Shaw Industries-posted 4 months ago
Full-time
Dalton, GA
Textile Product Mills

A Sustainability Specialist I plays an important role in advancing Shaw's sustainability efforts, which encompasses wellbeing, carbon impact, and end-of-life solutions. This role supports Shaw's efforts to ensure sustainable practices across the value chain and communicates the sustainable aspects of our products. They participate in the collection, management, and application of product ingredient information, and Shaw's reclamation efforts. They also serve as a key communicator- engaging with internal stakeholders and customers through written and verbal channels to support Shaw's sustainability goals and initiatives.

  • Manage and oversee chemical approval workflow system.
  • Organize and manage product and raw material chemical information provided by Shaw vendors.
  • Work with product technical groups and Corporate Sourcing on vendor data acquisition as directed by PSMs.
  • Manage product Bills of Materials and other related information to support certification efforts, especially Cradle to Cradle (C2C).
  • Manage and oversee the Sustainability inbox including responding to sales and customer inquiries regarding product composition and other sustainability related topics.
  • Become knowledgeable on all product transparency and disclosure programs that Shaw is part of, including Environmental Product Declarations, Health Product Declarations and Declare.
  • Assist in development of product related sustainability documentation and training tools for Shaw Sales, Marketing, and Customer Services groups.
  • Assist in development and management of product LCA and EPD documents, to include gathering process data from manufacturing plants.
  • Manage and maintain sustainability related files and folders in shared drives, SharePoint, and other storage locations.
  • Manage and oversee responses for Reclamation inbox, re[TURN] hotline, and ShawRecycles.com requests.
  • Support and assist in project management of Shaw's re[TURN] reclamation program.
  • Partner with Reclamation manager to initiate and execute re[TURN] reclamation program process improvement projects focused on operational efficiencies and enhancing customer experience.
  • Support and assist in Shaw's Energy and Carbon strategies, accounting, and reporting needs.
  • 4-year degree (engineering, technical or scientific field preferred) OR equivalent experience in product focused technical roles.
  • Demonstrated project management, data management and organizational skills.
  • Ability to perform analytical tasks independently and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences in a variety of formats.
  • Apply good judgment in managing confidential business information.
  • Availability for local travel as required with limited overnight travel when necessary.
  • Strong computer literacy, especially MS Office and M365 collaboration tools.
  • Shaw system knowledge (e.g., G-Link, TTR, Salesforce, ePRO) preferred.
  • Plan, write, edit and proof a variety of written materials for presentations, technical papers and newsletters.
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