Sustainability Manager Role
VF Corporation seeks an exceptional Senior Sustainability Manager to lead EMEA Sustainability team based in Switzerland.
This role involves spearheading business capabilities transformation according to sustainability principles and upcoming requirements. The Senior Manager will contribute to regional progress that aligns with VF's global sustainability goals, working closely with internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
* Environmental regulatory preparedness: Follow EU and national environmental developments, transpose regulatory changes into business requirements, assess status quo against upcoming requirements, and create pathways for transformation.
* Collaborate across Corporate and Brand organizational setup to upskill critical stakeholders and drive transformational effort required through them.
Transformation and Implementation:
* Partner with VF Sustainability team, relevant functions, Brands, and external stakeholders to meet goals, track progress, and develop regional capabilities impacting global VF Sustainability strategy and decarbonization roadmap.
* Identify and implement good practices from global VF Sustainability operations into regional operating model, devise operational guidelines, training, and practices for efficient and consistent implementation across organization.
* Take charge of process documentation, SOP creation, risk advisory, and controllership in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, drive compliance requirements into competitive advantage for business.
Brand Engagement:
* Support and drive Brand-specific requests as part of their respective sustainability transformation roadmaps, create efficiencies across VF portfolio, strategically liaise with Brands in specific focus contexts to test, pilot, and pivot readiness solutions.
* Work closely with regional Brand Sustainability Operations agenda, prioritize tasks, act as unified Sustainability voice to the business, enhance overall sustainability impact.
Required Skills:
* Boundless curiosity for planet, nature, and thriving ecosystems.
* Understanding of corporate business processes and industry operating model.
* Excellent analytical skills & process thinking to translate complex external issues into tangible guidance for wider set of internal stakeholders.
* Iterative thinking capacity against long term ambitions.
* Expertise in business transformation initiatives with technology, systems, or operating transformation focus.
* Experience in governance & process design, risk advisory & controls, working against assurance readiness.
* Familiarity with key sustainability concepts and frameworks, e.g., circularity, decarbonisation levers, LCA, regenerative agriculture, nature impact.
* Ability to manoeuvre between different stakeholder groups, reconcile diverse inputs into aligned pathway forward.
About VF Corporation:
VF is a global apparel company connecting people to lifestyles they cherish through family of iconic brands. At heart of our journey lies our purpose: Power movements of sustainable and active lifestyles for betterment of people and our planet.
What We Offer:
* S supportive feedback-based culture where respect and integrity guide us.
* Inclusive international environment where people of diverse backgrounds, lifestyles, and nationalities love working together.
* Part of iconic lifestyle brand in multi-brand, multi-country organization.
* On-site gym offering health and well-being initiatives.
* Discount card with 50% on all VF brands.
* Break out areas offering complimentary hot drinks.