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JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary

The main purpose of the Sustainability manager is to ensure that resources are managed in a way that does not compromise the environment or deplete the materials for future generations. The sustainability effort is also a key component for our business to meet our customers' requirements and to secure the company position in the long term.

This requires taking a lead role within the area. In leading and monitoring sustainability projects, in delivering sustainable and low energy / low carbon projects, in communicating and ensuring proper reporting.

The role demands an understanding of engineering in relation to reuse, remanufacturing, recycling, energy monitoring & targeting, energy efficiency measures and the effects of carbon emissions and how to reduce them.

Responsibilities

• General
• Behave according to the Company's regulations, principles, and values
• Strive for performance
• Always put safety first and be a role model
• Use and promote the Company's Continuous Improvement principles and technics
• Be an efficient team player working well with all stakeholders (central team, regional team, local team, top management, different functions, sites, suppliers, and local administration…) 
• Travel in the area
• Project
• Drive sustainability projects in the area. Support action plan definitions, implementation tracking and reporting
• Track and follow up data reporting (energy consumption and efficiency, Green House Gas emissions, water consumption, waste management…). 
• Use and Consolidate Knauf standardized reporting KPIs
• Communicate with BUs and plants, ensure proper information sharing
• Support Steerco preparations
• Engage teams in sustainability actions, motivate teams, recognize good performance and support teams facing difficulties
• Build up a long sustainability roadmap for every single entity in the area
• Technical
• In plants but also at the country level, analyze and evaluate energy & CO2 reduction potentials in the plants by periodic audits and assessments
• Support sustainability improvement actions in the area
• Identifying sustainability risks and appropriate mitigation measures and highlighting any opportunities to improve sustainability performance.
• Assist in preparing sustainability technology studies to support investment preparation
• Assist, where necessary, in planning and permitting approval applications.
• Ensure that digital tools implementation will fully support sustainability purposes (KPIs and data well recorded in Knauf systems (RESMA), proper analysis…)
• Support best practice exchange
• Contribute to the Company's Network and exchange with central functions (Production Support, Engineering, R&D)