At Ecore, we transform reclaimed materials into performance surfaces that manage energy and improve people’s lives. Why does it matter? Because we believe innovative surfaces have the power to help people in motion be their strongest, healthiest selves, and innovative businesses can help protect the planet we share.
Location: 76 Acco Drive, York, PA 17402
Ecore is a pioneer in rubber circularity, and we have a brand-new role! The Sustainability Operations Manager, Circularity will be instrumental in growing our TRUcircularity™ program, an initiative that reclaims existing rubber flooring and replacing it with new Ecore-engineered, high-performance flooring. You'll work hands-on to drive process improvements, collaborate across departments and with customers, and achieving measurable results in circularity and sustainability. Reporting directly to the Chief Circularity Officer, you'll influence our journey toward operational excellence in circular practices. Internally, we call this position Circularity Operations Manager.
Schedule: hybrid in the office 3 days/week
Sustainability Operations Manager Salary Range: $115,000 - $147,000, depending on experience
Core Contributions:
TRUcircularity™ Takeback Program Process Development
- Process Optimization: Streamline the end-to-end takeback process, initial customer input through manufacturing and reporting.
- System Integration: Coordinate with Customer Experience and Plant Operations to implement IT systems for tracking and managing takeback activities such as purchase order generation, material receipt, weighing, scheduling, and process optimization.
Data Analysis and Reporting
- Data Collection & Organization:
- Manage takeback records for regulatory reporting, including Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), Mindclick, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) generation.
- Develop an optimized way to gather data from all our systems, in a way that makes it easy to analyze.
- Develop and implement a reporting system to track takebacks, analyze data, and generate landfill avoidance and CO2 avoidance metrics.
- Produce accurate takeback certifications for customers.
- Insights & Recommendations: Analyze the data and make recommendations on our footprint and improvements to the program.
- Goal Setting & KPI Tracking: Set takeback goals, establish measurement systems, and track KPIs in collaboration with manufacturing plants, IT, and customers.
- Training & Support: Provide training Sales and other teams to ensure smooth takeback process.
UL Zero Waste Certification
- Certification Management: Lead Ecore's efforts to achieve or improve on UL Zero Waste certifications for Lancaster,; PA; York, PA;, and Ozark, AL plants.
- Cross-functional Coordination: Collaborate with our EH&S teams to support accurate data capture and assessments, aligning plant leadership with certification goals.
Circular Economy Initiatives
- Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with the Chief Circularity Officer on various initiatives, such as sales training on takeback, contract negotiation with takeback partners, and partner development.
~20% domestic travel to our plants and customer sites.
Essential Experiences:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, etc. or equivalent education and experience
- 8+ years of experience leading operational excellence programs, with a focus on circularity and sustainability goals
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment in an operational capacity
- Strong with ERP systems and CRM, such as Salesforce
