Senior Sustainability Manager UK&I

Medtronic

4d•Onsite

About The Position

At Medtronic, you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. Healthcare is changing. Our innovative products and services enable earlier disease diagnosis, safer treatment, faster recovery, and improved patient outcomes. Environmental harm and social value are intrinsically linked to health. Globally, the international scientific consensus is that, to prevent the worst climate damages, global net human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide need to fall by about 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching net zero around 2050. Locally, our governments seek net zero by 2040 if not sooner and have mandated disclosures in all public tenders through a series of Procurement Policy Notes. In 2022 NHS England launched the Sustainable Supplier Framework. This framework encourages suppliers to the Nation Health Service (NHS) to report and improve on their social value contribution, carbon emissions, waste and labour standards. From 2030, suppliers will only be able to qualify for NHS contracts if they can demonstrate their progress through published progress reports. This is a field-based role and travel is expected to be ~60% of the working week.

Requirements

Experience of working with NHS England, NHS Supply Chain, and Industry Trade Bodies on climate change projects
Knowledge of how to calculate and present carbon and social value metrics.
A developed understanding of Scienced Based Targets
Knowledge of Medtronic’s analytical tools
Proactive, clear, and concise communicator.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Knowledge of sustainable quality improvement processes

Responsibilities

Build relationships with NHS England, NHS Supply Chain, trade bodies and the major public hospitals to understand and respond to the Sustainable Supplier Framework.
Work with our OU’s & Global Functions to understand their carbon & social value gains, translating that into an externally accredited reporting mechanism
Create and update the UK&I Carbon Reduction Plan, Social Value Framework, and respond to all labour standards assessments
Undertake the NHS Evergreen assessment, obtain & maintain a grade 4 award
Partner Enterprise Sustainability as conduit to UKI/corporate information exchange & collaboration
Create & communicate consistent messaging for Medtronic’s position on sustainability
Support UK&I tender responses, providing exemplar answers to sustainability questions that maximize Medtronic’ evaluation scores
Establish Medtronic as a thought leader in the sustainability space, attending/presenting in all relevant sustainability forums.