Global Director of Sustainability Chiswick, England
pladis
Full Time
Chiswick, England
10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description
Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.
As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.
To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact
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ROLE PURPOSE
This role can drive a step change in pladis’ approach to Sustainability and ESG. More than an implementer, the role holder needs to set the strategic direction of our sustainability and ESG programme and then create, and deliver, the associated programme.
Through engagement with senior internal external stakeholders the role has the opportunity to create a culture of sustainability within pladis whilst simultaneously increase the depth and visibility of pladis’ performance in the sustainability area.
The incumbent must have a clear passion in this area and have an ability to engage, influence and motivate our key stakeholders, both internal and external, on our ambitious sustainability journey.
Key to the role is bringing the ‘outside in’; understanding external best practice and how it can be operationalised within pladis.
KEY DELIVERABLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Build and drivethe Sustainability strategy for pladis globally
- Turn pladis into an environmentally responsible business e.g., from HQ through to all our operations
- Partner with the Corporate Affairs and Communications team to build a clear Communications strategy for the agenda
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Through direction and collaboration work with the Business Regions build plans that can bring the strategy to life
- With support from the Technical Workstream leaders, create and deploy pladis’ sustainability road maps in the areas of sourcing (palm oil, cocoa, wheat) plastic packaging and decarbonisation.
- Ensure that pladis regions deploy their 2022/2025 local sustainability roadmaps meet specific requirements coming from regulators, customers, or past commitments. This means ensuring that proper governance and that there are regular update/review of progress presented to local senior management teams (including MDs).
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Embed a culture of sustainability thinking across pladis, at all levels
- Educate and engage colleagues across pladis on the strategic importance of sustainability e.g. on innovation and manufacturing measures (greenhouse gases, effluent, water usage etc)
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Effectively identify and engage with selected global stakeholders to increase the visibility of pladis’ performance in the sustainability area:
- Work with pladis’ key global stakeholders (e.g. Consumer Goods Forum, World Economic Forum, Mighty Earth and Be Slavery Free for Easter Chocolate scorecard, WWF for palm oil buyer scorecard)
- Lead global sustainability partnerships with the Earthworm Foundation and the Carbon Trust.
- Share pladis’ sustainability approach with Yildiz Holding and eventually sister companies (e.g. GODIVA) to ensure consistent approaches.
SCOPE
- Company-wide across all geographies
KEY INTERFACES
Internal:
- The pladis Leadership Team (pLT)
- Regional Managing Directors and their leadership Teams
- Supply Chain Leadership Team
- Human Resources (employee networks)
- Corporate affairs & Communications
External
- NGO management (e.g. Consumer Goods Forum, World Economic Forum, Mighty Earth and Be Slavery Free for Easter Chocolate scorecard, WWF for palm oil buyer scorecard)
- Sustainability partnerships (e.g. The Earthworm Foundation and the Carbon Trust)
- Building external reporting and PR
- Yildiz Holdings (parent company)
CANDIDATE PROFILE
- A passion for sustainability / ESG combined with leadership and ability to drive change within an organisation.
- University degree
- Background in food and drink preferred, in functions which are key to deliver a sustainability agenda (e.g. SQSE, procurement, supply chain, R&D, marketing).
- Not necessarily a long term career ESG / sustainability; but a need know, and talk, business is essential as is the understanding of environmental issues
- International experience with competence in interacting with people of different backgrounds and culture.
- An ability to think ‘big’, working with the big picture rather than following an incremental step approach
- Ability to quickly understand technical issues and to translate them into concepts easily understandable for a broad audience of non-expert people.
- Resilience.
- Autonomy.
- Collaborative spirit.
- Outstanding communication skills.
pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.
We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.
We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.
We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.
pladis
www.pladisglobal.com
Chiswick, United Kingdom
Salman Amin
Unknown / Non-Applicable
10000+ Employees
Company - Public
Food & Beverage Manufacturing
2016
