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Position Overview:

Are you passionate about tackling climate change, supporting farmers, and building a more sustainable and just world? Then Ocean Spray’s Global Impact and Sustainability team is a perfect fit for you. The R&D and Sustainability Department is looking to add a Sustainability Analyst to its growing Sustainability and ESG function for the Fall 2022.

Ocean Spray’s mission is to connect our farms to families for a better life. Together with our farmer-owners, we are dedicated to the health of people, communities, and our planet. We’re continuously improving our impact by addressing issues such as climate change, food waste, water stewardship, and human rights across our entire business. Our three core pillars keep us aligned to our mission. Through these pillars we seek to:

Advance Regenerative Cranberry Agriculture Create Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains And Design Purposeful Products and Packaging

The Sustainability team collaborates with Agriculture Sciences, Marketing, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Operations, Legal, and Sales to execute these initiatives throughout the Cooperative.

We’re seeking a smart, savvy individual who can support initiatives across the sustainability pillars. It is imperative the individual have strong research and analytical skills, be able to maintain harmonious cross functional collaboration, and develop balanced recommendations for projects.

Position location: We’re all about flexibility! This will be a hybrid role based out of our corporate headquarters in Lakeville, MA or our Seaport Boston, MA location with Mondays & Fridays remote.

What You’ll Need:

• B.S. in Sustainability, Environmental Science, Business, Political Science or Engineering, or other relevant discipline.
• M.S. in Sustainability, Environmental Science, Business, Political Science or Engineering, preferred.
• 1 – 3 years of experience working for an environmental NGO, food and beverage company, or equivalent organization.
• Broad understanding of key environmental and social topics such as climate change, sustainable agriculture, waste, water stewardship, and human rights. Deeper expertise in at least one topic area is preferred.
• Ability to recognize and frame environmental and social issues as business risks and opportunities.
• Advanced communication, research, and data analysis skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, especially with various levels within an organization.
• Ability to work on multiple projects.
• Strong work ethic, organizational skills, and motivation.
• Must adapt well to change and be able to prioritize shifting short- and long-term project deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities:

• Support overall sustainability efforts of Ocean Spray.
• Collaborate with sustainability manager, plant manufacturing teams, grower-owners, suppliers, and a wide range of internal stakeholders to meet corporate sustainability goals.
• Collect, consolidate, and analyze data for quarterly internal and external sustainability reporting (e.g. GHG Protocols, LCAs, CDP Reporting, and Sedex).
• Independently identify and implement sustainability and business growth projects with plants and other departments.
• Approximately 10% Travel

Compensation/Benefits

• Competitive Base Salary
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance on day one
• Performance Bonus
• 401K with up to 10% in matching contributions
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions – Back up care, tutoring, etc.
• Transgender benefits
• Fertility benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Paid holidays and vacation days
• Up to $300 Fitness Reimbursement
• Up to $300 Massage Reimbursement
• Health Resources including Free Headspace membership, 1:1 Health Coaching and more.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning

Who We Are:

You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what’s better – canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.

Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike–we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:

• Grower Mindset – We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.
• Sustainable Results – Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.
• Integrity Above All – We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other
• Inclusive Teamwork – We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.