Interim Logistics Sustainability Manager

With two centuries of family heritage, Beam Suntory is a world leader in premium spirits. As a truly global business, we bring together the best of our culturally diverse heritage. We value both agility and long-term thinking, we share a collective commitment to excellence and a dedication to craftsmanship and across borders and roles, we collaborate to delight our consumers responsibly and contribute to a more sustainable society for all of our stakeholders.

Our Vision is Growing for Good and our mission is to be the world’s most admired, fastest-growing premium spirits company. We’re a business that runs on responsibility, integrity, ambition and drive and we celebrate exceptional performance. We welcome our people to dream big and tenaciously pursue ambitious goals – that’s our our Yatte Minahare Spirit.

But perhaps most importantly – we value difference and we appreciate what each of us can contribute. We inspire each other and challenge ourselves to innovate, improve, advance new ideas and try new things. We create endless opportunities to Unleash Your Spirit every day in a culture that is charged, creative, challenging and fun.

Our Beam enterprise-wide sustainability strategy is elevating our commitment to all key elements of sustainability to establish a leadership position in our industry and beyond. Inspired by the philosophy and values of our parent company, our Growing for Good sustainability strategy demonstrates our ambitions to make a positive impact on the planet, our consumers and our communities. It’s built on a simple but powerful framework distinctive to Beam Suntory – Nature Positive, Consumer Positive and Community Positive – supported by ambitious goals reflective of our unique Yatte Minahare spirit and framed by a compelling narrative.

To support our sustainability goals, Beam Suntory is hiring a team of environmental and sustainability professionals. The Logistics Sustainability Manager will be a member of the global environmental & sustainability team but report into the Global Logistics Function. This role will have a key focus on the needs of the Beam Suntory Global Logistics Team and help develop and execute the Supply Chain Sustainability Strategy.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management or related programme is preferred. Professional experience working in the areas of Environment, Sustainability and/or Corporate Social Responsibility may substitute for educational background and requirements.
• 3-5 years of experience managing environmental and sustainability needs for customers in the food and beverage industry. Experience in the beverage alcohol business is desired.
• Must be fluent in English; second language is a plus but not required. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and written, and explain technical concepts or innovations to technical and non-technical employees.
• Must be proficient with project management methodology (Preferably APM, Prince 2 or agile) and have demonstratable ability to coordinate multiple tasks among different business functions and departments.
• Advanced computer skills (PowerPoint, Excel, online meeting software, web based KPI reporting software) and expert PowerPoint presentation development and delivery.
• Familiarity with Sustainability issues and trends and a working knowledge of leading ESG frameworks (SASB, TCFD, CDP, etc.) and ESG rating organisations ranking schemes.
• External sustainability reporting experience (larger retailers & country-specific requirements), with a successful track record of helping to build strategies and improve scores/rankings.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with ability to adapt to different formats (press releases, annual reports, website, etc.).
• Comfortable working in a new department amidst ambiguity and transformational change.
• All applicants must have legal authorisation to work in the country in which the manufacturing site is located. The candidate must be able to travel to (and throughout) countries in which BSI has manufacturing locations (travel <25%).