Regional Sustainability Lead
Zaandam
pladis
Will you be the new Regional Sustainability Lead at pladis? One of the world's leading snacking companies, with iconic brands like McVitie’s, GODIVA, and Verkade, is looking for a driven professional to lead impactful sustainability initiatives across Europe and emerging markets.
Organisation
pladis is one of the world’s fastest growing snacking companies and home to much loved brands including McVitie’s, GODIVA and Ülker. pladis also owns regional brands Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz, Turtles, BN, Verkade and many more products across sweet and savoury biscuits, wafer, cake, and chocolate.
Formed in 2016, pladis is the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. The expertise of its 16,000-strong global workforce spans 25 factories in 11 countries, and is founded on collaboration, agility and resilience.
pladis people are passionate about collaboration and creation, using consumer insights and trends to fulfil its promise of bringing happiness with every bite. This passion, combined with rapid speed to market, enables the company to bring its products from idea to on-shelf quickly, so they are available for consumers all over the world.
Position
As part of pladis’ strategic sustainability roadmap, Europe and Emerging Markets region (EEM) is looking to grow the team with a Regional Sustainability Lead. This person is responsible for owning and leading each region's sustainability roadmaps, communications and reporting, whilst ensuring it is correctly and timely shared with the global team.
The key responsibilities of this role are:
- Collating, maintaining and managing regional data (and sharing with the global team).
- Influencing and delivering the regional roadmap with senior stakeholders and the global team.
- Growing and developing regional strategies on other areas within sustainability such as waste, sourcing and water.
- Working with regional and global stakeholders to understand reporting obligations.
- Ensuring the right messages and facts are shared for both internal and external communications.
- Working alongside our global partners to maintain a steady rhythm in communications and updates shared.
- Ensuring the sustainability lens is built into all regional capex, sourcing and other decisions.
- Working closely with Regulatory team to map the regulation landscape and communicate clearly any implications to regional & functional leaders in good time.
- Establish suitable gatekeeping measures within the region to ensure sustainability ambition and roadmap is included as primary consideration in all major business decision-making (launches, CapEx investment, manufacturing, etc).
- Work with regional GMs and customers to understand external stakeholder priorities and subsequently include these as a consideration in our roadmap.
Profile
- Minimum 6 years working experience within the sustainability field, ideally within manufacturing industry and/or consulting;
- Up to speed with the CSRD regulatory framework the latest developments;
- Strong analytical, reporting and PM skills;
- Demonstrable experience with managing global stakeholders;
- Excellent communicator and collaborator;
- Positive and resilient mindset.
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Jeroen Hage
Vroom Executive
Laura Bargeman
Vroom Talent