Sustainability Manager - NPP AOA

A DAY IN THE LIFE…

• GOVERNANCE AND STRATEGY DELIVERY - Own the regional sustainability strategy and governance, aligning critical functions and markets around a common agenda
• Drive end to end collaboration across functions, ensuring efficient governance across entities and teams
• Orchestrate projects across category, keeping delivery on time, on cost and on quality
• Embed GHG and carbon considerations into the way of working, notably within Idea to Launch (I2L) framework, so climate impact gets assessed at each development stage

SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT DELIVERY & PERFORMANCE

• Align annual ESG targets with Zone and secure delivery against these, particularly for packaging circularity (D4R, VPR), climate, and regenerative agriculture
• Oversee project benefits and compliant reporting through Service Now, GPS and SHE-PM
• Challenge assumptions and secure the long-term project pipeline
• Escalate issues to the right stakeholder and lead resolution

RISK, COMPLIANCE & NON-FINANCIAL REPORTING SUPPORT

• Support external disclosure for Group and local markets, aligning with Centre, Legal and Regulatory teams
• Respond to local customer disclosure requests in coordination with Centre, NiM Legal and Regulatory
• Develop the regional climate risk and opportunity assessment, integrating adaptation and resilience into operations and sourcing

DATA MANAGEMENT & CARBON FOOTPRINT ACCURACY

• Build and maintain the NPP AOA ingredient emission factors database, aligned with GPS and reflected in the formulation tool, for accurate and compliant formula carbon footprint calculations
• Lead the transition from secondary to primary data, ensuring scientific validity and identifying the size of the opportunity
• Maintain a single source of truth across data sets and ESG tracking/reporting systems avoiding double entry or misalignment

COMMUNICATION & VALORIZATION

• Collaborate with marketing on valorization, providing facts and tangible data for them to craft communications and secure brand equity.
• Review brand claims, communications approvals and digital website content, ensuring every statement carries scientific evidence and proof points, in collaboration with legal and regulatory.

CAPABILITY BUILDING

• Build sustainability capability across NPP AOA markets through strong onboarding, continuous training, and one to one support
• Integrate sustainability content into NPP AOA digital learning solutions for newcomers (in collaboration with education & training lead)
• Act as SPOC for training from Climate Hub on tools, regulations, and related topics

ARE YOU A FIT?

• Master's degree in environmental science, agronomy, carbon accounting or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in sustainability, carbon accounting or environmental management, ideally within an industrial or FMCG setting.
• Strong understanding of GHG accounting methodologies (Scope 1, 2 and 3) and life cycle assessment tools.
• Experience managing emission factors databases and primary data collection for carbon footprint calculations.
• Familiarity with regenerative agriculture, packaging circularity and biodiversity frameworks.
• Track record of cross functional collaboration with factories, application groups, marketing, legal, regulatory and category teams.
• Comfortable navigating a matrixed, multi-market organisation and engaging stakeholders across cultures.