Senior Sustainability Manager

Position Senior Sustainability Manager (India Lead role)

Location Thane (Mumbai)

Company- Huhtamaki India Ltd. is a leading provider of primary consumer packaging & decorative labelling solutions in India, and part of Huhtamaki Oyj, a Finnish-based global food packaging major. Packing memorable experiences together with our customers and partners since 1935, today we are a total solutions company with a Pan-India presence, backed by 10 manufacturing sites and 5 customer support centers with employee strength of more than 2800. Catering to both, domestic as well as global demand, our tube laminates are designed for segments such as food, oral care, skin care, pharma and other non-food items. As specialists of flexible packaging, our purpose is to help great products reach more people, more easily.

Huhtamaki is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants for employment will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

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Role Offerings :

We offer an opportunity to join a team of professionals in a dynamic and global business with operations around the world. We are looking for a driven sustainability expert to help us deliver on our ambitious sustainability targets in Huhtamaki India.

Your main responsibilities would include:

• Lead and develop operational sustainability roadmaps to ensure that the organization remains at the forefront of efforts to combat climate change and deliver improvement on environmental footprint, with major focus on energy consumption, GHG emissions, water and chemicals consumption and waste management.
• Plan and implement related projects and investments across the manufacturing footprint of Huhtamaki India with accountability for overall delivery against the plan and measuring project impact
• Drive new initiatives in areas such as biodiversity and supplier sustainability, in line with company strategy.
• Support and contribute to global company sustainability initiatives as subject matter expert
• Create the BRSR (Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting) disclosure in accordance with SEBI guidelines in India as well as support Sustainability reporting as per CSRD and other relevant guidelines towards the Huhtamaki Group reporting. Support Investor relations in creating and responding to investor queries and disclosures related to sustainability.
• Keep abreast of all major updates and regulatory requirements related to sustainability and support the organization in meeting them, for example Plastic Waste Management rules and processes to comply with EPR rules
• Support Sales team to engage with customers on any requirements and expectations related to sustainability
• Support Product sustainability initiatives towards recyclability and recycled content use, LCA requirements as they develop, in partnership with R&D and segment product sustainability team.
• Support the Public Advocacy work in India through partnerships with Industry Associations and Government working groups, as needed. Represent the organization in Industry talks, conferences.
• Support the Human Resources team in implementing CSR initiatives with a focus to positively impact communities.
• Take the lead on change management needed to drive forward the sustainability agenda both with external and internal stakeholders

You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders across the Huhtamaki India organization, the global business segment leadership team, the global Sustainability and Communications team, the local and segment level EHS, Quality & Compliance and Risk management organizations, customer representatives, suppliers, industry associations, and regulatory authorities. The Senior Sustainability Manager, India reports to the Head of Sustainability, Flexible Packaging and in dotted line to the Huhtamaki India Leadership team.

Perks and benefits

Best in the industry. CTC offered includes fixed, variable, plus benefits like medical insurance for self and family, telephone reimbursement etc clubbed with employee centric policies.

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