• Application Deadline:
• Position: Sustainability & Projects Manager - West Africa


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 7 - 8 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Project Management 
  

Job Description

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  We are looking for a new colleague who will lead the delivery of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability for Fan Milk West Africa, drive the strategic advocacy agenda of the group, and projects of the General Secretary department as may be assigned.

  
  

Responsibilities

The candidate will:

• Be responsible for creating and implementing an approach to CR&S that complements the business strategy in the areas of environment, social and governance (ESG) in line with regulatory expectations.


• Anticipate trends and evaluate ESG risks across the Fan Milk West Africa business to be a key driver for change in delivering ‘sustainable business growth’ for Fan Milk West Africa.


• Be responsible for projecting Fan Milk as an involved, responsible, and forward-thinking corporate citizen as a member of the Danone Group 


• Monitor and evaluate competitor activity and drive the implementation of coordinated response


• Own and drive assigned duties with a focus on improving top of mind awareness, perception, and consideration.


• Strongly support the growth of brand strength performance scores for the Fan Milk cluster of companies.


• Develop ‘just transition’ initiatives such as social inclusion projects for dairy farming (eg Ecosystem project)


• Coordinating B Corp certification


• Climate workstream à eg emissions reductions targets within the Danone Group and calculations (supporting Operations and R&I teams for example)


• “End of Life” workstream à C&P, Global Packaging and Circular Economy initiatives (eg ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ initiatives).

Requirements

Ideally you will have:

• Graduate Degree in Marketing, Social Sciences or related discipline


• 7 – 8 years’ experience in project management, communications or consulting, with at least 5 years in Sustainability projects  


• Demonstrable project management experience and training (2-3 years)


• Excellent written and spoken English


• Excellent presentation skills


• Good communication skills (in this case it ability to efficiently deal with stakeholders with different backgrounds.


• Presentation skills


• Organization skills.