Job Title
Sustainability Manager Circular Economy
Job Description
Philips Group Sustainability has an opening for Sustainability Professional Circular Economy and EcoDesign.
Join our world-class sustainability team where you can put your strategic business insights, your sustainability knowledge and your problem-solving skills to use. You will help the Philips businesses to drive the transformation of Philips towards a more sustainable world. Can you bring together your passion for sustainable development with the ability to listen to and support your stakeholders across Philips?
At Philips, we have a strong purpose. We seek to improve the lives of 2.5 billion people a year by 2030. We do so by focusing on value-based healthcare, providing access to care to underserved communities, and minimizing our environmental impact with our sustainability programs including Circular Economy, EcoDesign, Climate Action, Natural Capital, and Supplier Sustainability. Philips is a clear front-runner in these areas, which is increasingly recognized by investors, customers, supply chain partners, and talents seeking to work with us.
We have strong ambitions in Circular Economy and EcoDesign. By the end of 2025, we want to attribute 25% of our revenue to circular products and services, design all new products with circularity in mind, extend circular practices across our sites, and close the loop on our medical equipment. Also by 2025, 100% of our innovations (‘new product introductions’) should adhere to our EcoDesign requirements. We seek a sustainability professional to support these transitions within Philips. As a key player in the Circular Economy and EcoDesign programs, you will monitor progress on our ambitious commitments, and provide key analyses and forecasts. All with a strong focus on creating maximum impact. You support select businesses, regions, and functions with their ambitions, and help them to align business strategies with our corporate commitments. You become the go-to person for one or more subject areas, and you act as the linking pin between what we measure, how we drive impact, and what we report externally. You also play an important role in engaging our employees and experts worldwide via our Communities of Practice.
Your role
- Monitoring key sustainability indicators (e.g. product refurbishment, recycling, packaging, design)
- Providing strategic impact analyses, forecasts and strategic support for businesses and regions
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive sustainable innovation and integrate sustainable practices into daily operations by identifying opportunities for reducing energy and material use
- Supporting the performance cadence (monthly business reviews, annual target setting, yearly audit)
- Optimizing and automating processes to implement policies, collect relevant data and evidence
- Developing and maintaining expert knowledge of relevant external trends and developments, and supporting Philips’ active role in external business coalitions and customer research partnerships
- Playing an active role in building our global internal Community of Practice, as a moderator
You are part of
The Global Sustainability team that consists of over 30 professionals located in the Netherlands, China, and United States. You can become part of this world-class sustainability team where you can live your passion and put your skills to use. In this role, you will part of the team responsible for the Circular Economy, EcoDesign, and ESG Transformation programs and for the Sustainability Business Partner Role to the Philips Connected Care businesses and Innovation & Strategy.
You're the right fit if you have:
- Master’s Degree in Sustainability, Environmental Science, or other relevant field;
- 2-3 years of experience in areas such as Sustainability, Environmental Management, Corporate Social Responsibility or equivalent;
- Strong analytics, modelling, and forecasting skills;
- Proven experience in a complex business environment;
- Experience, affinity with continuous improvement and process efficiency
- Excellent project management skills;
- Strong communication and story-telling skills;
- Natural connector and collaborator;
- Strong teamplayer;
- Strong English verbal and written skills;
- Experience with Excel, SAP, PTC Windchil, Qlik, PowerBI is a pre
In return, we offer you
We welcome you to a challenging, innovative environment with great opportunities for you to explore. Our benefits are very competitive and designed around your preferences:
- A competitive salary;
- A variable bonus based on both Philips' results and personal performance;
- A solid company pension scheme and an attractive health insurance package;
- The opportunity to buy Philips shares and products at a discount;
- A healthy work-life balance.
About Philips
We are a health technology company. We build our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.
Learn more about our business here.
Discover our rich and exciting history here.
Learn more about our purpose here.
If you're interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.
