Sustainability Compliance Manager

At Tetra Pak we commit to making food safe and available, everywhere; and we protect what's good – protecting food, protecting people, and protecting the planet. By doing so we touch millions of people's lives every day. 

And we need people like you to make it happen.

We empower you to reach your potential with opportunities to make an impact to be proud of – for food, people and the planet.

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity opens within Corporate Sustainability. This new role within the Corporate Sustainability Function sits in the newly established Sustainability Compliance and Performance Team. The Team is responsible for ensuring that Tetra Pak understands, translates and responds effectively to sustainability-related regulatory requirements, while delivering clear, coherent and reliable sustainability reporting across the company. Lead day-to-day Corporate Sustainability Compliance activities to ensure Tetra Pak identifies, interprets, and translates sustainability-related regulatory requirements into clear actions across the company.

The post-holder will proactively identify and interpret regulatory requirements and manage and drive compliance with these to ensure quality sustainability process and performance, support our license to operate and build customer confidence.

The role can be based at a Tetra Pak location within Europe, preferable Sweden or Belgium.

What you will do

-Own day-to-day Corporate Sustainability Compliance activities, by proactively monitoring relevant sustainability-related regulations, assessing their implications and working with implementing units and functions to meet requirements.

-Translate requirements into action, turning regulatory and compliance requirements into clear guidance for the relevant functions and business units and securing their buy-in.

-Drive and coordinate compliance readiness by tracking how sustainability-related compliance requirements are being addressed across functions, providing guidance to functions and business units on necessary documentation and evidence to demonstrate that compliance requirements are met. 

-Manage compliance gaps, helping ensure actions are followed through in a timely and coherent way, escalating critical risks via appropriate governance forums and ensuring the accountability of implementing functions.

-Work closely with Sustainability Reporting and Finance to ensure regulatory requirements are reflected correctly in reporting expectations and processes.

-Act as a focal point for sustainability compliance questions, helping to create consistency in how these are understood across the company.

We believe you have

- Experience in risk management, compliance, legal, regulatory, governance, quality, auditing, reporting, or other structured control environments
- Experience translating complex requirements into practical actions across a matrix organization.
- Experience working cross-functionally with stakeholders from areas such as Sustainability, Finance, Supply Management, Food Safety, Operations, or similar
- Familiarity with sustainability-related regulations or  reporting requirements is a plus, but not mandatory if you have strong transferable compliance or legal skills.
- Experience of designing and facilitating processes to secure buy-in and build capability. 
- Education: Bachelors Degree and preferably Masters Degree in Sustainability, Law, Business Management. 

As a person you are structured and rigorous, with strong attention to detail. You are able to interpret requirements and turn them into simple, practical guidance.  You are comfortable coordinating across functions without direct authority and you are strong at follow-through, documentation and continuous improvement and are comfortable holding others to account for agreed commitments. 

Furthermore you are calm under ambiguity and are able to create clarity where requirements are still evolving. You are collaborative and credible with both Sustainability and non-Sustainability stakeholders

We Offer You

• A variety of exciting challenges with ample opportunities for development and training in a truly global landscape
• A culture that pioneers a spirit of innovation where our industry experts drive visible results
• An equal opportunity employment experience that values diversity and inclusion
• Market competitive compensation and benefits with flexible working arrangements

Apply Now

If you are inspired to be part of our promise to protect what’s good; for food, people, and the planet, apply through our careers page at https://jobs.tetrapak.com/. 

This job posting expires on November 11.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact the hiring manager Francis West at +447855982475.

If you have any questions about your application, please contact recruiter Sara Johannesson at sara.johannesson@tetrapak.com

For trade union information contact Unionen/Lisbeth Larsson at +46 46 36 2320 or Akademikerklubben/Lars Haraldsson at +46 46 36 2533

Diversity, equity, and inclusion is an everyday part of how we work. We give people a place to belong and support to thrive, an environment where everyone can be comfortable being themselves and has equal opportunities to grow and succeed. We embrace difference, celebrate people for who they are, and for the diversity they bring that helps us better understand and connect with our customers and communities worldwide.