Senior Manager, Advocacy & External Engagement (Packaging)

TMS•Chicago, IL

41d•$130,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

tms unites technology, marketing, and sourcing to drive transformational change for the world's leading brands. With 1,200+ employees across 26 countries, we offer an impressive range of solutions - from inspiration and innovation to category management and delivery. Operating as a creative agency, a strategic consultancy, a sourcing business, and a technology provider, we engage with over 110 million customers every single day for our clients, including McDonald's, T-Mobile, O2, Starbucks, and adidas. Most importantly, we're a place where you can achieve great things, and be recognized as the best. To learn more about who we are and what we work on, check out: How we harness the Power of And: https://vimeo.com/tmsagency/power-of-and Our latest and greatest work: https://vimeo.com/tmsagency/sizzle-reel What makes our people and culture unique: https://vimeo.com/tmsagency/people-culture WHAT MATTERS THE MOST Breakthrough, business-driving ideas come from extraordinary people with the freedom to be their most authentic selves at work. Authenticity and diversity are critical elements of our business. They can only be realized when we create access and equity for all. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging and aspire to be ever-evolving. tms is a place where brilliant people are better together. If you want your ideas to be heard and to contribute to a culture of inclusion and authenticity, bring us your voice! Visit us at tmsw.com. WHY WE THINK YOU WILL LOVE THIS ROLE Manager, Sustainability Legislation will sit within our tms, Packaging, Sustainability team. The Sustainability team supports the delivery of client Sustainability strategic objectives, focused on product and supply chain, through operations, reporting and legislation tracking. To do so our team collaborates with key stakeholders across various internal and client cross-functional teams, Suppliers, Consultants and external organisations. Our global Sustainability team sits across 3 geographic regions, supporting global, regional and market activities. In this role, your work will be pivotal in supporting our North American market Client navigate a complex legislative landscape, ensuring legislative compliance for their foodservice packaging portfolio. The key purpose of this role will be: Monitoring and maintaining a full, integrated understanding of regulations, legislation, and market activities affecting or potentially affecting packaging at the federal, state and local level. Ensuring a robust understanding and visibility into sustainability labels, marketing claims, and the FTC Green Guides. Identifying where opportunity and deployment gaps exist and building proposals on how these can be addressed. Developing awareness and communication of compliance requirements across the relevant tms functions and supporting development of action plans and prioritization to achieve market compliance. Providing subject matter expertise, and engaging with key stakeholders, both client and internal cross-functional teams, in disseminating key information on legislative requirements. Managing the development of education and communication vehicles for key stakeholders, relevant to legislative packaging and its impact to the Client's products and supply chain. Maintaining and fostering partnerships with key external stakeholders. Attending relevant industry conferences, forums, roundtables, etc. as deemed appropriate.

Requirements

People management and leadership skills as you will head a small team focused on delivering client services.
The ability to interpret and communicate regional compliance needs to support the deployment of sustainability strategies.
Development and delivery of tailored approaches to meet rapidly evolving Client needs.
Experience in managing complex legislative requirements and responding to Client and Supply Chain queries on complex issues.
Experience in systems and process development and supporting technology enablement to advance our tracking and reporting capabilities.
Legislation tracking, interpretation and analysis experience.
Ability to accurately translate legislative requirements.
Demonstrated success managing information to ensure quality, on-time delivery of sustainability legislation reports, and support business continuity.
Adeptness in legislative foresight and risk mitigation strategies.
Data management experience.
Experience with creating reports using multifaceted data sets to communicate, interpret and use for informed decision-making.
Management, maintaining, and development of database systems and processes.
Ability to develop and present complex information clearly and simply, catering to audiences with varied levels of expertise (internally and externally).
Strong interpersonal skills and building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships to foster collaboration and navigate legislative dynamics.
Minimum 4 years professional experience in legislation tracking, interpretation and development of response strategies.
Sustainable packaging knowledge and how packaging can be impacted by legislation.
An understanding of Extended Producer Responsibility packaging laws and requirements.
An understanding of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Green Guides, sustainability labelling (e.g., How to Recycle, BPI, FSC) and general sustainability marketing claims.
Data management.
Strong research and analytical skills.
Highly collaborative and able to build productive relationships.
Ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of foodservice packaging laws and regulations.
Drive continuous improvement.
Be strategically focused.

Responsibilities

Monitoring and maintaining a full, integrated understanding of regulations, legislation, and market activities affecting or potentially affecting packaging at the federal, state and local level.
Ensuring a robust understanding and visibility into sustainability labels, marketing claims, and the FTC Green Guides.
Identifying where opportunity and deployment gaps exist and building proposals on how these can be addressed.
Developing awareness and communication of compliance requirements across the relevant tms functions and supporting development of action plans and prioritization to achieve market compliance.
Providing subject matter expertise, and engaging with key stakeholders, both client and internal cross-functional teams, in disseminating key information on legislative requirements.
Managing the development of education and communication vehicles for key stakeholders, relevant to legislative packaging and its impact to the Client's products and supply chain.
Maintaining and fostering partnerships with key external stakeholders.
Attending relevant industry conferences, forums, roundtables, etc. as deemed appropriate.