The Primary responsibility is to lead and develop sustainability services. He/she will be responsible for leading, developing and coordinating all regional activities in line with global sustainability business development strategy and program deliveries. He/she is the part of the global sustainability team based around North America region and responsible for driving the sustainability business development and targets to meet the needs of the TUVR business regionally and globally. 

50% Business Development 

• Regional responsibility for sustainability business development.
• Develop specific regional sustainability service portfolio, growth strategy, rollout plan and roadmap. 
• Act as technical sales to support retail and sales team to grow sustainability services in the region
• Ensure the regional team and strategy are aligned with peers within the TUVR global group 
• Support Retail team to develop specific regional account strategies, targets and action plans on sustainability services
• Representing sustainability team to attend regional sustainability conferences and industry events and working groups, such as SAC, ZDHC, Textile Exchange etc.
• Regionally lead textile sustainability business growth via existing partnership program with The BHive 
• Identify new and strategic partnership and stakeholder engagement opportunities in the region with a focus on product sustainability 

50% Technical support and project delivery 

• Support global sustainability business development manager on project delivery. Projects include: Higg BRM verification, Client Sustainability strategy advisory, ESG benchmark
• Support global sustainability team on development of new services: sustainability consulting, Materiality assessment, product LCA, corporate sustainability report assurance, sustainable packaging and more.
• Support global sustainability team to develop sales toolkit and internal program SOPs. 
• Act as technical contact point in the region for sustainability services 
• Act as local sustainability champion and train the trainer to train retail and sales teams on sustainability topics 
• Support retail and sales team on sustainability services pipeline management and oversee project implementation. 
• Monitor and identify regional sustainability trends and regulations update and inform internal stakeholders and clients regularly. 

Education

• University degree in environmental science & engineering, material science, chemistry and other relevant subjects. 
• Masters or other degree particularly related to sustainability/ESG preferred

Experience and skills:

• Passionate about making an impact in sustainability with broad knowledge of ESG trends 
•  >5 years professional experience in sustainability consulting, business development or leading within a company’s sustainability program
• Demonstrated capability and effectiveness, from strategy setting to detailed execution and achievements
• Sector experience in textile, other consumer goods and manufacturing setting preferred. 
• Working knowledge in one of the following preferred: 
  1. Textile product sustainability, 
  2. Textile industry standard: Higg Index, ZDHC –MRSL 
  3. Knowledge and experience implementing recognized non-financial reporting frameworks
  4. Experience in all aspects and forms of disclosure and assurance
  5. Carbon reporting and verification 
• Excellent English communication skills in all forms, including written, presentation and public speaking, for engagement with clients, NGOs, industry groups, and internal teams.
• Customer focused and demonstrated ability to quickly assess and understand clients’ sustainability challenges and provide applicable technical solutions accordingly. 
• Demonstrated skill in the management of complex projects with challenging deadlines
• Self-starter and team player with strategic thinking and problem solving skill