Managing Consultant, Sustainable Products, Supply Chain

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +6 more locations.

📋 Description

• Provide reliable, decision-oriented guidance that links product sustainability with compliance, innovation, operations, branding, and overall business strategy.

• Take ownership of client results along with the quality and financial performance of designated projects.

• Foster strong client relationships and transform emerging needs into consulting prospects.

• Manage medium to large-scale, intricate, multidisciplinary projects that focus on product sustainability, circular economy, sustainable packaging, and product stewardship.

• Convert sustainability goals and regulatory requirements into practical strategies for products, packaging, materials, compliance, and implementation.

• Offer expertise on sustainable product design, material selection, life-cycle considerations, circularity, packaging optimization, extended producer responsibility, environmental certifications, and upcoming product sustainability regulations.

• Supervise project scope, budgets, timelines, teams, deliverables, and quality while nurturing client relationships and ensuring commercial success.

• Simplify complex technical, regulatory, and operational information into actionable recommendations, executive-ready reports, presentations, and workshops.

• Establish connections with senior client stakeholders across sustainability, product development, engineering, supply chain, procurement, operations, regulatory, and legal sectors.

• Spot opportunities, create proposals, assist with client presentations, enhance existing accounts, and contribute to the growth of ERM’s Product Sustainability services.

• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across ERM’s technical communities, industry sectors, and geographic regions.

• Mentor junior and mid-level consultants while promoting an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team culture.

• Enhance ERM's methodologies, intellectual assets, and market offerings related to product sustainability.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, sustainability, engineering, chemistry, materials science, biology, business, supply chain, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Prior consulting experience is essential.

• 4–6 years of pertinent experience in sustainability consulting, product sustainability, product stewardship, product environmental compliance, sustainable packaging, circular economy, environmental management, product development, supply chain, or a related area.

• Proven record of successfully managing complex projects or significant workstreams, including scope, schedule, budget, team coordination, quality, and client deliverables.

• Competence in interpreting intricate technical and regulatory information and transforming it into practical, business-oriented recommendations.

• Exceptional client-facing skills, relationship-building abilities, problem-solving expertise, facilitation, report-writing, and presentation capabilities.

• Capacity to manage multiple priorities autonomously while collaborating effectively with cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams.

• Dedication to high-quality delivery and experience in coaching or mentoring peers.

• This position does not qualify for immigration sponsorship.

• Preferred: advanced degree or relevant professional certification in sustainability, environmental management, engineering, science, business, or project management.

• Preferred: experience leading external consulting projects and multidisciplinary project teams.

• Preferred: experience in sustainable product or packaging strategy, circular design, EPR and packaging regulations, materials sustainability, life-cycle assessment or life-cycle thinking, product environmental standards, certifications or ecolabels, environmental management systems, product stewardship, sustainability data and claims, or supply-chain sustainability.

• Preferred: experience integrating environmental or sustainability requirements into product-development processes, management systems, or operational models.

• Preferred: experience supporting business development, proposal preparation, client presentations, account growth, or new service development.

• Preferred: experience working with multinational corporations and senior cross-functional stakeholders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid time off (including vacation, sick leave, and floating holidays).

• Parental leave.

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Disability insurance.

• AD&D insurance.

• 401(k) plan.

• Bonus pay may be available at ERM’s discretion.