Job Opportunities Sustainability Excellence Specialist

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier healthier lives with love for nature. Together with kindness and humility we deliver food innovations craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. Theres much to learn and many to learn from with more than 16000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied flexible and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with befriend and stretch your skills alongside. Every day your energy your creativity and your determination will shape our future making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Sustainability Excellence Specialist - Your future role

As the Sustainability Excellence Specialist you will support the digital transformation of the sustainability team and actively contributes to the design deployment and continuous improvement of sustainability digital solutions processes and tools across Givaudan.

You will be based in Budapest Hungary (hybrid role up to 4 days HO/week) and will report directly to the Senior Sustainability Excellence Manager.

Your main responsibilities will be:

Deliver Sustainability Digital Solutions

• Design test and deploy sustainability solutions (processes tools metrics and documentation) in line with Givaudans Sustainability and Procurement strategies

• Define testing scenarios and independently test sustainability solutions including deep-dive on non-conformance

• Become the expert of the implemented solutions be the first point of contact for trouble shooting and support the functional experts

• Develop and maintain documentation related to Sustainability digital solutions. Partner with subject matter experts (SMEs) and stakeholders across functions to identify and implement process enhancements ensuring efficiency accuracy and compliance

• Train and guide functional teams on sustainability tools processes and best practices

• Support continuous improvement initiatives and ensure lessons learned are captured and shared

Project & Process Excellence

• Act as a project manager on specific projects in scope of Sustainability Excellence

• Coordinate cross-functional project teams to ensure alignment milestone achievement and successful delivery

• Engage with IT and other business functions to bridge functional needs and digital solution design supporting the transition to more automated data-driven reporting and monitoring

• Monitor and report progress of projects in scope of Sustainability Excellence ensuring timely issue escalation and action follow-up

Data Reporting & Analytics

• Collect consolidate and validate sustainability-related data across sources and systems to maintain integrity and completeness

• Execute ad hoc analyses supporting decision-making business cases and measurement of sustainability initiatives impact

• Collaborate with project teams and business stakeholders to define relevant metrics explain findings and recommend actionable insights

Training Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop and deliver training materials learning sessions and documentation to build awareness and competencies on sustainability processes and digital tools

• Act as a key enabler of change management promoting sustainability solution best practices harmonized data usage and continuous capability building

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Identify opportunities to enhance process efficiency standardization and automation across sustainability activities

• Benchmark against leading practices digital innovations and evolving external frameworks to recommend optimizations

• Partner with Procurement Sustainability and other corporate functions (EHS Regulatory Finance etc.) to ensure consistent implementation of Sustainability processes across the relevant departments

Your professional profile includes:

• University degree preferable in business administration

• Fluency in English

• Minimum 3 years experience in project management and business analyst role in business administration

• Sustainability experience is beneficial

• Understanding of sustainability and procurement processes

• Understanding of end-to-end corporate processes is beneficial

• Strong analytical skills and good data visualization skills

• SAP experience is a plus

• SAP BI experience is a plus

• Good communication and interpersonal skills

• Good Process Management & Process Analysis

• Ability to interact at multiple levels

Our benefits:

• Flexible Working Arrangements (Work from home (3-4) days per week)

• Private Health Insurance

• Monthly cafeteria plan

• Travel reimbursement when commuting from out of Budapest urban area

• Access to exclusive perfumes and other employee discounts

• Recognition and referral programs

• Career development opportunities in our multinational environment

• Team buildings and company events

• Learning programs to develop your soft and hard skills

• Free coffee and tea in our equipped kitchen

At Givaudan you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch peoples lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture where you can thrive collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.