Global Sustainability Manager - REMOTE

Job Overview

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.  
 
  
ROLE OVERVIEW 

100% REMOTE
  
The Sustainability Manager will have the opportunity to develop and execute a sustainability strategy for a global Business Unit that manufactures lifesaving medical products. This will consist of the implementation of programs and tools to report, calculate and improve carbon emissions in the entire product lifecycle including manufacturing and supply chain as well as other sustainability goals for waste, water and energy.  Introduce sustainability requirements in the early stages of product development and procurement processes. You will have the opportunity to work on projects that will drive efficiencies that make a difference.  
  
If you are looking to take your sustainability impact to another level - then this is the right job for you.   
  
 
EXPECTED OUTCOMES 
  
•    Develop Medical business sustainability strategy and plans to meet enterprise sustainability goals. Includes supporting Industrial Solutions (IS) segment and TE Connectivity sustainability strategy. 
•    Align sustainability strategy with business functions and sites to ensure it is designed for execution and performance indicators drive realistic actions.  Drive projects in the BU that will meet the sustainability goals for water, waste, GHG and work with manufacturing plants to achieve project completion.
•    Initiation of action towards the reduction of environmental/carbon footprint and achieve TE and IS Segment sustainability goals. 
•    Establish programs and work with various functional teams to meet customer expectation on sustainability. 
•    Develop BU methods and tools to report, calculate, analyze, and improve carbon footprint in products and operations (Scope 1 & 2 & 3 GHG emission reduction, product carbon emission reduction). 
•    Lead and support sustainability projects and ensure key milestones are achieved.  
•    Engage and collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement and Logistics to ensure CO2 is part of the decision matrix. 
•    Lead or support Engineering and collaborate with COE as well as other functional teams in the development of environmental life cycle assessments for products, processes and packaging. 
•    Drive energy efficiency, renewable energy deployment, water and waste reduction projects and programs and tools at all sites. 
•    Develop and deliver sustainability training to all levels of the organization.   
•    Support communication and collaboration with external stakeholders. 

What your background should look like:

QUALIFICATIONS 
  
•    Undergraduate degree in sustainability or engineering or science degree. 
•    Hands-on experience calculating product carbon footprint, environmental life cycle assessment, circular economy, or product stewardship/product compliance. 
•    Minimum of 8 years of sustainability or equivalent professional experiences. 
•    Fluent in English and have excellent oral and written communication skills. 
•    Be able to work with stakeholders located in different countries and time zones. 
•    Ability to travel at rate estimated to be 40-50% to the sites in the BU.
•    Experience in Environment Compliance Management an advantage.
•    Manufacturing experience in driving sustainability KPI's.
 
LEADERSHIP SKILLS 
  
•    Strong commitment to improve sustainability performance and drive timely and accuracy of reporting. 
•    Strategic thinker, with an ability to engage with local authorities, senior managers and key stakeholders.  
•    Experienced in working, collaborating and influencing global cross functional teams. 
•    Have managerial courage to manage, challenge, take responsibility and handle conflict. 
•    Ability to analyze and prioritize needs and solve problems. 
•    Ability to conduct data analysis. 

Competencies