Manufacture2030 – Head of Climate Action

About Manufacture 2030

Climate change is the greatest threat of our time. Let’s solve it together.

Manufacture 2030 is a fast growth purpose-led company accelerating global progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We provide companies of all sizes with the certainty they need to hit GHG emissions reduction targets, be it a global corporation or an SME within their supply chain. Our unique software platform and support services help measure, manage and reduce environmental impact in line with

the latest climate science at a global scale. We give our clients in the pharmaceutical, chemical, retail, automotive and fast-moving consumer goods sectors the confidence they need to hit their carbon reduction targets, while offering their suppliers the opportunity to enhance their operational efficiency, procure more sustainably and drive down costs.

Our History and Culture

We have a track record of pioneering new ways to spread sustainable practices across manufacturing supply chains around the world. We partnered with global brands and worked with thousands of their manufacturing suppliers, down to the plant level, to reduce environmental impact. Not everything we have tried has worked, but a lot has. And we made it our mission to learn even more. Four years ago we brought all the best bits together and launched Manufacture 2030. Our name was specifically chosen to align with the Sustainable Development Goals, intended to be achieved by 2030 and defined as ‘the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.’ We are a purpose-driven and dedicated team of genuinely nice people who love what they do. We all share one common value – the determination to reduce global impacts on our environment and support our clients’ carbon reduction targets. Find out more about us here.

The Role

Title: Head of Climate Action

Location: UK, Oxford or remote

Tenure: Full time / permanent

Reporting to: Chief Customer Officer

Closing Date: 10th February 2023

We’re now on the hunt for a Head of Climate Action to report to our Chief Customer Officer. This role will lead our work with the supply chain partners across different industries (pharmaceuticals, FMCG, retail, automotive) to support them to deliver tangible environmental reductions.

The Climate Action team work alongside Manufacture 2030’s software platform to accelerate progress towards carbon commitments by helping suppliers build capability at scale. They engage and onboard suppliers at scale, encourage improvement actions and report on progress. This work requires excellent attention to detail, a keen interest in processes and efficiency, the curiosity to understand the story behind the data and stellar relationship management skills.

As we grow, this critical team needs to grow too. In this role you will have the opportunity to scale and train an international team. This is a dynamic role suiting someone who has strong client and account management experience, is a skilled team-builder for high-volume client teams and is passionate about sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a world-class Climate Action team responsible for the delivery of every aspect of our supplier programmes, from onboarding and training, through carbon baselining and reporting to driving environmental reductions.

• Build, scale and nurture a team of Climate Action experts who are at the forefront of delivering M2030 products and services to suppliers to drive environmental reductions across different industries.

• Put in place scalable structure, systems and robust processes to ensure high-quality, timely delivery and impact for all clients.

• Work closely with Heads of Industry (inside Manufacture 2030) when client work is commissioned to ensure strong programme delivery and capacity planning in the team.

• Collaborate closely with the Product team to ensure learnings, feedback, insights and data from all stages of delivery are fed into the product roadmap and support the design and testing of new products and services to support decarbonisation.

• Design and monitoring key KPIs and acting on customer data points and metrics to ensure adoption success, improve customer experience and relationships and increase impact.

• Build a communications strategy to onboard clients in supply chains and commission compelling multi-channel communications that drive behaviour change and influence environmental reductions within their organisations.

• Design feedback mechanisms for clients through surveys, focus groups or potentially an advisory board.

• Build a strong customer-centric ethos across the team to deliver value to clients, turning them into strong advocates to expand the work we do with them.

Person Specification

Skills and Experience: You will bring a

• Passionate belief in our mission to tackle climate change by reducing environmental impacts.

• Proven experience of managing and developing large corporate client accounts related to environmental sustainability and GHG emissions reductions.

• Experience running a fast-paced, high-volume client delivery team.

• Experience assisting clients to adopt environmental software solutions or implement behaviour change programmes would be an asset.

• Ability to work well in an international and multi-cultural environment.

• A solid understanding of climate change and decarbonisation as it relates to supply chains.

• Strong interest in interpreting data to suggest enhancements to our product, services and processes.

• A keen interest in how to make client experiences easy and effective, with interest in automation, processes and software.

About You

• You are an energetic person who is self-motived with a strong work ethic.

• You feel passionate about supporting our mission to tackle climate change by helping retailers and manufacturers reduce their environmental impacts.

• You are extremely well-organised, process-oriented and able to put in place a systematic approach to delivery our customer programmes.

• You are able to envision and develop a clear strategic operational plan for delivery.

• You have strong data skills and are able to see new opportunities for using our data to maximise impact and grow our business.

• You are a team-builder, able to nurture staff within your team to develop and execute high-quality programmes.

• You will have excellent communication skills and must be able to talk confidently to senior executives from large global brands.

• You are quick and eager to learn about the world our customers inhabit, their priorities and challenges, and be prepared to challenge their thinking.

• You understand when to listen, how to empathise and when to ask questions that help us and them qualify and quantify the opportunity of working together.

• You are also aware that working in a tech start-up comes with its own challenges but are excited by the opportunities this type of environment provides.

What you get

• The opportunity to work with global manufacturing brands and their suppliers, helping them to significantly reduce their GHG emissions and wider environmental impacts on the planet .

• An opportunity to help build a game changing software company from an early stage.

• A culture of empowerment, with high levels of personal responsibility given from day one.

• The opportunity to work with inspirational colleagues who are highly passionate and motivated by a belief that the work they do positively contributes to a more sustainable future.

• An environment where new ideas and innovation are encouraged and rewarded.

• Flexible working, competitive salary, and company pension scheme.

How to Apply

All correspondence, at this stage, should be via Oxford HR. To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button on the job advert page, complete our online application form, and submit your CV and cover letter as two separate documents.

The cover letter should be no more than two pages long, explaining why you are interested in this post and how your skills and experience make you a good fit. The document should be saved in MS Word in the following format: Your First Name-Your LastName-Document Name-Date (mmyyyy) eg, Pat-Jones-CV-122022-M2030 or PatJones-CoverLetter-122022-M2030.

Please note that all our clients recruiting in the UK are legally obliged to confirm that the appointee is eligible to work in the UK. As of 1 January 2021, government’s new regulations will apply. For further information visit the Home Office website

Timeline

Closing Date: 10th February 2023

First stage interviews: TBC

Final interviews: TBC

Equality Statement

Manufacture 2030 (trading as 2degrees Ltd) is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, marital status, race, colour, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age or disability, and that all appointments are made purely on the basis of merit. Any personal data we collect from you as part of a recruitment process will be processed in accordance with the GDPR.

Selection Process

All candidates will receive an update regarding their application after the closing date. We advise candidates to add the role email to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder.

Queries

If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion, please email at m2030climate@oxfordhr.co.uk in the first instance.

About Oxford HR

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