Sustainability Program Specialist
Department Mission:
To cultivate a unified, empowering culture where leadership, personal growth, and sustainable practices thrive, benefiting every employee, customer, and community we serve.
Summary/Objective The sustainability program specialist supports SIMONA America Group’s sustainability strategy through execution, coordination, and data management. This role collaborates within the department to ensure continuity, accuracy, and timely delivery of sustainability and training initiatives, reporting, and facility-level engagement.
Reports to the Director of Training & Sustainability, this position plays a key role in managing sustainability data collection, reporting preparation, project execution, and cross-facility coordination, helping maintain alignment with SIMONA AG standards and global ESG frameworks. This role will work closely with facility operations management, production management, technical teams, sustainability teams, and outside organizations as needed. This role is expected to support shared program coordination, tracking, and reporting activities across the training and sustainability department.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Sustainability Data and Program Support
- Coordinates Scopes 1, 2, and 3 emissions data collection across North American Facilities
- Support sustainability reporting aligned with SIMONA AG standards, CSRD requirements, and EU Taxonomy
- Manage data validation, documentation, and quality control for sustainability and training metrics
- Prepare draft reports, data summaries, and supporting documentation for internal and external use
- Support Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) data collection and execution activities
Project Execution and Facility Coordination
- Support execution of sustainability initiatives including circularity projects, energy efficiency, and resource reduction efforts
- Coordinate with facilities, consultants, and internal stakeholders to track deliverables
- Present data and KPIs internally as needed
- Present Sustainability related initiatives and project updates as needed.
- Coordinate facility-level KPIs, timelines, and follow-ups
- Assist with certifications, audits, and compliance-related initiatives (ISO, OCS, etc.)
Measurement, Data, & Department Initiatives
- Support training alignment for global and cross-functional initiatives (S4/HANA, future AI integration, global training rollouts)
- Maintain sustainability and training-related data trackers and documentation
- Support survey data collection and basic analysis related to sustainability and training
- Support culture and change initiatives aligned with SIMONA’s “Company Like a Friend” values.
Stakeholder & Consultant Coordination
- Coordinate with external consultants and partners to support sustainability projects and reporting
- Track deliverables, timelines, and follow-ups to ensure completion
- Support internal communication and alignment across facilities and departments
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience.
- Three to five years of experience in ESG, EHS, Engineering, Operations, Analytics, or related fields
- Experience working with data driven programs across multiple teams or facilities preferred
Qualifications and Skills:
- Strong analytics and organizational skills
- High attention to details and data integrity
- Comfortable coordinating across multiple sites and stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
Required Competencies
- Program coordination and execution
- Systems thinking
- Cross-functional communication
- Data Management and reporting
Travel Required:
20-30% travel, including facility visits, group alignment meetings, and industry engagement.
Supervisory Responsibility
No current supervisory responsibilities but must effectively influence and collaborate with on-site managers to achieve training objectives.
Work Environment This job is performed in an office and training settings.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time salary exempt position. Hours of work are general Monday through Friday, 8 hours per day. 40 hours per week. Some additional hours are expected.
AAP/EEO Statement
SIMONA AMERICA Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice
Salary:
Starting at $80,000 with up to 10% bonus potential
