Sustainable Marketing Manager

Job Summary:

The Sustainable Marketing Manager will develop and carry out initiatives aimed at embedding sustainable business into Volm’s Packaging and Equipment areas, including strategy and visioning, culture, and business operations. This role will focus on advancing Volm’s strategic objectives to meet environmental targets and position Volm to deliver sustainable products to our customers.

Essential Duties:

• Direct communication with customers regarding sustainable topics, including the preparation of presentations and custom documents (regulatory, compliance, etc.). 
• Drive progress and results against Volm’s corporate targets and external commitments for Packaging. 
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to maintain the existing comprehensive Volm Corporate Sustainability Report, from people to production to products. 
• Establish a clear strategy to identify more sustainable alternatives or replacement practices and products, participate in the testing of new materials and delivery mechanisms, and scale across our North American operations. 
• Expand upon Volm’s Sustainable Packaging & Equipment Portfolio to equip internal teams with the tools to properly deliver messaging to customers with varying levels of procurement sophistication. 
• Create materials to educate internal teams, streamline processes across all brands, and facilitate forums for cross-divisional sharing of best practices. 
• Review new innovative materials from a corporate responsibility lens to ensure we are not greenwashing when making claims. 
• Manage partnerships with key multi-stakeholder initiatives such as How2Recycle, Sustainable Packaging Coalition, and other key industry affiliates as identified. 
• Evaluate our current programs and benchmark industry best practices to help inform go-forward opportunities to improve packaging sustainability. 
• Represent Volm in external forums to drive industry alignment. 
• Collaborate with similar suppliers to the industry and supplier partners to bring awareness to the benefits of plastic and provide education to fresh produce sellers and consumers of our end products. 
• Participate with governmental bodies and relations groups, including research and lobbying in recycling, food waste, infrastructure, and extended producer responsibility.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to foster and maintain collaborative relationships with team leadership, external business partners, and industry peers, and an awareness of culture. 
• Strong problem-solving abilities with a solutions-oriented mindset. 
• Ability to plan, organize, and oversee multiple projects and operations. 
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically to deliver results. 
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. 
• Ability to explain complex data and content in a clear and impactful way with target audiences in mind. 
• Proven ability to thrive in a team-oriented environment.

Education and Experience:

• Knowledge of sustainability or environmental studies, normally acquired by the completion of a bachelor's degree in sustainability, environmental studies, or related field and/or equivalent work experience. 
• Knowledge of the packaging industry, consumer goods industry, product development or supply chain preferred.