Head of Sustainability, Korea

Job Summary

Your primary responsibility will be to create a step change increase in collection & recycling of used beverage cartons (uBC) in the Republic of Korea. You will work with the collection and recycling value chain and in collaboration with national waste organisations to achieve recycling targets within Korea.

You will also support colleagues, such as sales, marketing, communications, to drive our sustainability goals.

What you will do

Support implementation of Tetra Pak’s recycling strategy for Korea by:

• Leading the development of market plans and defining market sustainability goals including a 3–5-year recycling rate ambition;

• Securing compliance with recycling regulations/targets as applicable in Korea;

• Leading the execution of market sustainability plans in Korea, in collaboration with the Market Leadership Team;

• Securing local recycling investments by preparing compelling business cases and leading negotiations with investors;
• Identifying, developing and executing collection & recycling investments, projects and or initiatives;
• Managing large-sized strategic projects, in collaboration with relevant collectors, retailers, F&B brands, aggregators and or recyclers;
• Advocating with Government and government agencies to increase collection & recycling of uBC;
• Collaborating with the Public Affairs team on advocacy and legislative developments, and with the Communications team to achieve the sustainability targets and secure business success;
• Developing cooperation with relevant external partners like waste management companies and recyclers to improve collection & recycling and contribute to the development of end-markets;
• Representing the company in industry associations related to recycling;
• Provide data to secure reliable accounting and reporting of collection and recycling rates as per Tetra Pak’s global methodology;
• Leading industry data gathering for Korea to monitor and report, and develop sector and material flow mapping such as recycling value chain mapping, including comparisons with other materials; and
• Leading and executing local activities related to circularity, biodiversity and climate change.

We believe you have

• Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills. Experience with government relations is essential;

• Experience with negotiation in high value procurement, (contract) law, recycling value chains and or logistics is essential;

• Analytical skills; analyzing and presenting data;

• Project management skills; creating and managing to timelines for delivery of collection & recycling projects; and

• An open approach, with the ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders across multiple geographies.