Manager, Sustainability Business

Schneider Electric™ is the most sustainable company in the world – and we seek like-minded, passionate people that share our values of Meaning, Inclusion, and Empowerment to join our team. Our Sustainable Business (SB) Division is a leader in the development and delivery of strategic solutions to address climate action, including sustainability and ESG consulting, data and resource management, enterprise efficiency, renewable energy procurement, and supply chain decarbonization.

Your Primary Responsibilities

• As a Project Manager, lead client-facing work with local and international clients, as well as leading respective project teams to deliver high-quality and tailored work per client’s satisfaction.
• Fostering delivery excellence, high quality service, use of digital tools, subject matter expertise for decarbonization, cleantech and energy efficiency.
• Provide support to client management/commercial team in leading clients through advisory processes in order to deliver the high-quality services our clients expect.
• Advise on delivery costs, and scope of work to be delivered per client request.
• Work closely with regional and cross-regional teams to collaborate on project deliverables, project execution methodology and proactively seek support where needed.
• Build customized and bespoke strategies for clients looking to procure clean energy as part of their sustainability journeys.
• Climate risk, opportunity, and adaptation consulting, including work aligned to guidance from the TCFD on aspects of climate risk assessments, disclosures, and scenario analysis, supply chain decarbonization services, nature-based solution.
• Collaborate effectively with diverse cross functional teams to deploy, implement, and support services in EcoStruxure energy and sustainability cloud-based platform – Resource Advisor (RA)
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary, or multi-workstream projects spanning various aspects of SB offer in a collaborative and effective manner. This can involve creating project plans, delegating tasks and deliverables to colleagues, and providing ultimate oversight and review of deliverables
• Strategy development on varying sustainability topics in focused, detailed workshop sessions with follow on analysis, recommendations, and roadmap / implementation design
• Advising and developing strategies aligned with existing and emerging standards, such as Science-Based Targets (SBTs), Net-Zero frameworks, Carbon Neutrality, and other science-align or context-driven abatement frameworks
• Sustainability / ESG information management and program design, materiality, and governance
• Develop and lead program management of varying implementation initiatives as part of clients’ journeys including resource efficiency, renewables and the use of environmental commodities
• Experience and innovation around scope 3 / supplier programs, circularity, and other evolving sustainability topics
• Coordinate regional efforts with global SB delivery teams/ program managers

About You

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required..

• Bachelor's degree from accredited college/university with 6+ years of experience in the sustainability or climate change consulting area.
• A track record of sustainability or climate change consulting work experience, preferably in a consulting firm
• Experience with climate and decarbonization, ESG and broader sustainability work preferably with industry software experience
• Experience in renewable energy procurement, PPA advisory is encouraged
• Excellent people management skills and experience with an affinity for client-facing activities; personable and engaging
• A “Digital Citizen” with a strong desire to infuse technology solutions in order to evolve effective, quality and timely service delivery; proven software development involvement is preferred
• Experience, education and/or strong desire to manage people in line with Schneider’s values
• Solid understanding of sustainability industry trends, challenges, opportunities and associated corporate sustainability network (i.e., prospect, client and industry contacts)
• Ability to listen and understand prospect/customer sustainability “pain points”, and address those pains by mapping to sustainable solutions
• Excellent communication, presentation and time management skills
• Ability to develop and thrive in a team-oriented environment

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our  IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

€36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

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