Sustainability Coordinator

Today, Polychem manufactures and offers the broadest line of polyester, polypropylene and cord strapping in the industry. In addition, Polychem offers a full suite of complementary equipment, tools, accessories and fully integrated equipment.

• Polychem's polyester strapping is made from 100% recycled polyester (RPET), with 60% or more post-consumer content.
• Strap cores are made from a minimum of 92% recycle content and are reusable and fully recyclable.

Overview

The Sustainability Coordinator is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring company environmental strategies as well as carrying out and maintaining existing sustainability programs. This role also be responsible for communicating plans, formulating budgets and marketing green strategies to vendors, customers and colleagues to encourage participation in company focused efforts and programs. This role will be responsible for reviewing bottom line performance data and producing reporting to the leadership team. This role is one that enables one to help make a difference in the way businesses, large or small, impact the environment.

This individual must be extremely intelligent, personable, dynamic and innovative, with exceptional analytical skills, and one who deploys an energetic day-to-day roll-up-your-sleeves attitude.

Required Travel:

• Extensive travel will be required.

Position Profile

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the charge on company sustainability initiatives, along with managers and departments, by coordinating current sustainability programs, plans and initiatives.
• Develop new policies and procedures to enhance environmental responsibility across all operations and departments, within regulatory compliance, by gathering feedback, evaluating programs for improvement, and implementing changes.
• Demonstrate how proposed policies and procedures benefit the overall bottom line (people, planet, profit) and create net positive impacts, articulating expected results and costs
• Use data/economic analyses, background research, and case studies to create reports and presentations.
• Coordinate efforts to set goals and adopt new programs, track the impacts of changes in operations, lead internal and external audits (waste and recycling separation, energy and water use etc.) and celebrate successes.
• Work with Marketing and Sales to conduct outreach about sustainability programs.
• Develop ways to build on success and set bolder goals and initiatives going forward.

Essential Job Functions:

• Ensure ongoing success of sustainability initiatives:
  • Provide daily hands on support to Marketing and Sales to ensure sustainability initiatives are successfully being implemented
  • Monitor all sustainability practices for compliance and collect list of areas that require improvements.
  • Work with various teams internally and externally to understand emerging sustainability issues.
  • Communicate regularly with colleagues regarding sustainability initiatives and efforts through formal trainings and regular workplace interactions.
• Monthly data collection and tracking – internally and externally:
  • Update key data metrics on a monthly basis into sustainability database.
  • Plan and lead regular waste audits to measure waste stream mix.
  • Prepare tables, graphs, and other visual reporting tools for monthly and annual reporting.
• Provide project assistance.
• Conduct sustainability research:
  • Conduct initial research on various sustainability topics that impact the business.
  • Prepare brief summaries of findings to leadership team.
  • Track various sustainability and related websites for new sustainability opportunities.
  • Track, report, and chart on all key opportunities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Undergraduate and/or graduate degree in environmental sciences, sustainable business, operations, engineering, or business with sustainable practices focus
• Work Experience - minimum of 2 years of experience in an area of sustainable practices.
• Experience performing the duties of this job may substitute for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis.
• Demonstrated experience working in sustainability, environmental sciences, or renewable resources for at least one year. Demonstrated experience in program coordination or development.
• Knowledge of and passion for sustainability.