Market Sustainability Expert (Business Development background)

Job Description

We are looking for a Market Sustainability Expert with strong business acumen, good networking skills and a passion for the environment, who can shape our sustainability position in fast-growing markets.

You will be responsible for the South Asia Market (SAM). This position will be based in Gurgaon, reporting to the Market Sustainability Director for SAM.

Your main tasks will be to strengthen Tetra Pak s sustainability credentials in SAM, with a specific focus on fast tracking the growth of carton packaging collection and recycling. This will be done by securing strong recycling infrastructure and capacity through identifying and developing recycling partners in these markets, working in tandem with industry coalitions and PROs to establish and expand effective collections network, continuously looking for improvements in the value proposition of the recycling business in SAM and communicating the values to different stakeholders including our key customers. You will support a process to raise the value in the collection and recycling chain and therefore help enabling the expansion of beverage carton recycling across the country.

As the Market Sustainability Expert, you will:

• Ensure development and execution of the market sustainability operational plan aligned with cluster plans and the local leadership of SAM
• Execute the market strategy to increase the collection, sorting and recycling of post-consumer cartons
• Drive circular economy activities and engagement with industry PROs and coalitions, waste management collectors and cooperatives; recycling businesses; NGOs etc. and support public affairs colleagues with regulators/policy-makers;
• Drive recycling targets within the markets by working closely with value chain partners to secure and develop recycling capacities and collection networks
• Support development of short and long-term collection and recycling programmes
• Driving continues improvement of recycling solutions
• Support recyclers and other stakeholders in their business development
• Maintain data about recycling market infra-structure and capacities. Maintain and regularly update the recycling value chain
• Secure compliance with local collection/recycling regulation as needed. Provide data for reliable accounting and reporting of recycling rates
• Support our key customers in driving their environmental agenda through implementation of programmes and partnerships agreed with customers and aligned with Marketing Managers/Directors and Key Account Managers/Directors
• Work closely with communications team to ensure effective circular economy communications strategy execution.

We believe the successful candidate will have:

• Minimum education of master degree, preferable from business management, sustainability/circular economy or related discipline
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the field of sales and marketing /or business development experience
• Sound strategic thinking, business analysis and negotiating skills
• Ability to understand basic technical aspects of recycling
• Commercial acumen to understand recycling value chain financials
• Good presentation and people engagement skills required
• Good understanding of circular economy general concepts is a bonus
• Strong passion for the environment
• Strong drive to deliver results and continuously improve the way of working
• Self-motivated with a can-do attitude
• Excellent skills in linking strategy to operations and in planning and organizing work

• Variety of exciting challenges with ample opportunities for development and training in a truly global landscape
• Culture that pioneers spirit of innovation where our engineering genius drives visible result
• Equal opportunity employment experience that values difference and diversity
• Market competitive compensation and benefits with flexible working arrangements

Keyskills :
strong business acumensouth asiakey accountmail sortingpublic affairsfood processingbusiness acumenwaste managementbusiness analysisnetworking skillsnegotiation skillsstrategic thinkingbusiness managementbusiness developmentfinancial justifi