Manager - Environmental Sustainability

Summary:

As part of the Cencora Corporate Responsibility team, reporting to the Director of Environmental Sustainability, the Manager - Sustainability will play a key role in advancing Cencora's sustainability efforts. This position focuses on managing environmental data to meet regulatory compliance and customer expectations while leading carbon reduction projects and providing strategic insights across the global portfolio.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collect, analyze, and report on environmental data, ensuring integrity and compliance, while collaborating with audit stakeholders

• Collaborate with internal teams (Operations, Procurement, Finance) for accurate data collection and engage external stakeholders to communicate sustainability efforts and best practices

• Lead the management of sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions data, supporting decision-making and compliance with standards

• Assist the Director in advancing the Corporate Responsibility strategy by managing environmental risks and identifying opportunities

• Build relationships with energy consultants and coordinate contracts and performance metrics to align with sustainability goals

• Identify and implement best practices in energy, water, and waste management, integrating them into operational processes

• Lead efforts in packaging reduction and innovation, ensuring alignment with corporate goals

• Compile data for ESG rankings and respond to customer inquiries, ensuring alignment with sustainability strategies

• Develop frameworks for benchmarking practices in emissions reduction and identify opportunities for improvement

• Support sustainability training programs and develop resources to enhance ESG literacy across the enterprise

• Assist in data collection and narrative development for the annual report

• Contribute to company-wide sustainability initiatives to foster a culture of environmental stewardship

• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 5-7 years of experience in data management or data governance, particularly in sustainability or ESG contexts

• Proven expertise in handling complex datasets and implementing data governance best practices

• Strong ability to manage key working relationships and coordinate across cross-functional teams, including Compliance and IT

• Demonstrated interest or knowledge in ESG/sustainability is strongly preferred

• Ability to facilitate complex projects across multiple functions and navigate numerous stakeholders

• Excellent problem solving, organizational, and time management skills

• Proactive and able to anticipate needs, meet deadlines, and manage competing priorities while maintaining high-quality output

• Superior verbal and written communication skills, with strong quantitative and analytical skills for tracking, organizing, and summarizing data

• Reliable, collaborative team player capable of forming positive relationships across all organizational levels

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and capability to learn new technology tools

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

*This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

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