Senior Product Sustainability Manager - Process Solutions

Merck KGaA Darmstadt Germany • Burlington, MA

111d • $102,100 - $153,800 • Remote

About The Position

The driving force behind MilliporeSigma's commitment to sustainability is to be a sustainability multiplier, driving it into its products and transforming the environmental footprint of research, biopharma manufacturing and applied markets to provide outsized benefits to its global stakeholder community. From the life cycle assessment and design of its products and its focus on energy saving initiatives to empowering its employees to give back to the communities in which they live and work, MilliporeSigma aims to create value responsibly. It advances environmental and social responsibility throughout its products, operations and people. In doing so, MilliporeSigma develops more innovative, sustainable solutions for its customers, minimizes impacts from its operations, upholds an ethical, fair, healthy, motivated workplace culture and provides lasting benefits for the community. The Senior Product Sustainability Manager supports our strategic goal for increasing product and packaging sustainability and helping to develop solutions to enable our customers to meet their own sustainability goals. This position is ideal for a strong collaborator and project manager who focuses on working cross-functionally to implement and scale up the sector's SHAPE: Design for Sustainability program in order to significantly increase the sustainability of our new and existing products. This person interfaces with a wide range of levels of the organization, primarily across business areas and operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Sustainability, Science or Engineering.
• At least 7 years of experience in driving sustainability into new product development or driving product sustainability improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree in Sustainability, Science or Engineering.
• Experience in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodologies and software tools (Simapro).
• Strong project management skills and ability to coordinate projects with various stakeholders.
• Comfortable with business communication and public presentations.
• Well-developed influencing and motivating skills, including buy-in and consensus building among a wide range of levels of the organization.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to details.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, including those with internal stakeholders, customers, suppliers, and vendors.
• Partnership/Teamwork - ability to work well with a variety of people and be flexible to take on different roles/responsibilities as things change.
• Structured problem solving - ability to take a complex problem and break it down into components.
• Fluent in English mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Engage business areas leadership to increase consideration of sustainability in their strategy and activities.
• Contribute to the development of the sustainability strategy of the respective business areas.
• Manage implementation of SHAPE: Design for Sustainability program within our internal product development process.
• Ensure adoption of SHAPE: Design for Sustainability program by the product development teams globally through education, training sessions, organization of workshops, development of specific resources and tools.
• Support product development teams throughout the entire SHAPE: Design for Sustainability process (life cycle thinking, ideas generation, sustainability assessment, communication).
• Realization of Life Cycle Assessment of products.
• Investigate innovative technologies, materials and partners.
• Keep a pulse on product-related regulatory requirements and evolution in collaboration with regulatory group, on industry trends, sustainable product design, competitor actions, and other sustainability and/or product stewardship initiatives.
• Measurement and tracking of key metrics of the SHAPE: Design for Sustainability program.
• Support development of sustainability related communications for new or improved products.
• Assist with internal and external inquiries, requests, questionnaires, reporting.
• Contribute to enhancement and evolution of our SHAPE: Design for Sustainability framework.

Benefits

• medical, vision, and dental insurance
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• 401(k)-matching program
• paid time off
• paid holidays
• short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including cash bonuses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree