Sustainability Manager at Seven Up Bottling Company

Job Summary

Lead and coordinate SBC’s sustainability strategy by embedding climate action, circular economy, water stewardship, and community empowerment into core manufacturing and business operations

Reporting Line Reports directly to the Head of Sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive implementation of SBC’s five sustainability Strategic pillars across all plants and operations.
• Oversee ESG reporting, compliance, and alignment with frameworks (GRI, ISSB, SASB, IFC, UNGC, TCFD etc).
• Lead decarbonization initiatives (Scope 1,2 &3 emissions reduction, renewable energy adoption and energy conservation campaigns).
• Champion EMS implementation and drive environmental best practices like circular economy practices (Sustainable waste management, EPR programs) and water stewardship projects, ensuring efficiency and community access.
• Build stakeholder partnerships with regulators, NGOs, Industry Associations and host communities.
• Drive Supply chain sustainability through audits, due diligence and trainings.
• Oversee CSR in host communities across SBC CSR focus areas.
• Supervise sustainability specialists, leads, champions and crossfunctional teams.
• Support in enabling the business source climate finance/credits
• Oversight on Environmental regulatory compliance eg EIA, ECM, Licences & permits and monitors NESREA and other environmental MDAs regulations and mandates as pertaining to
• Food & Beverage Industry.
• Present sustainability performance updates to the Head of Sustainability and executive leadership.

Requirements

•  Beng or BSC in Environmental Science, Engineering, or related field, MSc in Sustainability related course would be an added advantage.
•  6–9 years’ experience in corporate sustainability and ESG leadership.
•  Strong knowledge of climate finance, reporting standards, and Nigerian/Global regulatory frameworks.
•  Strong knowledge of EMS (ISO 14001) implementation
• Proven track record in project management and stakeholder engagement
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft tools for data analysis, infographics and visualization