Regional Coffee Sustainability Manager Asia
Regional Coffee Sustainability Manager Asia
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Job Description
Strategic Leadership:
- Lead the development and implementation of the respective country strategies aligned with global goals.
- Communicate and promote the coffee sustainability strategy internally and externally to key regional and global managers and partners.
- Follow regional trends and developments to ensure that the strategy remains relevant and adequate. Adjust where required.
- Participate in global platform meetings to bring the regional perspective forward.
Team Management and Development:
- Structure and empower regional and national sustainability colleagues to operate independently while ensuring alignment with overall strategy.
- Identify and develop key talents within the team fostering growth opportunities aligned with regional needs.
- Organize calls and meetings among sustainability national Teams to share experience promote crosscountry learning review strategies share experiences and align with other functions.
- Ensure crossteam collaboration with research commercial and communication teams.
Program Management and Compliance:
- Ensure all LDCmanaged Responsibly Sourced (RS) coffee supply chains meet their compliance standard in addition to LDCs own compliance standards (Nondeforestation commitment) as well as EUDR CSRDDD child labor laws and other HRDD obligations.
- Oversee risk assessments updates and prevention/mitigation strategies to align with above compliance standards and other global frameworks.
- Together with the Asia Regional Stronger Coffee Initiative Manager guide teams in successfully implementing SCI (Stronger Coffee Initiative) projects and deliver lowcarbon coffee.
Data and Impact Measurement:
- Together with the Regional Sustainability Data Coordinator based in Bangalore and the Data Sustainability Manager in Lyon oversee the collection harmonization and storage of data including farm polygons and traceability metrics ensuring alignment with global frameworks.
- Monitor the impact of sustainability programs such as certification and responsible sourcing and report findings to relevant internal and external stakeholders.
- Oversee the creation and maintenance of dashboards and tools for realtime monitoring and evaluation to create a feedback loop with the global strategy.
Budget and Operational Oversight:
- Develop and manage budgets for sustainability initiatives in the region ensuring efficient allocation of resources and alignment with financial targets.
- Together with regional controllers track expenditures identify costsaving opportunities and report financial progress regularly.
- Support the commercial team in achieving sourcing targets and expanding sustainability practices across origins.
Stakeholder Engagement and Fundraising:
- Build and maintain relationships with donors clients and partners to support sustainability initiatives in the region.
- Lead fundraising efforts in Asia identifying opportunities to secure additional investments for SCI and other programs.
- Collaborate with regional communication teams to develop narratives and materials showcasing onground projects.
- Participate in regional conferences and forums to promote LDCs sustainability initiatives and build external visibility for our work.
Qualifications :
Bachelors or Masters degree in Sustainability Environmental Science Business Administration or a related field
Additional Information :
Additional Information
- Minimum 5 years of experience in sustainability preferably in agriculture or the coffee industry in Asia.
- Proven leadership and team management skills.
- In depth knowledge of smallholder farming context in one of LDCs three origins in the region in particular Vietnam.
- Experience in budgeting financial management and reporting.
- Familiarity with carbon initiatives RegenAg or deforestation verification is a plus.
- Strong analytical skills with expertise in datadriven decisionmaking and tools like Power BI.
- Knowledge of certifications supply chain standards and regulatory compliance (e.g. EUDR).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with fluency in Vietnamese and English.
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We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people our business partners the communities we touch and the environment around us
What We Offer
We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We offer
- A workplace culture that embraces diversity and inclusivity
- Regular events that foster team engagement
- Access to Training and Development
- Hybrid work arrangement offered (availability varies by role)
- Comprehensive insurance coverage and flexible benefits
- Certified Great Place to Work
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
