Company background
UC RUSAL is a leading company in the global aluminium industry, producing metal with a low carbon footprint. >95% of the Company's aluminium is produced from renewable electricity. We are looking for a Business development of Low Carbon Solutions, Unit Headto join one of the best commercial teams in base metals. This is a global MARKETING and COMMERCIAL role in the Sales Directorate. To main purpose of the role is to support the Sales team in promotion of the low carbon solutions and be a link with Sustainability Team. This role will create a commercial value out of working closely with the customers, promoting our sustainability strategy and low carbon aluminium products as well as understand Customer needs for future initiatives.
We are seeking a candidate with a wealth of experience in Business Development and Marketing, coupled with a robust understanding of Sustainability principles, to spearhead the promotion of our Low Carbon Aluminium products. The ideal candidate would possess a proven track record in the metal industry, metal processing industry, or metal end-use industry.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute the Marketing strategy for promotion Rusal’s sustainable solutions, including our low carbon aluminium brands
- Proactively engage aluminium users across whole production chain to generate demand for low carbon aluminium products
- Support customers in their request to understand the metrics, processes, policies with regards to Rusal’s sustainable development
- Investigate required sustainability initiatives based on customer feedback and initiatives that we are working to implement
- Support sustainable marketing initiatives, include but not limited to: environmental education, responsible consumption, transparency, circular economy
- Build regular market analytics in Sustainability area
- Continually research and stay abreast of developments in sustainability globally, including regulation
- Share sustainability knowledge and best practice broadly, both internally and externally.
- Attend conferences, exhibitions etc. to showcase our sustainability initiatives to current and potential new customers
- Drive a development of the digital tools for effective interaction with customers
- Support the Sustainability Team on other key initiatives.
- Lead small Commercial Sustainability team
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Passionate about sustainability
- Good knowledge of key sustainability and sustainability aspects such as climate change, carbon emissions, UN Sustainable Development Goals, SBTi targets, GRI reporting, ESG ratings
- Commercial mindset and an experience of shared value creation with the customers in a sales/project/consulting capacity is preferable
- Experience in commodities/ raw materials/ key downstream industries is preferable
- Degree in Sustainability or similar course is an advantage
- Experience with talking to a variety of customers
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent writing skills, developing white papers
- Business development experience is a big advantage
- Fluent in English, other languages are an advantage. Russian is a big advantage.
- Team leadership or project management experience at least five years
