About the company
Our client is a global dairy and nutrition company committed to sustainable growth and responsible production. With strong international operations, the organisation focuses on reducing environmental impact while delivering high?quality products across a wide customer base.
Role Description
Our client is seeking a Sustainability Manager to lead their retail carbon reduction agenda and strengthen long-term sustainability partnerships across multiple countries. The ideal candidate combines deep commercial sustainability expertise with excellent communication skills and the ability to translate complex topics into actionable business solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and execute the strategic carbon pillar, including the delivery of customer-focused carbon reduction deals.
- Develop and maintain long-term sustainability partnerships with international retail customers.
- Act as the primary sustainability contact for various OPCOs, ensuring alignment across teams.
- Lead multi-OpCo carbon projects from strategy to operational execution.
- Manage reporting, budgets, and overall progress on sustainability initiatives.
- Communicate complex sustainability topics clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
- 8–10 years of commercial sustainability experience within Retail or FMCG.
- BA/MA degree in a relevant field.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work in multicultural environments.
- Strong communicator with the ability to simplify complexity and drive system change.
- Hands-on and strategic mindset, including experience in budget management and reporting.
- Excellent proficiency in English; Dutch is an advantage.
- Strong knowledge of Office tools.
- Experience in the food industry and commercial sustainability topics is a significant plus.
- Personal characteristics: relationship builder, multicultural thinker, practical and solution-oriented.
- Availability 32–38 hours per week.
- Willingness to travel to Germany and Belgium 1–2 times per month.
- Hybrid working model
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Since 2012, SIRE Life Sciences is the most innovative and engaged consultancy company for the life sciences industries.
SIRE Life Sciences is proud of its ability to adapt to changing trends while always maintaining the highest level of quality for both our clients and our candidates.
Our team of knowledgeable professionals provides customized staffing services to clients and candidates, including secondment, direct hire, temporary-to-hire, temporary staffing, brokering, Statement of Work and we approach each type with the same degree of professional assessment. Our refined and collaborative style is unmatched in the staffing industry. We’re able to see beyond the surface to create matches that result in successful careers for our candidates and valuable talent for our clients.
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