Sustainability Manager

Hollingsworth & Vose - East Walpole, MA

- Mid Level

East Walpole, MA

Textile Mills

About the position

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.

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.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.