Title:  Head of Sustainability South Europe

Job Summary

Tetra Pak is a world leading food processing and packaging solutions company. Working with our customers and suppliers, we provide access to safe, nutritious food for hundreds of millions of people in more than 160 countries every day. We are committed to making food safe and available everywhere, and we promise to protect what’s good – protecting our food, people and planet. By adopting an integrated approach to sustainability, we can use our expertise, technology, and partnerships to move the world’s food systems forward.

Within our European Sustainability Operation team in Europa, which is part of the global Sustainability Operations that drives Collection & Recycling across 8 regions globally, we are right now looking for a new college.

So, if you are passionate about Sustainability and want to be part of transforming the value chain across Collection and Recycling, and you have a strategic mindset, strong execution skills, and proven leadership capabilities, then, you might be our new team member in Sustainability Operations Europe.

 
As Head of Sustainability – South Europe, you will lead a team of sustainability professionals and drive the development and execution of value-creating strategies, projects, and initiatives within Collection & Recycling. You will be responsible for translating European sustainability strategy into actionable regional plans, ensuring performance and measurable impact across South European markets.

You will lead the engagement and expansion of Tetra Pak’s participation in Packaging Recovery Organizations (PROs), both regulatory and voluntary, and anticipate evolving requirements from regulators and customers regarding recycling and recyclability. You will also oversee EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) fees and related financial investments across markets, with a focus on cost optimization and value creation.

Location of the position is Ruberia, Italy. The position reports to the Sustainability Director Europe. Travelling up to approximately 50%, is required for this role.

What you will do

•    Drive deployment of the European sustainability strategy in South Europe through effective planning and execution of strong Collection & Recycling initiatives
•    Lead and manage one Sustainability Manager, ensuring successful delivery on KPIs and high team engagement
•    Drive yearly planning and ensure follow-up and validation of action plans to improve the value chain for collection, sorting, and recycling of post-consumer packaging
•    Develop and lead relationships with PROs and industry associations, in collaboration with third parties including customers and competitors
•    Monitor and optimize EPR fees and related contributions to enhance cost and value chain performance efficiency across the region
•    Represent the company in industry forums and regulatory discussions on collection and recycling

We believe you have

•    University degree in relevant field, eg. BA, Engineering or Sustainability.
•    Strong business acumen and financial understanding and ability and willingness to learn about recycling technologies and operations.
•    It is seen as a benefit if you already have experience from being a technical recycling specialist / experience from related industry. 
•    Strong interpersonal skills and strong skills in work across geographies and cross-functional.
•    Excellent leadership, team development, and people management skills.
•    Strong track record of managing complex projects / initiatives.
•    Open to new ideas and updated on latest development externally in own field of expertise.
•    High proficiency in English language both written and verbal is required, and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels – both internally and externally.
•    It’s necessary that you have a passion for sustainability and willingness to go the extra mile to make a positive impact.
•    Driving license, for external visits.

As a person you are dynamic and structured, a leader with the ability to translate strategy into impactful actions. You can work on strategic level and take ownership of valuable execution of plans and projects. You have excellent communication skills, equally adaptable in English written/verbal communication and presentation situations.
You are good at engaging people on all levels and build valuable relationships within your field – externally and internally, in other words, you have excellent people management skills.
Furthermore, you can demonstrate strength in analysing data and formulating recommendations that turns into valuable actions. Your strong project management skills help you to effectively support your team and the organization in achieving defined targets