HPC Sustainability & Certification Leader

Job Summary

The HPC business seeks an experienced professional to lead and manage the certification and sustainability strategies for the HPC business, ensuring alignment with IFF corporate and H&B division sustainability goals.

Job Title: HPC Sustainability & Certification Leader

Location: Leiden, the Netherlands; or Lyngby, Denmark

Reports to: Global Marketing DirectorThe Home and Personal Care (HPC) business within IFF’s Health & Biosciences division has demonstrated category-leading, sales and market share growth which is expected to continue across market segments.

HPC will continue to drive future growth by deploying our unique biotechnology capabilities to deliver innovations that address the performance, and sustainability needs of customers and industries.
The HPC business seeks an experienced professional to lead and manage the certification and sustainability strategies for the HPC business, ensuring alignment with IFF corporate and H&B division sustainability goals.

Responsibilities:

Strategy Development & Implementation

• Develop and execute sustainability strategy for relevant certifications for current and new technologies across the HPC business.
• Collaborate and coordinate with internal teams including regulatory, LCA, sustainability, supply chain, product management, marketing, and sales.
• Spearhead sustainability activities across the business as they relate to product-directed actions, including value propositions and messaging for product certifications and assessments.
• Analyse the current landscape and advise the HPC leadership on industry certifications and sustainability assessments for biotech, including new technologies
• Attain certifications for both short and long-term product portfolios by developing a management of change process, creating project plans with milestones and timing, and streamlining supporting materials based on customer certification needs.
• Work within H&B Sustainability team to finalize best practices and processes for completing and maintaining records of customer ESG requests.

External Stakeholder Management

• Lead the management of external sustainability consultants
• Collect customer feedback and collaborate with customers on sustainability initiatives.
• Participate in industry organizations that drive sustainability initiatives forward and create industry alignment.

Product Development and Supply Chain:

• Implement sustainability considerations in product development to drive the HPC portfolio towards more sustainable products.
• Look at opportunities in the supply chain for raw material improvements considering sustainability, hazards, and upcoming regulations.
• Develop sustainability training and literacy within the HPC organization.

Sustainability communication:

• Collaborate with segment leaders to develop sustainability content, including value propositions.
• Ensure all sustainability marketing claims are substantiated with data and evidence, adhering to green claims guidelines and regulations.
• Support sustainability customer requests and portals in collaboration with technical information team and SMEs