Manager, Sustainability Program & Stakeholder Engagement - GSC - US
About The Position
The Manager, Sustainability Program and Stakeholder Engagement plays a critical role in integrating sustainability into Sysco’s business strategy and day-to-day operations. The role manages cross-functional programs, enables delivery through structured project planning, and coordinates stakeholder engagement across the enterprise. Working across business units, functions, and external stakeholders, the manager translates sustainability strategy into action by creating clarity, tracking progress, and delivering high-quality materials for internal and external audiences. The position also represents Sysco’s sustainability efforts externally, fosters collaboration across the value chain, and helps the sustainability team operate as a transformation function. It leads key sustainability meetings and engagement touchpoints, develops executive-ready presentations, coordinates sustainability communications and collateral, and helps ensure sustainability claims are communicated rigorously and with integrity.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 4–6 years of experience in project management, transformation, strategy, communications, or sustainability.
- Strong interest in and belief in the sustainability mission; a sustainability background is not required.
- Proven track record managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
- Comfort working with senior executives and translating strategic direction into action plans and deliverables.
- Strong writing and presentation-building skills, including the ability to create clear, sharp, and visually effective materials.
- Strong technical skills and organization, including Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, and project tracking tools such as Smartsheet, Planner, or Asana.
- Team player with a bias for action.
Nice To Haves
- Degree in Sustainability.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain relationships across key stakeholder groups to ensure alignment, communication, and coordinated action on sustainability priorities.
- Drive program delivery through structured weekly check-ins with workstream leads, surfacing risks, removing barriers, and escalating issues when needed.
- Maintain visibility into program progress and ensure stakeholders are aligned on objectives and priorities.
- Represent Sysco’s sustainability efforts externally, foster partnerships, and align stakeholders to advance sustainability priorities across the food system.
- Align stakeholders around shared priorities and drive collaboration across the value chain.
- Communicate Sysco’s sustainability strategy in external forums and relationships and identify opportunities for impact and business value.
- Foster collaboration, navigate interdependencies, and shape joint ownership of sustainability outcomes.
- Own and manage key sustainability meetings and engagement touchpoints, including Board and ELT sustainability updates, CEO and senior leader communications, monthly team meetings, and strategic working sessions with cross-functional partners.
- Develop compelling presentations that synthesize complex content into clear, executive-ready materials.
- Own the sustainability communications and collateral calendar, aligning timing, audiences, and narratives across internal and external moments.
- Work with Marketing and Corporate Communications to ensure consistency and rigor in sustainability messaging.
- Guide the team on greenwashing risk and communicate sustainability claims with confidence and integrity.
Benefits
- May be eligible to participate in the Company’s Incentive Plan.
- Sysco offers opportunities for personal and professional growth.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
