R&D and Strategy Expert Sustainability
- Full-time
Company Description
Get involved in environmentally friendly and safe textile production - and become part of a sustainable worldwide movement.
bluesign technologies ag is a global company headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland. We offer solutions for the textile industry and related sectors to produce safe and environmentally friendly products. Our customers include well-known brands, chemical suppliers, and manufacturers. Our employees include motivated professionals, focused specialists - and perhaps soon you too.
Job Description
◼ Lead the bluesign® CRITERIA revision process
◼ Be a major contributor in strategic development of the bluesign® CRITERIA
◼ Contribute to map the competitive environment of sustainability labels
◼ Be the expert for general sustainability topics such as supply chain due diligence, corporate sustainability reporting etc
◼ Be the expert for carbon accounting at bluesign
◼ Have a leading role in managing and providing content for the ACADEMY News platform.
◼ Support the ACACEMY helpdesk
◼ Implement in daily practice, as staff of bluesign technologies, the bluesign® strategy and, as staff of BSA, the BSA strategy – generating and disseminating knowledge.
◼ Develop and continuously improve products of bluesign technologies
◼ Provide bluesign® ACADEMY services e.g. training, consulting, knowledge papers, etc.
◼ Deliver industry relevant data and background documents that support and facilitate realization of company’s objectives
◼ Provide scientific expertise, research, data collection, background information; also for new fields
Qualifications
◼ University degree, ideally in the field of environment, sustainability or chemistry
◼ Working experience (minimum 5 years) in the field of sustainability in the textile industry in consulting function
◼ Experience in building a textile company’s sustainability strategy
◼ Experience in writing of scientific texts and expert reports in English
◼ Demonstrated presentation and teaching skills
◼ Very good English skills, especially written
◼ Good MS Office skills
◼ good analytical skills and quick comprehension
◼ able to perform quick and reliable data research
◼ acts sustainably, quickly and decisively for the organization
◼ flexible
◼ highly motivated and dedicated
◼ creative when generating new ideas
◼ demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively
◼ team player
Additional Information
This position requires hybrid working model with 3 days in the office per week.