Environmental Sustainability & Risk Mng - Cape Town at The Heineken Company

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and continuous review of the Heineken Beverages environmental sustainability policy & strategy in line with the Corporate  and Supply Chain Strategies
• Identify risks/opportunities/strategies to leverage SHERQ performance based on new legislative requirements as well as new best practice.
• Determine benchmarking requirements to establish common indicators/measurements.
• Assure compliance to all company and statutory regulations governing environmental sustainability. Identify new legislative requirements and ensure supply chain is informed and takes necessary action to ensure compliance.
• Present environmental sustainability reporting to all governance committees within Heineken Beverages.
• Plan and control the corporate environmental sustainability budget to deliver the most cost-effective results leading to continued competitive advantage.
• Guarantee Supply Chain environmental sustainability meets the goals, targets, and due dates to create value for the business.
• Ensure Heineken Beverages’ environmental status is measured continuously and reported on, annually through Heineken Beverages’ sustainability report, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP & CDP water) and other as required.
• Develop, implement, and continuously review of the Heineken SHERQ strategy in line with the Corporate and Supply Chain Strategy that reduce Major SHERQ Incidents.
• Identify Risks/opportunities/strategies to leverage SHERQ performance.
• Partner with insurers on risk mitigation strategies.
• Determine benchmarking requirements to establish common indicators/measurements.
• Assure the maintenance and development of ISO14001 environmental management systems for the agreed area/site and retain accreditation.
• Calculate the carbon emissions associated with the production activities of Heineken Beverages and to develop emission reduction strategies.
• Manage company policies and statutory regulations for Environmental sustainability, including looking at environmental incident prevention & implementation of systems to reduce occurrences.
• Assure the development and implementation of training Environmental sustainability ensuring mandatory training is delivered.
• Ensure legal compliance of all Heineken Beverages Manufacturing sites in relation to environmentaldischarges to the air, water, and land environments.
• Support production sites and farms with technical support related to water use legislative requirements and the development of wastewater treatment facilities and processes.
• Build effective relationships with all stakeholders within Supply Chain and wider Heineken to ensure SHERQ compliance.
• Continuously improve and innovate SHERQ technology approaches and practices.
• Build effective partnerships with suppliers, regulatory bodies and government agencies which lead to continuous improvement in their services.
• Promote and drive collaboration between other Heineken Supply Chain Regions and functions to drive performance improvement through benchmarking both internally and externally.
• Ensure collaboration between other manufacturing sites and functions to drive performance improvement through benchmarking both internally and externally.
• Follow Heineken Beverages’ policies and procedures and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Job Requirements Education

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, sustainability, or related field.

Experience

• 5+ years’ experience working in sustainability or a related field.
• 5 + experience in end-to-end supply chain management.
• Demonstrated success in developing and implementing sustainability programs.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Strong research and writing ability.
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to influence and drive change.
• Demonstrated success in risk identification and mitigation.
• Experience in Health and Safety will be beneficial.