Sustainability Expert

1 week ago

Epsom, Surrey, United Kingdom Sagentia Full time

About Sagentia Innovation

Sagentia Innovation is a leading provider of independent advisory and product development services to companies across various sectors. With a global presence and a team of experts, we help businesses navigate complex sustainability challenges and drive innovation.

Our Focus on Sustainability

Sustainability is a core area of practice at Sagentia Innovation, leveraging our unique blend of advisory, technical, and regulatory expertise. We support clients in resolving their most difficult sustainability challenges, from foresight and strategy to net zero roadmaps and circular economy solutions.

Recent Examples of Sustainability Challenges Resolved

  • Foresight: We helped a client develop a strategy for circularity of plastics, considering multiple stakeholder viewpoints and regulatory requirements.
  • Strategy: Our team assisted a client in achieving systems change in complex multi-stakeholder systems, unlocking sustainability opportunities.
  • Net Zero Roadmap: We created a low-carbon technology roadmap for a client, encompassing current and newly identified technologies to close the emissions gap.
  • Appraising Alternative Technologies: We evaluated solutions to replace current surfactant sources, assessing their technical, commercial, and sustainability viability.

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Delivery

  • Lead and deliver projects that deliver business value to clients.
  • Generate and communicate actionable recommendations, articulating key sustainability messages with clear strategic storytelling.
  • Write engaging reports, drawing on expertise from across internal and external Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
  • Manage multiple projects independently, coordinating teams and monitoring delivery of workstreams.
  • Manage project plans, including project set up, budgeting, invoicing, and project closure.

2. Business and Sustainability Practice Development

  • Contribute to the expansion of the sustainability team, developing new service offerings and producing insightful material to support sales.
  • Lead development of new proposals and projects in close coordination with business development teams.
  • Recognize and understand how the sustainability landscape is changing, identifying potential future client needs.

3. Client and Team Interaction

  • Understand commercial, technical, and strategic factors affecting clients and their potential impact on their business.
  • Develop long-term relationships with clients, becoming their trusted advisor.
  • Engage with client stakeholders at different levels, leading and delivering meetings and facilitating workshops.
  • Present project work at internal and external meetings.
  • Build effective working relationships with colleagues across Sagentia Innovation and its sister companies.
  • Coach and mentor junior team members.

4. Adherence to Group Policies and Processes

  • Maintain client confidentiality.
  • Ensure adherence to group project management practices, policies, and processes to deliver projects on time, budget, and quality.

Experience and Qualifications

  • Master's degree (essential) or PhD in a scientific discipline (e.g., chemistry, physics, biosciences, environmental science). Experience in sustainability-related areas preferred.
  • Previous consulting experience (essential).
  • Experience in managing projects to tight timescales and budgets.
  • Passion for, knowledge, and working experience of sustainability, e.g., sustainability strategy, circularity, emissions reduction, water stewardship, waste reduction.
  • Ability to explain ideas in a clear and concise manner, effectively communicating and creating buy-in to ideas and recommendations.
  • Ability to efficiently deal with multiple tasks and prioritize under pressure.
  • Flexible and adaptable approach to work.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to demonstrate good project coordination and attention to detail.

Career Development

We are committed to career development and offer bespoke training and mentoring to allow each individual to thrive within their environment and realize personal potential.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

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