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Position Overview:

POSITION SUMMARY

Saputo Dairy USA (“SDUSA”) is a $5Bn business unit and growth engine for our parent company, Saputo Inc. SDUSA has a diverse portfolio of high-quality products, which are sold to the nation’s leading retailers, national restaurant chains, and broadline foodservice distributors. SDUSA operates 26 manufacturing facilities located across the U.S. and manages a nationwide distribution network.

SDUSA’s Corporate Responsibility (CR) Team is looking for a passionate, well-rounded sustainability professional to help propel the Saputo Promise forward within our business. This is a unique opportunity to catalyze tremendous impact through an organization poised for progress. As part of the SDUSA Strategy Department, the SDUSA Corporate Responsibility Team guides and supports the business in defining social and environmental objectives, building plans to achieve them and carrying out those plans. We serve as the organization’s internal corporate responsibility advisors, change agents and specialists.

The SDUSA Corporate Responsibility Manager will be responsible for a dynamic scope of work, engaging with an array of business partners across all Pillars of the Saputo Promise to create shared value for our business and stakeholders. In this position, you will flex a wide variety of skillsets, including strategic planning, creative problem solving, project management and people development.

POSITION SCOPE AND CORE RESPONSIBILITES

The SDUSA Corporate Responsibility Team facilitates organizational strategic planning and implementation across all seven pillars of the Saputo Promise for the USA business unit. Within our broad and highly comprehensive scope, we work collectively, leveraging our unique backgrounds and experiences, to accomplish our functional objectives, which are anchored in, and flex based on, the needs and priorities of the business.

The following core responsibilities of the SDUSA Corporate Responsibility Manager apply to all seven pillars of the Saputo Promise, with a heavier near-term focus on the Environmental pillar.

• Serve as an internal consultant on Corporate Responsibility matters
• Enable cross-functional execution of the CR strategy by ensuring appropriate resources, processes and tools are in place
• Partner with key stakeholders to support execution of high-priority strategic CR programs and initiatives
• Cultivate actionable insights by managing the strategy scorecard / progress report and analyzing performance trends
• Lead strategy formulation initiatives to help answer priority questions, solve problems, and drive critical business actions and decisions around corporate responsibility
• Mobilize employees by raising awareness, creating opportunities for engagement and facilitating training events
• Enable and support external stakeholder engagement by supporting customer inquiries and engaging on key stakeholder initiatives

WHO IS RIGHT FOR THE ROLE

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with a preference for environmental focus (e.g. environmental engineering, environmental science). Higher education in Business Sustainability Management a plus.
• Direct professional experience in corporate responsibility roles, with specific experience in:
  • engaging, advising and influencing internal and external audiences around corporate responsibility
  • managing corporate responsibility programs and initiatives – experience with manufacturing environmental sustainability a must
  • collecting and analyzing KPIs to develop actionable insights and support reporting
  • formulating strategic goals and plans based on sound research and analysis
  • engaging with and leveraging relevant industry associations, programs and advisory firms (e.g. EPA Energy Star, DOE Better Plants, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, FARM program, ISO Standards, IDFA, Sustainable Packaging Coalition, How2Recycle, SEDEX, REBA, etc.)

QUALIFICATIONS

• Comfortable and experienced in working in a complex and ambiguous environment that is fast changing
• Capable of managing multiple projects and effectively prioritizing own work and/or problems simultaneously
• Strong strategic and forward-looking mindset, with the ability to think of the business/situation as a whole
• Ability to break down complex problems into pieces that can be solved with data, analysis, assumptions, and judgment
• Proven research and data-driven analytical skills, with the ability to gather data from multiple, often disparate, sources and synthesize into meaningful reports and presentations
• Impeccable verbal and written communication, presentation development, and “storytelling” skills
• Positive, enthusiastic, and passionate about the role, the company, and the impact it can have on our world.

WHAT CAN SAPUTO DO FOR YOU?

• Offer developmental opportunities that enhance your career fulfillment
• Provide meaningful compensation and benefits that help you care for your family
• Provide opportunities to contribute to your community and enhance the lives of others through Saputo products