Sustainability Manager North EMEA

DS Smith is now hiring a Sustainability Manager for the North EMEA region!  

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Sustainability Manager to join our team at DS Smith North EMEA. In this role, you will be responsible for positioning our company as an industry leader in sustainability and enhancing customer relationships by communicating our sustainability and circularity agenda. 
 

Your key responsibilities will encompass a wide range of activities. You will act as the central point of contact for all sustainability-related matters within our community, handling customer requests, questionnaires, and individual inquiries on specific topics with expertise. Additionally, you will proactively promote our outstanding sustainability efforts to support top opportunities and tenders, increasing our success rate. 
 

A crucial aspect of your role will be influencing our sustainability agenda to align with specific market needs and requirements, and you identify best-in-class examples and case studies that can be effectively utilized for internal and external communication purposes, collaborating closely with the Marketing Communications Manager. 

Representing DS Smith at customer meetings and external events will be an integral part of your responsibilities, as will ongoing or upcoming legislative changes, market trends, and consumer behavior to identify potential threats and opportunities, and train the local team on new developments. 
 

Collaboration with operations will be essential to understand the required actions for achieving our overall sustainability targets and contributing to those specific targets. Additionally, you will identify potential new business, innovation opportunities, and threats by collaborating with various teams, such as Group Sustainability, Legal & Operations, and conducting bespoke market research. 

If you have a strong passion for sustainability, excellent communication skills, and the ability to drive positive change, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. 
 
This role reports to SMI Director North EMEA, and can be based at either of our North EMEA offices with flexibility to travel to other countries and sites when needed. 

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years sustainability experience within packaging or FMCG companies – ideally 5+ years 
• Sales experience or customer facing roles 
• Action and team oriented 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills 
• Highly skilled in analysis, problem solving, and creativity 

Furthermore, you have a keen interest in consumer / shopper behaviour, retailing, FMCG supply chains and the fast-changing sales channels, and are passionate about growing businesses in partnership with our customers. 

This role requires excellent language skills, oral and written, in English as well as one of our Baltic or Nordic languages. 

Fair recruitment in DS Smith  

Don’t meet every single requirement? At DS Smith, we are proud to recruit across a wide range of candidates. We are thriving for being a diverse workplace where everyone can realize their potential. We see equality and diversity as a strength. Thus, we hope that you will apply for the position even if you do not necessarily meet all the requirements.  
 

Application

For this role, you can be based at any of our offices within North EMEA.  

Hiring Manager for this position is  

• Martin Kimland
• SMI Director North EMEA
• 46 706 465959

Martin.Kimland@Dssmith.Com

If you have questions regarding the process or trouble applying, please reach out to us at nordic.recruitment@dssmith.com. 

You can easily apply by visiting www.dssmith.com/yournextmove and logging into Workday with your personal email address. If this is your first time logging into Workday, you will need to change/create a password. On Your Next Move, you will also find tips for those seeking an internal position – from how to optimize your CV to how best to prepare for an interview. 
If you have a DS Smith email address, instead log into Workday via Plexus (My Careers -> Job Portal) to apply.  

In this recruitment process, you may need to undergo work psychological tests.  

Start date as soon as possible. 

We look forward to receiving your application!