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Position Overview:

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US Foods, one of the largest Food Distribution Corporations in the nation, is seeking a Sustainability Manager. This position is responsible for establishing strategic impact priorities, leading US Foods’ Climate agenda, and reducing the environmental footprint of its operations. The successful individual will help develop goals and strategies in alignment with industry benchmarks and business goals resulting in reduction of GHGs, reduction in Food Waste and the diversion of Food Waste from landfill. S/he will lead programs required to meet stakeholder environmental goals and obligations. The successful candidate must possess strong influencing skills along with a broad knowledge of sustainability to engage various stakeholders and associates in building an awareness and culture of sustainability throughout the organization.

This role is remote which means the work can be completed from anywhere in the United States except Hawaii or United States Territories. This position will require 25-50% overnight travel.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Establish goals, implement standards, and execute programs across the organization leading to the reduction of GHG emissions.
2. Establish goals, implement standards, and execute programs across the organization leading to the reduction of Food Waste and diversion of Food Waste from Landfill.
3. Collaborate with Fleet to develop strategies and execute programs leading to the Decarbonization of fleet operations.
4. Collaborate with Facilities and Operations to develop strategies and execute programs leading to the Decarbonization of warehousing operations.
5. Ensure Compliance to Environmental Regulations at the Local, Regional and National level.
6. Seek Grants & Incentives to improve the financial performance of transformative & innovative technologies and programs.
7. Establish systems and processes necessary to meet requirements and stipulations associated with Grants and Incentives.
8. Maintain awareness of impending regulations and develop strategies and implement programs to ensure compliance with future regulations.
9. Routinely communicate performance results to stakeholders through established metrics & scorecards. Highlight and provide insights into any trends and deviations.
10. Promote and socialize the corporate sustainability agenda with internal and external audience.
11. Make recommendations to field staff and management on how to improve performance based upon the analysis of data.
12. Collaborate with Indirect Procurement to hold vendors and service providers accountable to Service Level Agreements and Pricing.
13. Direct the development and implementation of processes and projects that can potentially improve performance and/or provide a competitive advantage.
14. Industry Technical Leadership: Partner with stakeholders and suppliers to identify, develop, and implement new and innovative solutions.
15. Become involved in the industry: Engage with peer fleets, professional organizations, gov’t and non-government organizations, trade associations, and academia to benchmark, align with industry, and bring outside ideas in.

Travel approximately 25-50 % of the time. Overnight Travel required.

RELATIONSHIPS
Internal: Functional groups including Fleet, Facilities, Operations, Finance, Legal, Procurement etc.

External: Outside vendors, providers, consultants, grantors etc.

QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Training: BA or BS in Environmental Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, Accounting, Accounting & Finance, Accounting & Technology, Business Administration/Management, Economics, Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance & Technology, Environmental Law, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer and Information Science, Computer and Information Science & Accounting, Finance, Management Information Systems, Management Information Systems & Accounting, Sustainable Resource Management or equivalent work experience.

Related Experience: 7 years’ experience focused on managing Environmental and Sustainability programs in a large corporate environment.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Technical Capabilities
o Understanding of technical elements related to the environment and climate agenda
o Prior experience establishing goals and developing strategies
o Demonstrated Technical Expertise
• Business Strategy and Analytics
o Strong functional business acumen
o Developing cross-functional expertise across multiple business functions
o Excellent data manipulation and analytical skills
o Ability to think logically and analytically
o Detail oriented
o Able to take complex, ambiguous problems, break them down into smaller parts, and problem solve to come up with a whole, integrated, and strategic solution
o Creative problem solver
• Self-direction and Teamwork
o High degree of passion and motivation
o Ability to work independently, within a team and, also lead a team
o Ability to build consensus and lead work streams
o Highly organized with the ability to multitask and prioritize workloads
o Provide direction and oversight of project completion
• Communication
o Strong verbal and written communication skills
o Strong presentation skills
o Ability to interact across a broad spectrum of cross-functional team members, up to and including senior leadership
o Able to communicate complex concepts clearly
o Ability to influence change within complex organizations. Strong and demonstrated Change Management capabilities
o Ability to relate to others
• Advanced proficiency in the following required:
o MS Office Suite, including:
§ Microsoft Outlook
§ Microsoft Excel
§ Microsoft PowerPoint (e.g., update presentations; create graphs, tables, and other data visualization techniques)

The following information is provided in accordance with the Colorado Pay Equity Act. Compensation depends on experience, geographic locations, and other factors permitted by law. In Colorado, the expected compensation for this role is between $ 102,400.00 and $ 136,600.00. Benefits for this role include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.

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