Sustainability Specialist - Commercial Execution

Kerry•Beloit, WI

2d•$63,000 - $103,450

About The Position

The Sustainability Specialist – Commercial Execution supports the implementation of sustainability in customer engagements, value propositions, and internal governance. The role executes established sustainability commercial processes, supports quantified sustainability messaging, maintains high-quality sustainability information systems, and improves visibility of sustainability’s contribution to commercial outcomes. It is customer-facing and builds capability in sustainability metrics, customer ESG requirements, CRM reporting, and cross-functional coordination, with exposure to more strategic sustainability value and impact work. Preference will be given to candidates within driving distance of Kerry’s headquarters in Beloit, Wisconsin. Travel of up to 30% is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in sustainability, environmental science, business, marketing, or a related field.
At least 2 years of experience in marketing, sales, supply chain, procurement, customer support, or a related business operations role.
Comfort working with CRM and content management systems such as Salesforce, Seismic, and SharePoint, as well as online reporting tools.
Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
Strong attention to detail and analytical skills, including the ability to review sustainability data, identify inconsistencies, and produce accurate responses.
Working knowledge of common ESG and sustainability reporting concepts, such as GHG emissions scopes, targets, and responsible sourcing.
Experience organizing councils, committees, or cross-functional groups.
Availability to travel up to 30%.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience with customer platforms and sustainability questionnaires.

Responsibilities

Support the development and rollout of customer sustainability value propositions using approved data and messaging.
Provide sustainability insights, training, and technical support for customer engagements, proposals, and business opportunities.
Work with Insights tools and teams to showcase growth potential for customers with sustainability claims or attributes by leveraging Kerry’s portfolio.
Develop decarbonization roadmaps for global and strategic customers in partnership with commercial teams.
Use customer insights and data analysis to strengthen sustainability value propositions and prioritize opportunities.
Apply sustainability metrics, including carbon, nature, and deforestation-free metrics, to customer-facing materials.
Gather, organize, and validate sustainability data across sustainability, R&D, operations, and regulatory teams.
Build working knowledge of the organization’s sustainability measurement approaches, assumptions, and boundaries.
Lead Carbon Guide validation in partnership with the Global SME for accuracy.
Coordinate customer sustainability requests across commercial, R&D, Procurement, Regulatory, Legal, Operations, and Sustainability teams.
Complete customer sustainability questionnaires, RFIs, surveys, certifications, and related requests.
Assist with customer requests within digital platforms, including administrative site linking, audit visibility, and internal coordination.
Maintain tracking and documentation to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent responses.
Perform quality checks to ensure responses align with approved claims and supporting documentation.
Maintain a library of standard responses, data, and evidence to streamline future RFIs and questionnaires.
Maintain approved sustainability content in repositories such as Seismic and SharePoint, ensuring materials are accurate, current, and aligned with the sustainability strategy.
Support content updates following sustainability report releases, strategy refreshes, or new initiatives.
Help commercial teams locate and correctly use approved sustainability materials.
Use CRM tools such as Salesforce to track and report sustainability-related commercial activity.
Track pipeline development and conversion for sustainability-related opportunities.
Track sustainability contracts’ performance and report to customers.
Support adoption of carbon metrics into recipe creation with RD&A teams.
Support coordination of a sustainability ambassador or champion network, including communications, mentoring, and participation tracking.
Support sustainability governance forums through meeting coordination, action tracking, and documentation.
Assist with process improvement initiatives and special projects as assigned.