Sustainability Manager Taste & Wellbeing (m/f/d)

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Sustainability Manager Taste & Wellbeing (m/f/d) - Your next role?

As the Sustainability Manager, you will together with the Head of Sustainability, Taste & Wellbeing, partner with divisional stakeholders to develop and implement plans to bring Givaudan's purpose and sustainability agenda to life, following the Divisional Value Proposition to shape the future of food.

You will work in close collaboration with the Head of Sustainability and the team, including programme teams and the F&B divisional team to foster alignment and consistency.

You will be based in Kemptthal, Switzerland (hybrid role, #LI-Hybrid), but you can be based in any other T&W location in Europe (Avignon, Argenteuil, Naarden, Dortmund, Milton Keynes, Sant Celoni) and reporting to the Head of Sustainability Taste & Wellbeing.

You will:

Business Partnering with Divisional Stakeholders

• Partner with divisional teams (strategy, marketing, commercial, communications) to leverage Givaudan's sustainability agenda within T&W value propositions

• Bring outside-in thought leadership on Sustainability relevant to the Division, particularly around food systems transformation, and evolving legislation

Represent Divisional needs within Sustainability team

• Advocate for divisional needs within ongoing programme/project development

• Prepare and collate cross-functional Divisional information and evidence for corporate and internal reporting, as well as representing the division in the annual assurance process

Programme development & strategic projects

• Lead projects as required to advance Givaudan's purpose/ sustainability agenda

• Contribute to sustainability communications as needed

Customer engagements

• Partner with commercial teams to engage proactively and reactively with customers

• Drive the identification of continuous improvement opportunities together with the GBS Sustainability Solutions team

External engagement

• Represent Givaudan in external engagements on sustainability – for example in pre-competitive forums such as WBCSD and /or other industry dialogues

Your professional profile includes:

• Bachelor's degree in Business/ Marketing/ Strategy. Additional degree or experience in Corporate Sustainability or equivalent

• 5+ years experience in a global business environment- experience in the area of Sustainability Strategy /Marketing/ Corporate Social Responsibility

• Experience in the FMCG sector or chemicals/ ingredients sector is a plus

• Experience of certifications a plus

• Fluency in English, additional local language is a plus

• Research skills, and strong abilities in problem-solving and decision-making

• Excellent communication skills

• Interact at multiple levels with different partners

• Autonomous and comfortable with cross-functional set-ups and

• Excellent project management skills

• Coordination and facilitation skills

• Strong customer service focus

• Passion for sustainability and a belief in how businesses can make a positive contribution to a better future

Our Benefits:

• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development

• Additional paid days off

• Favorable pension fund contributions

• Subsidized meals in the Staff restaurant / You benefit from a discounted catering offer (incl. lunch)

• Sport and leisure club (amenities/showers on site)

• Discounts at the company shop

• Subsidized: REKA vouchers and SBB half-fare travelcard

• Worldwide private accident coverage and free choice of hospital

• Worldwide private accident insurance

• Additional family/education allowance

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity. 
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.