Daily Sustainability Job Post

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Position Overview:

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Sustainability to…

• Research external industries & global trends and conduct competitive analysis in order to identify white space opportunities and make recommendations for application within brands/business.
• Influence and liaise across the corporation to create partnerships, drive alignment, and achieve results.
• Track and manage data to demonstrate progress toward sustainability targets.
• Assist in annual corporate reporting (e.g. GRI Index, ESG surveys, conflict minerals) and carbon accounting.
• Support the maintenance of Tapestry, Inc. policies and resource materials through ongoing monitoring of environmental and product regulation/legislation both locally and globally, ensuring
• Tapestry’s policies and programs are comprehensive and competitive.
• Develop ideas to support internal and external communications to engage customers and employees, specifically those related to our 2025 Goals such as energy and waste, as well as develop recommendations for updates to Tapestry’s Our Social Fabric microsite.
• Support the roll out, adoption, and implementation of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) tools (e.g. Facility Environmental Module, Brand/Retailer Module, etc.).
• Support the implementation of sustainability initiatives and programs within our owned and operated buildings, such as waste and energy, as well as those related to our products, such as materials and traceability.
• Coordinate and track updates on our 2025 Goals and team project plans.
• Help to create documents aimed at educating internal and external teams (including designers, supply chain and licensees) and streamlining processes across global brands.

The accomplished individual will possess…

• At least one year of experience in Sustainability/Corporate Responsibility, ESG, Business and/or Supply Chain management.
• A B.A./B.S. in a relevant field; Advanced degree not required, but a plus.
• Strong research, analytical and writing skills; clear verbal and written communication.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, including ability to synthesize data and information and offer recommendations/solutions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, etc.). Data management and data visualization a plus.

An outstanding professional will have…

• Excellent grasp of environmental and climate-related concepts and issues, including energy and climate strategies and best practices, science-based targets, GHG accounting, CDP, GRI
• Standards, and other emerging trends and concepts.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to foster and maintain collaborative relationships with local and off-shore teams.
• A willingness to learn and work flexibly in a fast-paced environment.
• An ability to be organized and detail-oriented with ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• An ability to handle sensitive and confidential company materials.
• Initiative and the ability to work independently with direction as well as on a team.

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
• Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives up before finishing, especially in the face of resistance or setbacks.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
• Managerial Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.