We are looking for a Sustainability Manager to join our team! This position is eligible to be located at any Quanex location in the USA. As the Sustainability Manager, North America for Quanex , this position will play a crucial role in embedding and coordinating the execution of the Corporation's sustainability strategy through more sustainable products, services and operations across its divisions operating in North America. This role covers all of Qaunex's operations in Canada, Mexico and the US.
Responsibilities:- Be the go-to-person on all aspects of sustainability in the North America region.
- Be seen to be a role model on applying sustainability thinking and practice to others in day-to-day activities and coaching others in this regard.
- Keep abreast of sustainability / regulatory developments and use this knowledge to accelerate the delivery of Quanex's sustainability strategy.
- Proactively identify and drive opportunities for continuous improvement in sustainability performance across the divisions (covering both operations and products), assisting the executive teams in their implementation. Develop, execute and track annual divisional sustainability implementation plans to deliver the Quanex sustainability strategy.
- Work with product development teams to co-ordinate the establishment of Divisional strategies to deliver a pipeline of environmentally and socially beneficial products and track revenues against relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals.
- Work with the VP Global Sustainability to help meet the Corporation's sustainability reporting requirements (e.g. sustainability pages on the Quanex website).
- Engage employees to inspire action to reduce the use of energy, water and generation of waste across the Divisions in support of the Corporation's sustainability strategy.
- Facilitate multi-site sustainability compliance activities related to packaging and materials reporting obligations such as Extended Producer Responsibility regulations in North America.
- Bring fresh thinking, creativity and drive to make things happen by reducing scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions, water and waste to landfill, eliminate priority hazardous substances, transition to more sustainable forms of packaging and facilitating the development of more sustainable products and services.
- Work collaboratively with other divisions and plants operating internationally by developing common approaches, sharing data, knowledge and best practices.
- Maintains own skills, knowledge and competency through continuing professional development.
- Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned.
Education and Experience:- Degree level education is preferred (e.g. sustainability, engineering, technical or another relevant subject).
- Professional membership of a recognized environmental and/or sustainability body desirable (or be working towards).
- 10+ years of professional work experience. Would suit an individual with sustainability experience in a consulting, manufacturing or construction environment.
- Knowledge of environmental and sustainability regulations, including Extended Producer Responsibility requirements and corporate sustainability reporting.
- Successful track record of problem solving, idea generation, and project execution.
Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:- A strong self-starter, who is well organized with the ability to prioritize tasks and bring fresh thinking to make things happen and deliver at pace, on time and to budget.
- Passion for delivering sustainability excellence at an operational and product level.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and influence at all levels of the business as well as with customers, suppliers and other external stakeholders.
- Must be able to work independently, as well as cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management, third parties and the Quanex sustainability team to achieve measurable results.
- Excellent analytical skills and highly computer literate (must be proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint).
- Good attention to detail and accuracy.
- Willingness to travel within North America when required.
