Sustainability Manager

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Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid
In-Office
Senior level
Energy
The Role
The Sustainability Manager oversees compliance, audits, and optimization of sustainability practices in biofuel operations, ensuring regulatory adherence and strategic advisory.
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Sustainability Manager

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Job Description:

  • Oversee volume accounting of all bio and fossil feedstocks and products, ensuring traceability, reconciliation, and compliance
  • Verify transport, delivery documents, and sustainability certificates (including GoO, ISCC)
  • Monitor and optimize GHG performance and feedstock selection in coordination with commercial teams
  • Forecast supply and compliance needs for feedstocks and sustainability certificates
  • Lead the management and upkeep of the mass balance system
  • Prepare and coordinate external and internal sustainability audits (GoO, ISCC, NIS, DDC, voluntary schemes)
  • Ensure ongoing compliance with EU and national regulations and proactively track regulatory changes
  • Prepare and validate sustainability data for regulatory and internal reports (e.g., CORES, SICBIOS)
  • Provide strategic advisory on biofuel strategy and regulatory impact during planning cycles (budget, forecast, monthly)
  • Guide the organization on optimal feedstock selection and use (e.g., capped vs. uncapped, single vs. double counting) as well as the blending program and strategy
  • Support additional certifications and voluntary scheme participation as needed
  • Support development of group's internal sustainability tools
  • Acting as stand-in for the Sustainability Manager of GBB & GBH

Profile

  • Bachelor or Master’s degree in Environmental Studies or relevant field.
  • Minimum of 5 years in the Spanish energy, fuel, or biofuel industry, with demonstrable experience in sustainability, regulatory compliance, or supply chain operations
  • Volume & Mass Balance Accounting: Advanced understanding of material tracking, reconciliation of bio and fossil flows, and mass balance systems (ISCC, RED III).
  • Inventory & Logistics Management: Competent in managing stock control, documentation, and ERP systems within the supply chain.
  • Feedstock & Product Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of bio and fossil feedstocks, including their regulatory classification (e.g., single vs. double counting, capped vs. uncapped).
  • Regulatory Compliance: Strong familiarity with EU and Spanish sustainability legislation and voluntary schemes (RED III, ISCC, NIS, DDC, SNVS).
  • GHG Emissions Management: Proficiency in lifecycle emissions calculations and proposing commercially viable reduction pathways.
  • Audit Preparation & Execution: Solid experience managing third-party and regulatory audits under GoO, ISCC, and similar schemes.
  • Data Analysis & Reporting: Capable of delivering sustainability KPIs for internal stakeholders and regulatory bodies (e.g., CORES, SICBIOS).
  • Strategic Advisory: Ability to interpret regulatory frameworks into commercially beneficial strategies, supporting yearly and monthly planning cycles.
  • Organized, methodical, and resilient under pressure
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Spanish and English
  • Advanced user of Microsoft Office and ERP tools
  • Strong analytical thinking and commercial awareness
  • High level of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Collaborative and proactive mindset, with high personal integrity
  • Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  • Perfect command of English and Spanish mandatory

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What We Do

Gunvor Group is one of the world’s largest independent commodities trading houses by turnover, creating logistics solutions that safely and efficiently move physical energy, metals and bulk materials from where they are sourced and stored to where they are demanded most. With strategic investments in industrial infrastructure—refineries, pipelines, storage, terminals, mining and upstream—Gunvor further generates sustainable value across the global supply chain for its customers. More information can be found at www.gunvorgroup.com or @Gunvor

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