MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS POSITION Sustainability Specialist is to support sustainability department to manage sustainability projects/initiatives, covering pillars of sustainability new initiatives’ feasibility study, environment responsibility, decarbonization journey, circular economy, CSR etc., for continuous sustainability improvement and delivery.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS POSITION This position is to support, and assist fulfilling the sustainability strategy and roadmap and the interface between internal stakeholders (different functions) and external vendors/ partners to plan, coordinate and track projects and deliver the expected results. Main responsibilities are to: 1. Corporate Carbon Accounting Responsible for annual carbon footprint assessment for China’s scope from data collection, auditing, validation, to analysis and reporting by cross-functional and multi-brand collaboration Participate in the development of carbon digital platform project as Carbon Specialist, and in charge of its functional operation & maintenance Develop decarbonization roadmap and action plan as per Group’s targets Conduct regular reviews with Sustainability Leads at brand HQ, division, and group level 2. Sustainability Project Operation Coordinate with line manager to design annually sustainability action plan and project execution plan, develop the new initiatives on sustainability Follow up the sustainability project of NGO partnership, enterprise cooperation and other sustainability internal collaboration Initiate, plan, execute, monitor, and control, communication facilitating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure sustainability project progress Develop and maintain project documentation such as schedules, issue trackers, status updates, and vendor deliverables Identify workstreams and milestones required from cross-functional team members and ensure they are appropriately prioritized Collaborate across teams to ensure proper prioritization of individual contributors with reasonable deadlines Vendor management and contract process management 3. Newsletter and sustainability best practice monitoring Develop the monthly sustainability newsletter Monitor the sustainability best practice in China Market and report weekly Collect and document the Laws Regulations related to sustainability 4. Innovation Develop sustainable activities and projects based on China's social hot spots, national policies and consumer perceptions, and coordinate vendors to design sustainable projects based on our needs Design carbon neutral projects according to carbon footprint reduction plan and different scenarios Design sustainable activities in line with different brands 5. Coordination and Solution Provider To deeply involve in Supply Chain and business operation and understand short/mid/long term strategy, from where dig out sustainability project opportunities and drive solution
MAIN KPIs OF THIS POSITION Sustainability Project/ Initiative/ Activity Delivery
PRINCIPAL COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND BACKGROUND 3+ years sustainability or Carbon consulting/ operation experience Bachelor or above in Business administration, sustainable operation, environmental studies, social responsibility, or carbon calculation related work experiences Strong interpersonal and communications skills Self-starter with ability to work independently and proactively under pressure Fluent in English and French language would be a plus Proficient in Power Point, Excel
KEY CONTACTS AND RELATIONS Internal:Marketing / PR / Supply Chain / Sales / merchandizing etc. External:Key clients