Planet-friendly Manager

3 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada McCain Foods (Canada) Full time

**Position Title**:Planet-Friendly Manager (15-Month Contract)

**Position Type**: Temporary - Full-Time

**Position Location**: Toronto, Ontario or Oakbrook, Illinois

**Requisition ID**: 26918

We know the importance that food plays in people's lives - the power it has to bring people, families, and communities together. That's why our purpose brings together all the things which we value as a company - 'Celebrating real connections through delicious, planet-friendly food'.

This position is a temporary, 15-month maternity coverage. This position can be based out of Toronto or Chicago and will report to the NA Planet-Friendly Director who sits in McCain’s Chicago office, USA.

The **Planet-Friendly Manager** will enable McCain to advance its sustainability goals, by supporting strategy development and more specifically leading the Thriving Community pillar. If you are passionate about **eliminating food waste, **encouraging **volunteering,** and supporting the efforts of our **Planet-Friendly ambassadors**; if you are a **rigorous and data-orientated** person who can drive projects forward with structure; if you have the **enthusiasm and empathy** to mobilize people, this could be a job for you

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:
**Project Management [approx. 50% of the time]: You have strong leadership and project management skills, and you are able to jungle multiple projects / priorities and deliver high quality outcomes under occasionally tight deadlines.**
- Lead short
- and long
- range sustainability strategies through development and **execution of supporting projects** and engaging multifunctional teams to deliver the commitments in line with McCain’s **Thriving Community pillar**.
- Partner with **cross-functional stakeholders** to manage various CSR projects ranging from CO2 reduction initiatives to packaging improvements.
- Support the **regional sustainability governance** to ensure objectives are being met at different levels of the organization (regional steering committees, network of local champions, )
- Supports cross functional stakeholders in their efforts to **develop innovations** in line with Planet-Friendly initiatives.

**Reporting [approx. 15% of the time]: You are a process and result oriented leader with a solid business acumen and an eye toward impact and influence.**
- Support third party audits when sustainability data is required
- Serve as primary contact to respond to various stakeholder ESG requests, **including customer and prospect RFPs and surveys,** investors, and employees.
- Address customer sustainability surveys and requests for information in a timely manner.
- Support the development of the Global Sustainability Report, in collaboration with the global CSR data lead.
- **Maintain consistency** in quantitative and qualitative sustainability information across various platforms and scorecards
- In addition to the existing data management systems, you **may need to build new tools** or improve existing solutions to cover blind spots

**Support the operationalization of CSR (making it happen) [approx. 35% of the time]: Transmit the strategic sustainability vision and convey the business case of sustainability to inspire understanding, commitment and action from local teams and leadership;**
- ** Support the communication strategy** to share sustainability progress internally, build and develop appropriate communication tools.
- **Creatively share key sustainability data** in a way that is compelling and tailored to each audience, strong Powerpoint skills required.
- Develop sustainability skills via** training** (ex. leadership training, functional training) on various fields of Sustainability
- Act as a **coach and hands-on advisor** to local initiatives where necessary

**WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR**:

- Someone who is passionate about sustainability, with a robust knowledge of sustainability and climate issues
- 3+ years of technical and professional development experience in sustainability with a significant experience in a role that combines technical and professional experience in sustainability
- A Master degree in Engineering or Business school, ideally specialized in Sustainability, Environmental planning, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Policy or related field
- Demonstrated experience implementing sustainability solutions across a range of topic areas.
- Have Excellent project management skills and experience in amplifying sustainability wins internally & externally, creativity and design ability.
- Analytical: Concise and data oriented
- Demonstrate a strong business acumen, communication, interpersonal, influencing and relationship building skills.
- Have strong technical depth, dynamic cross-functional interaction and highly effective communication skills, excels at Powerpoint.

**TRAVEL**:some travel within North America; max 15%.
- McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based


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