Daily Sustainability Job Post

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Position Overview:

We are People Against Dirty, a growing house of brands that includes method, ecover, babyganics, and mrs. meyer’s clean day. We’ve always done things differently – we’re fearless thinkers, mad scientists and adventurous designers who believe that making soap leads to brave ideas, bold inventions and beautiful bubbles. We started small, but we’ve got big plans to make the world a cleaner, greener, more colorful place. And we invite everyone to join us as we pioneer a future where doing business is doing good for all.

THE ROLE

Greenskeeping is the science of sustainability plus business strategy. A Greenskeeper is a sustainability expert who creates the strategy, provides guidance and leads every part of the business towards our people + planet goals. Our Greenskeepers are a hopeful bunch who start by painting a picture of a better future and then work collaboratively across the organization to prove that business can be done differently. Reporting to our Sr. Director of Greenskeeping, the Greenskeeping Manager – based in our San Francisco, office – will partner across our brand, product development, supply chain, and sales teams to implement our people and planet goals.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Greenskeeping brand leadership

• Lead cross-functional teams to build buy in and ensure delivery of strategic global sustainability programmes at brand-level including ingredients and transparency, packaging and waste, deforestation and science-based carbon reduction targets.
• Partner with brand teams to develop and implement people and planet goals and aspirations
• Assert a clear point of view to brand teams and in technical forums
• Partner externally with NGOs and experts to inform our Greenskeeping approach and accelerate systemic change

Lead Greenskeeping across product value chain

• Use a lifecycle approach to advise product and business managers on ingredient and packaging decisions to achieve brand product improvement targets
• Identify improvement areas for carbon, water and waste minimization and integrate into product pipeline and value chain
• Identify emerging sustainability trends and work with product experience and design teams to ensure products are sustainable by design
• Inform procurement priorities on ingredients and packaging to support sustainability strategy and work with our supply chain partners to ensure our factory continues to be a beacon for sustainability
• Oversee relevant certifications including Leaping Bunny and RSPO

Internal & external engagement

• Lead sustainability education and engagement with your internal stakeholders to inspire action amongst our teams
• Deliver timely quarterly reporting on our progress towards brand-level people and planet goals
• Translate complex information to a broad audience including internal teams, retail partners and external organizations
  Work reception once a month*

*We are not joking. Everyone in the office takes a spin as receptionist. Costumes welcome.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EXPERIENCE

• 5-7 years of experience working in sustainability (product sustainability preferred)

REQUIREMENTS: (what candidate will be expected to be capable of below is a sample from our M+M roles):

• collaborative + team oriented
• attention to detail + strong analytical skills
• energetic and creative with a bias for action (because our planet can’t wait!)
• knowledge of sustainability reporting requirements is desirable
• desirable expertise should include sustainability aspects relevant to our business and the product development process:
• product sustainability – claims development, packaging, lifecycle analysis, green chemistry
• responsible sourcing – supplier engagement, traceability and transparency

EDUCATION:

• scientific background preferred (chemistry, environmental or material sciences)