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Position Overview:

Position Overview:

The Manager, Sustainability for Amcor Rigid Packaging will identify, develop and execute long term sustainability initiatives and objectives. This position will also be responsible for the tracking of sustainability metrics and reporting out those results to the senior leadership.

This position will serve as the central point of contact for all interfaces with customers about sustainability; be a key contact within the supply chain and industry; collaborate with internal subject matter experts to ensure appropriate responses and communications; and trains others in sustainability.

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

Strategy Execution:

• Aligned with our ‘Being Amcor’ model, lead and execute the Amcor Plc. sustainability strategy for the company. Help the business units develop business case to address ARP-specific sustainability issues.
• In collaboration with the Amcor Plc. Vice President of Sustainability, ensures that all Sustainability initiatives are in alignment with the broader company sustainability framework.
• Align with Amcor Plc. Vice President of Sustainability on key metrics and track metrics monthly. Report out of metrics to Amcor Plc leadership team.

Program Management:

• Secures and leverages senior level commitment and engagement for integrating sustainable development into core business processes and decision-making.
• Collaborates with ARP’s internal functions (product development, sales/commercial, innovation, operations, engineering, procurement, communications) to execute a coordinated sustainability plan. Develop documents & presentations to help support Commercial meetings.
• Work with the Sr. Director of Communications to help develop communication campaigns to publicize the company’s sustainability efforts and promote broad awareness of sustainability initiatives.
• Serves as the internal leader and “go to” expert for sustainability, monitoring emerging trends, programs and issues, and communicating and educating others on sustainability topics through internal communication channels.

Technical:

• Drives Business group’s progress toward EnviroAction goals, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, waste to disposal, and water use. Ensures accurate and timely monthly reporting to ARP Lead Team and Amcor Plc. Offers expertise and provides leadership-level support for initiatives to reduce company-wide resource consumption and waste generation.

Industry & Group Partnership:

• Lead the monthly Sustainability MMR meeting, monthly PCR council meeting, monthly R&D meetings, and participate in the quarterly QBR meetings when
• Sustainability is an agenda topic.
• Builds effective partnerships with external organizations through the Amcor Sustainability Partners Program and appropriate business functional leaders to support sustainability efforts.
• Represents ARP and asserts company interests within appropriate industry organizations (e.g., Recycling Partnership, Sustainable Packaging Coalition, etc.).

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Environmental Science, or Engineering, Master’s Degree preferred
• Minimum 6 years of experience in engineering or business positions related to improving the sustainability profile of manufactured products, preferably plastics
• Direct knowledge of the commercial and regulatory landscape of the secondary market of recycled materials
• Knowledge of the industry associations and lobby groups involved in the waste collection secondary market industry
• Familiar with the waste collection, processing and sale industry structure and support Amcor’s global ambition to create a plastics circular economy
• Demonstrated professional work characteristics including high initiative, dependability, and credibility
• Excellent program/project management experience (PMP certification is preferred)
• Able to differentiate between conflicting priorities and issues to identify underlying causes
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint software
• Ability to maintain and deal with confidential information
• Must be well organized and comfortable interfacing with all levels of management
• Plans, organizes, and controls large work volume in fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision
• Travel 30%