Environmental Specialist

For Essity, sustainability is an integral part of our business model and our strategy for growth and value creation. We work with well-being for people and the planet. We are now looking for an Environmental Specialist, to complement our Sustainability Products & Services team and to continue to drive our sustainability efforts for our solutions. Be ready to realize your full potential and join us on our journey as we are breaking barriers to improved well-being. 

Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company, dedicated to improving well-being through leading hygiene and health solutions. We work to create customer and consumer value while improving the environmental footprint our products and services. Essity follows a life cycle approach from designing products, sourcing raw materials, producing products and all the way through how products are used and after use. 

In the role as Environmental Specialist you will be part of further developing our products and support them with environmental support and assessments such as Life Cycle Assessments (LCA). 

The position is in Gothenburg or Munich and reports to Director Sustainability Assessment & Support 

You will contribute to the environmental development of Essity hygiene and health products and services with 

• Environmental support and assessments

• LCA calculations. 

• Environmental information and data from suppliers, own production and development that you manage.

• Close cooperation with international innovation teams and R&D to support the development of sustainable and circular innovations.

• Support claims development based on environmental achievements.

• Presentations of results and improvement areas to key stakeholders.

• Development of selected environmental areas. 

• Demonstrated experience with LCA, including specialized LCA software such as LCA for Experts (GaBi). 
• University degree or equivalent in sustainability, environment, chemical or mechanical engineering or similar.
• Broad and comprehensive understanding of lifecycle thinking and environmental interrelations.
• Expertise in cosmetics, skin care and/or chemicals is appreciated.
• Experience in large corporate data management such as SAP is appreciated.
• Ability to interact with different functions in the company and with external stakeholders in an international environment.
• Fluent in English, both oral and written.
• Ability to present results to key stakeholders in an engaging way. 

We’d like to add that the ideal candidate for this position will do their work in a way that achieves the business objectives and is therefore someone resourceful, well-organized, and proactive but also someone whom others enjoy working with. 

We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we’d love to talk. 

And, in return as an Essity employee we invest in our people with caring culture, empowerment, career growth, sustainable working life and total reward. 

We are looking forward to reading your application. Please, apply online through our website and provide us with your CV in English at your earliest convenience. 

We work with continuous selection of candidates which means that you may receive a response before application deadline. If you proceed to the next step, responsible recruiter will contact you shortly after application period is over for an initial screening by phone or Teams. 

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic, and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being. 

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