Head of Sustainability at Sunbeth Global Concepts (SGC)

JOB SUMMARY

• Proposes, implements and upscales sustainability activities (including Rainforest Alliance program and beyond) and EUDR compliance.
• Develops partnerships and works closely with all stakeholders and coordinates the sustainability team to ensure standard delivery of sustainably sourced products.
• Supports the monitoring and evaluation framework and reports to clients.
• Ensure professional and accurate project and overhead budgeting, financial management as well as financial and qualitative and quantitative reporting according to internal requirements and in compliance with 3rd parties/our partners and subsidy/donor and/or client requirements.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Overseeing the implementation of the company sustainability initiatives including Rainforest Alliance and EUDR compliance. 
• Overseeing the portfolio of sustainability projects. Act as a project management office: planning, coordinating, reviewing progress, and tracking results to coordinate various operational efforts.
• Ensure a strong M&E framework is set up and a transparent traceability process and documentation is implemented.
• Manage and provide support and guidance to team members and external bodies by providing prompt, informative communications to general queries.
• Execute sustainability activities, in collaboration with cocoa suppliers, clients and partners like Rainforest Alliance, TRACE project and NGOs.
• Establish, develop, and maintain a strong network of stakeholders and important (non) government and technical partners, all involved in the sustainable and specialty cocoa supply chain in Africa.
• Embedding sustainability into processes and decision making. Revise key processes and related criteria/metrics/tools for decisions. Coach decision makers to manage complex trade-offs.
• Promoting and supporting sustainability programs with suppliers (LBAs), clients and other partners.
• Communication on the sustainability projects and company sustainability initiatives/efforts. 
• Ensuring regulatory compliance such as the EUDR. Anticipate regulatory trends and their implications. 
• Establish adherence to the sustainability laws and regulations that apply to each industry, process, and type of business. Assess risk management. Enact internal policies.
• Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) monitoring and reporting. Collect data and metrics following the reporting standards. Benchmark with industry peers. Prepare the completion and communications of company ESG report.
• Building organizational capabilities. Identify gaps and adopt appropriate educational initiatives for upskilling and/or sourcing the missing capabilities. Identify innovative ways to scale the new capabilities. Share and disseminate knowledge and best practices.
• Fostering cultural change. Help define and communicate purpose to drive the transformation. Champion cultural change across all farmers also through education. Promote mindset shifts based on concrete behaviors. 
• Scouting and experimenting. Promote openness toward the external innovation ecosystem. Explore emerging sustainability technologies, solutions, and practices. Test the applicability and learn from experiments. Scale up adoption in the broader organization.

JOB EXPERIENCE

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in sustainability, international development, agriculture, natural resources management, business administration or another tropical agriculture-related field.
• Know-how and experience in sustainability in key raw materials.
• Experience in working with various stakeholders, such as NGOs, suppliers, customers, certification/standards, consultants.
• Proven minimum of 5years’ experience in Program Development and Deployment.