Senior Sustainability Manager

Senior Sustainability Manager

Join Royal Unibrew on an exciting Journey as our new Senior Sustainability Manager. As the position is part of our Group function with connections to many of our markets, it can be managed from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Netherlands or other Royal Unibrew sites.

About your new role:

As the Senior Sustainability Manager at Group level, you will play a central role in leading the development and implementation of initiatives aimed at improving Royal Unibrew's environmental, climate and social footprint within the value chain.

In this position you will be implementing our strategy and KPls, encompassing projects focused on reducing CO2 emissions and other initiatives. You will also be responsible for further development of our sustainable supplier management program coordinating with other business functions and across our markets as well as external stakeholders.

Your primary responsibilities include:

• Providing background information, trends, and insights to decision-makers at the management and board levels.
• Embedding the ESG agenda within the overall corporate strategy in collaboration with the leadership.
• Challenging policies, goals, and activities related to sustainability, particularly sustainable sourcing.
• Making supplier due diligence.
• Assessing suppliers based on their sustainability performance and capabilities.
• Further develop and provide tools for evaluating supplier performance.
• Identifying and driving specific projects in the value chain to reduce our CO2 footprint and environmental and social footprints in collaboration with our supply chain partner/business partners.
• Driving and supporting the development of sustainable procurement competencies internally and externally.
• Supporting Royal Unibrew's markets.
• Communicating progress and results internally and externally.

We hope you recognize yourself in the following wishlist:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in business, economics or environmental sciences.
• Experienced project manager with the ability to prioritize and execute multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Knowledge of, or a strong interest in, sustainability is an advantage.
• Experience in developing and implementing sustainability strategies and initiatives.
• Analytical and data-driven approach to tasks.
• Experience in competence building both internally and externally.
• Well-informed and up-to-date on sustainability trends and technologies, with familiarity with sustainability standards.
• Knowledge of sustainability reporting frameworks and regulations, as well as ESG assessments and their application.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

To Succeed in the role, it is also important that you are proficient in spoken and written English at an advanced level.  Also, you are IT proficient in tools such as Microsoft Office and others.

You possess strong communication and collaboration skills and navigates effortlessly between the strategic level formulation of policies and governance on one hand and practical execution and data generation on the other.

You will interact with numerous stakeholders in the role; therefore, you are an outgoing and proactive professional with a positive attitude towards your stakeholders and responsibilities.

What's in it for you:

An exciting role in a global, dynamic company where your responsibilities have a significant impact on Royal Unibrew as a company and workplace.

A collaborative and humorous workplace with great colleagues and a dedicated commitment to achieving our goals.

Plenty of employee benefits, including a competitive compensation package, fantastic development opportunities, discounts on beverages, and more.

Interested and want to Apply?

If you have any questions about the job, please feel free to contact our VP, Group CSR, Henriette Hanne Øllgaard at +45 29230053.

To apply for the position, please click "Apply" on this page and please let us have your application no later than January 31st, 2024.

We look forward to hearing from you.