment methodologies.
- Procurement process knowledge including practitioners’ knowledge on how to embed sustainability into procurement strategy.
Preferable
- A deep understanding of climate mitigation technologies and carbon accounting methodologies for FLAG and Chemical sectors, including developments thereof.
Experience Required:
ESSENTIAL
- Bachelor’s degree in economics, environmental science, engineering, sustainability, climate studies, or a related field. Master’s degree is preferred.
- 6-8 years of relevant work experience in procurement, climate, sustainability or related fields.
- Delivering outcomes that contribute to a sustainable business, through x-functional teams
- Engaging with and influencing others – both internal and external resources – for meaningful outcomes.
- Program / project management skills: delivering an agreed program of work in time, on budget and including stakeholder management / communication.
- Track record of working interdependently and delivering within x functional teams.