Senior Sustainability Environmental Manager

Primark Application • Dublin • 20h ago

Senior Environmental Sustainability Manager

Because you can see how we can be better. Innovate, your way.

What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.

Responsible for managing all of Primark’s global environmental requirements across Energy, Waste and Compliance (Primark Cares) to support and develop programmes to improve the company’s overall environmental goals and performance.

What You’ll Get

The work you do shapes the impact we have. We’re focused on providing you with the culture to reach your potential. Your wellbeing is our top priority.

Some of our benefits are:

27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more.
Flexible Working, opportunity for an early Friday finish, and a subsidised cafeteria.
Primark Perks – Discounts with some local partner business to our offices

What You’ll Do:
In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

Work with the Head of EHS to provide strategic oversight and structure of holistic Environmental Sustainability and management across Primark’s own operated estate.
Become the business owner for all Environmental Sustainability thematic areas, including but not limited to Energy, Environmental Compliance, Waste, across all of Primark’s stores, offices and depots.
Working across these thematic areas to build the structures, governance and resourcing requirements to meet all the business needs. Focussing strongly on design, investment, governance, resources and personal development, compliance, and reporting.
In collaboration with Head of EHS, produce and maintain a core suite of corporate Global Policies and Procedures that govern sustainability standards for all support departments and countries and can be implemented across all Stores, Offices and Distribution Centres.
Manage all OPEX & CAPEX budgets associated within the Environmental areas.

What You’ll Bring
We want every person in our organisation to feel like they’re making a key contribution. Here are some of the experiences and skills you’ll need for the role:

Primary degree in an Environmental Sustainability discipline, post graduate qualification a distinct advantage.
Minimum 10 years plus experience working in areas of Environmental/Sustainability Management.
Retail experience, a distinct advantage.
Ability to lead and develop a high performing team to deliver on multiple priorities within a changing environment.
Thorough knowledge of and ability to advise upon Environmental matters, specifically, Energy Management, Carbon, Environmental risk management, Waste and legislative compliance, with demonstrable experience of personal involvement in the management of Environmental within a diverse fast paced working environment.

Ready? Good - because we can’t wait to see what you can offer. You’ll be joining a team of innovative and experienced people where you’ll truly belong, collaborating on projects that will shape the future of our industry. Apply to be part of our future and we’ll support you in developing yours.

At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business a over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

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