Director, Global Environmental Sustainability

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pennsylvania.

📋 Description

• Design and spearhead the organization’s environmental sustainability and climate strategy, ensuring it aligns with corporate objectives and adheres to global best practices.

• Leverage data analytics to monitor environmental performance, pinpoint risks and opportunities, and facilitate informed strategic decision-making.

• Inform senior management and other key stakeholders on sustainability matters, effectively advocating for strategic initiatives and resource allocation.

• Ensure adherence to environmental regulations and industry standards, while overseeing the creation of sustainability reports and disclosures.

• Actively pursue opportunities to advance the company’s sustainability initiatives, introducing innovative solutions to complex environmental challenges.

• Formulate and administer budgets for sustainability projects, ensuring optimal resource utilization.

• Determine relevant sustainability metrics; track, measure, and analyze inputs, outputs, and impacts for both internal and external reporting.

• Develop and execute a decarbonization roadmap to meet Cencora’s science-based carbon reduction targets and enhance supplier engagement.

• Lead U.S. and global decarbonization working groups, promoting cross-functional collaboration to achieve sustainability goals.

• Drive the organization’s global renewable energy procurement strategy.

• Create and implement approaches to minimize resource consumption, energy use, pollution, and waste.

• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to achieve outstanding sustainability results and foster strong partnerships.

• Provide guidance on global sustainability best practices, collaborating with key partners across Cencora’s various sectors.

• Draft and enforce globally applicable sustainability guidelines and policies.

• Cultivate partnerships across the enterprise to align sustainability objectives with shared business goals, including operations, HR, PR, government affairs, and investor relations.

• Monitor sustainability regulations and related issues, effectively communicating pertinent changes to ensure compliance.

• Oversee the processes for CDP and TCFD submissions and manage annual data collection.

• Collaborate with the business resilience team on climate-related risk assessments and integrate findings into business continuity planning.

• Function effectively with limited resources, demonstrating initiative and taking action with minimal supervision.

• Supervise and mentor direct reports, optimizing team resources and enhancing performance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Sustainability, or a related field; an advanced degree is advantageous.

• At least 7-10+ years of experience in environmental sustainability, showcasing proven leadership capabilities.

• Familiarity with CDP, SBTi, TCFD, and GHG reporting protocols is preferred.

• Experience in managing remote team members.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision care

• Backup dependent care

• Adoption assistance

• Infertility coverage

• Family building support

• Behavioral health solutions

• Paid parental leave

• Paid caregiver leave

• Variety of training programs

• Professional development resources

• Opportunities to participate in mentorship programs

• Employee resource groups

• Volunteer activities