Sustainability Specialist

Epitec is hiring a Commercial Sustainability Specialist in Troy, MI. The role involves managing commercial sustainability requirements, supporting governance and communication strategies, and ensuring alignment in sustainability efforts. Candidates should have a strong background in program management or sustainability, with at least 5 years of experience. A bachelor's or master's degree is required. The position is a W2 role, with no remote work options.
Epitec is looking for a dedicated Commercial Sustainability Specialist to join our client's team.
• * It's a W2 role , No c2c/1099 accepted **

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in commercial account management, program management, sustainability, or corporate responsibility. This role involves designing and implementing frameworks for managing commercial sustainability requirements, supporting governance and communication strategies, and ensuring continuous alignment and innovation in sustainability efforts.

Responsibilities:

Commercial Sustainability Requirements Management System:
• Design and implement a framework for managing commercial sustainability requirements within the existing commercial toolset.
• Track and report customer priorities, identifying and managing sustainability program milestones within the customer landscape.

Governance and Communications:
• Support the core sustainability team to drive governance and communication strategies to effectively convey customer sustainability commitments, requirements, and metrics.
• Work closely with the commercial account teams to generate look-across and dashboard reports for commercial strategy reviews and customer sustainability meetings, focusing on cross-functional team alignment and strategic needs.
• Stay informed on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to sustainability.

Program Management:
• Ensure continuous commercial account planning and alignment to keep customer data up to date.
• Collaborate with the sustainability core team to manage day-to-day central reporting of customer requests, ensuring consistent presentation of sustainability metrics across business units.
• Identify and evaluate opportunities for innovation that enhance sustainability efforts.

Risk Management:
• Manage commercial requirements and due diligence, establishing controls related to program sustainability commitments and requirements.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of customer requirements, alignment, and mitigate potential risks.
• Regularly review and assess progress against customer requirements.

Stakeholder Engagement:
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including sales, engineering, legal, IT, marketing, and ESG controllership, to organize, tag, and synthesize customer commitments and requirements.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in an appropriate technical or business field.
• Minimum of 5+ years of functional domain experience in commercial account management, program management, sustainability, or corporate responsibility, preferably in a corporate setting.

Preferred Skills:
• Strong knowledge of sustainability requirements.
• Ability to work cross-functionally to collaborate and deliver complex projects and programs.
• Proven experience in governance, program management, and enterprise risk management.
• Previous Automotive experience is Preferred