Sustainability Manager (For Retail Customer)

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Metro Supply Chain is a strategic supply chain solutions partner for some of the world’s fastest growing and most recognizable organizations. We advance our customers’ business through innovative, real-world solutions within a culture that supports our communities, protects our environment, and enables our team to thrive. Managing 14 million square feet in 98 sites across North America and Europe with a team of 6,000, it is the largest privately-owned supply chain solutions company based in Canada.

POSITION: Sustainability Manager (For Apparel Client)

SHIFT: Mon to Fri

SUMMARY

Manager, Lead and oversee all sustainability initiatives in the warehouse to develop the Sustainability Program in close collaboration with the customer’s teams. Supervision of the on-going projects, communications, reporting and development of new proposals with the overall objective to minimize environmental impact, optimize resources and promote a healthy and responsible working environment in the warehouse.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Increase sustainability knowledge in all warehouse areas to integrate sustainability practices into their operations and processes.
• Develop training materials and internal awareness and campaigns, as well as organization and coordination of meetings, workshops, and events in the field of sustainability
• Manage the implementation of processes and initiatives, ensuring they are created, kept up to date, managed, distributed, and used in the warehouse.
• To be able to analyze, from an innovative perspective, all the processes and internal flows to identify potential improvements aligned with the Sustainability Programme.
• Be tenacious in sustainability performance by monitoring KPIs with an analytical view to identify and understand deviations.
• Build and lead a community-network integrated in the warehouse teams which will provide support in the implementation and monitoring of the initiatives.
• Engagement with customer teams to collaboratively develop strategies aligned with the Sustainability Programme.
• Primary point of liaison for day-to-day operational issues & for inquiries relating to operational process. Review & resolve customer’s or internal inquiries and concerns promptly & professionally.

EXPERIENCE 

• Ideally in retail business and logistics supply chain.
• Ideally 2-3 plus years’ experience in a sustainability position.
• Experience in ESG reporting and knowledge of corporate responsibility initiatives including waste management and GHG emission reduction
• Familiar with Continuous improvement methodology.
• Min. 1 year experience in managing teams
• Knowledge and experience in the use of IT tools for the analysis and reporting of sustainability data (Excel, etc.). 

COMPETENCIES 

• Customer Centricity
• Fostering Culture
• Collaboration
• Problem Solving & Decision Making
• Managing Through Change
• Developing Self & Others
• Planning & Results Orientation
• Communication
• Always Improving Mindset