Senior Manager, Sustainability Legislation

Morgan Street Holdings • Chicago, IL

108d • $125,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Senior 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

• 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.

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.

Benefits

• Generous medical, dental, vision and other great benefits
• Paid parental and medical leave programs
• 401(k) with a company match component and profit sharing
• 15 days of paid time off plus company holidays
• Hybrid work model
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment assistance
• Inclusive employee resource groups

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees