Senior Specialist Sustainability | Genk

Are you ready to use your passion for sustainability in the dynamic role of Senior Specialist Sustainability? Discover below the challenges and rewards that come with this role at H.Essers.

YOUR CHALLENGES

H.Essers is fully committed to a sustainable strategy, and our ambitions are aligned with the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: good health and well-being, quality education, decent work and economic growth, industry, innovation & infrastructure and climate action. The responsibility to achieve our sustainable strategy is carried throughout our organization. As a Senior Specialist Sustainability you will support the organization together with the Senior Expert Sustainability to manage this.

What this means specifically:

  • You will be responsible for the timely and compliant delivery of our annual sustainability report, namely through thorough project management and coordination and content alignment with the various internal stakeholders and external partners (copy writer, design agency and auditor). You seamlessly incorporate the large amount of new information that will result from internal projects and reporting requirements (CSDR) in the coming years into the report
  • The management of implemented sustainable solutions is in good hands with you. Thanks to your accurate follow-up, our HVO in setting solution runs smoothly, including the annual external assurance audit. You support our commercial department by validating customer-specific information or calculations and conceptual questions from customers. You also become a key figure for future solutions, you are therefore always involved in projects
  • You are the key figure who knows everything about our EcoVadis score. To bring this annually evolving questionnaire to a successful conclusion, you analyze our score, translate it into concrete follow-up actions and projects for which you actively approach and involve other departments and colleagues, and finally you collect the necessary supporting documents. You also translate evolutions in the EcoVadis questionnaire and methodology into appropriate actions. Thanks to your knowledge of the various aspects of sustainability, your knowledge of the organization and your colleagues, you ensure that our score is always representative of the commitments we have embedded in our sustainability strategy
  • You are part of the corporate sustainability team, working closely with our Senior Expert Sustainability in monitoring and realizing our corporate sustainability roadmap. Besides the mentioned yearly recurring solutions and projects, you also lead projects to implement new capabilities, solutions, etc. as defined in our roadmap. These include scope 3 emissions, science-based targets (SBTi), reporting requirements (CSRD, Taxonomy), electric trucks, and many more
  • Data holds no secrets for you. You consolidate relevant data and generate valuable business insights, and you document how we define and measure sustainability metrics. You ensure the smooth running of audits, make essential contributions to our sustainability governance, client ESG questionnaires, our CDP score, and even the international implementation of these metrics after acquisitions
  • As the first point of contact in our corporate sustainability team you are in daily contact with our international colleagues, suppliers and customers for sustainability related questions

YOUR TALENTS

You will support the realization of our sustainable strategy with your relevant experience, strong analytical and organizational skills, strong communication skills and infectious enthusiasm. 

  • You have a master’s degree, supplemented with several years of work experience, preferably in the field of sustainability
  • You have a strong interest in the Supply Chain Sector, with a passion for sustainability in the broadest sense of the word.
  • With your excellent organizational and project management skills, you bring structure and efficiency in leading projects and actions, and monitoring KPIs. Even if that structure is not yet in place
  • Analytical and conceptual thinking is completely your thing, you always bring a critical and positive view, and you make others think with your insights. Data holds no secrets for you, and you can absorb a lot of information in a short time and put it into practice, from all kinds of sources (EcoVadis and CDP methodology, studies, legislation, and so on)
  • Entrepreneurship is in your blood. You take initiative, you are thorough in your follow-up of projects and actions, and you can work perfectly autonomously
  • You can communicate clearly both orally and in writing at all levels in Dutch and English

YOUR REWARD

  • Your attractive salary is supplemented by meal and eco cheques, group and hospitalization insurance, company car, smartphone and laptop, expense allowance, Flex Income Plan and My Essers Benefits
  • You can also count on an extensive holiday scheme and the option of teleworking
  • Supported by our vision of ‘Lifelong Learning’, the H.Essers Academy offers you a free choice of various training courses that contribute to your personal development
  • Your physical and mental health are strengthened through H.Essers’ Fit2Grow health program
  • Your greatest asset is without doubt your place within the strong H.Essers family

7500 REASONS TO CHOOSE H.ESSERS

  • Family values: have provided a strong foundation of trust and commitment for both employees and customers since 1928
  • Job security: in a rapidly changing world
  • Ambitious team: with 7500 dedicated colleagues, we strive for excellence and have an abundance of ambition and opportunity
  • Innovation: in our processes and services, enabling us to serve our customers ever more efficiently and sustainably
  • Sustainable international growth: recognizing our social, economic, and environmental responsibilities as an organization to have a positive impact on society as a whole
  • Diversity and inclusion: are crucial to a healthy and productive work environment and are actively embraced within H.Essers

These are just a few reasons why H.Essers is an attractive choice, we are eager to discover your reason(s).

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