
Director, Sustainability Risk and Traceability
- Billund, Syddanmark
- Permanent
- Fuldtid
- Drives the inclusion of sustainability (environmental, social, governance) factors into overall category-risk assessment and management process focused on most material/salient risks
- Directs strategies to assess the supplier impact of new and existing sustainability regulatory and stakeholder expectations and integrates these to the supplier-facing systems ensuring the systems are continuously improved to minimize risk to the brand
- Collaborates with key stakeholders to develop risk mitigation and management strategies to support company sustainability agenda (e.g. on water, nature risk)
- Develops and implements approach to supply chain / raw materials traceability and chain of custody by connecting to existing enterprise and supply chain risk management frameworks
- Supports digital enablement of tools and processes to gain upstream visibility to meet regulatory compliance, sustainability claims and disclosures
- Works cross-functionally to prepare external sustainability reporting with accurate traceability and supply chain risk data
- Ensures identified sustainability risks are analyzed and communicated to the procurement teams and leadership through established governance process and regular reporting
- Facilitates cross-category business continuity plan (BCP) for sustainability risks
- Coordinates, participates in and, as required, drives sustainability risk assessment, management and governance processes development to enable compliant and resilient supplier base
- Leads and develops team of direct reports to advance and operate supply chain risk assessment and traceability system in order to minimizing supply chain, regulatory and brand risk
- Education within BSc/BA, MSc/MBA on Sustainability, Business or other related field preferred
- Over a decade of proven experience working in sustainability, supply chain, sourcing and/or risk management in a multinational organization
- Knowledge of and demonstrated experience/leadership in enterprise risk management, supply chain risk management, responsible supply chain monitoring tools and industry best-practices
- Demonstrated expertise in building, directing, and managing large projects
- Proven leadership in cross-functional environments and centralized service delivery models
- Proven track record of addressing tactical business problems with strategic solutions
- Preferably experience with building traceability systems
- Proven experience in building, coaching, and leading high-performing teams in a matrixed or global environments
- Ability to enable change across the organization, and to enroll and influence others; ability to communicate technical and project management concepts in business-oriented terms to different audiences including executive/senior management
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, problem solve under pressure and tight timelines, escalate issues as needed, and support leadership with strategic decision-making
- Excellent interpersonal skills including analytical, problem solving, organizational and issue resolution