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Position Overview:

Job Description:

The Sr. Specialist will report to the Director, Environmental Sustainability Center of Excellence (CoE) within Global Safety & Environment (GSE).  Actionable data is critical to the success of corporate sustainability programs. This position is responsible for helping to develop environmental sustainability strategies, programs, and initiatives through the tracking of progress against, and reporting on, the company’s sustainability commitments.  The role will provide essential support to sites and the business by tracking environmental performance data, developing/implementing sustainability tools, following external reporting trends, and supporting internal and external communications regarding the company’s programs and performance.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Supports global efforts to achieve corporate environmental sustainability goals by serving as the focal point for the collection, quantification, and analysis of critical environmental data. Collaborates with stakeholders in various business units.
• Supports external reporting and disclosures regarding the company’s environmental sustainability programs and performance via the company’s ESG Progress Report, CDP Reports, and other country-specific reports. Supports internal reporting of progress versus metrics through scorecards.
• Develops understanding of the environmental footprint of the company’s operations, supply chain, products, and packaging by developing and implementing sustainability collection, quantification, evaluation, and reporting systems and tools, such as enterprise data systems, economic input/output modeling, carbon foot-printing evaluations, etc.
• Benchmarks with peer pharmaceutical companies, other industries, and non-governmental organizations to identify external trends with respect to environmental sustainability data reporting best practices.
• Represents the company at external sustainability meetings and forums.
• Recognizes and responds to evolving environmental sustainability trends, market conditions, regulatory requirements, etc.
• Evaluates and integrates the information to proactively identify actions needed to address any potential impacts on company reporting.
• Participate and/or lead cross-functional projects as assigned.  Complete all milestones and assigned action items by established deadlines.
• Adhere to all financial commitments and processes.

Location:  NJ/PA, US

Schedule:  Full-time

Travel:  up to 25%

Band:  400

Level:  P3

Relocation Offered:  No

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering or Science

Required Experience and Skills:

• At least 3-5 years of Sustainability and/or EHS program implementation experience
• Knowledge of global sustainability trends
• Strong data analysis and project management skills with a track record of successful cross-functional collaboration
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to simultaneously balance and adjust to multiple changing priorities and make decisions with speed and accuracy

Desired Skills:

• Experience with development or implementation of sustainability data reporting systems
• Experience performing corporate greenhouse (GHG) accounting using the GRI GHG Protocol Corporate Standard

Our Support Functions deliver services and make recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the culture of our organization. Our Support Functions include HR, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world’s most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

In accordance with Managers’ Policy – Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.

If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

For positions located in the United States and Puerto Rico – Subject to applicable law, all new hires (including internal transfers) must demonstrate that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or that they qualify for a medical or religious exemption to this vaccination requirement. New hires (including internal transfers) to a position that, as determined by the Company, requires routine collaboration with external stakeholders (such as roles in health services or customer-facing commercial or research-based roles) (“Customer-Facing Role”) who are not vaccinated must qualify for a medical or religious exemption and be in a position that the Company determines can accommodate unvaccinated employees without causing an undue burden to business operations. If, following dialog with the candidate as appropriate, it is determined that the candidate either a) does not qualify for a religious or medical exemption or, b) for candidates applying for Customer-Facing roles, it is determined that allowing the candidate to work without vaccination would cause an undue burden to the Company, the candidate will be ineligible for hire or transfer, or any offer of employment or transfer (if applicable) will be revoked. Please note that notwithstanding the approval of any reasonable accommodation, the Company reserves the right to monitor, modify, or revoke any such accommodation if it is determined, following dialog with the employee, that the accommodation is no longer effective or results in an undue burden to the Company.

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Expected salary range:

$97,680.00 – $153,700.00

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

25%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st – Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

None

Number of Openings:

1

Requisition ID:R225089