Hiring an Associate Director, Sustainability Marketing & Capability Building
Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.
Sustainability Marketing
- Develop commercial and marketing content specifically for sustainability deliverables on a site, regional, product and divisional level
- Act as a sustainability focal point towards CHI Commercial and Marketing functions (Sales, Business Development, Marketing…)
- Work closely with CHI center of applied sustainability to translate elements of Lonza CHI’s sustainability strategic roadmap into clear commercial value propositions
- Customer engagement: work closely with sales, supply chain and product management to develop communication on our sustainability efforts to customers and foster partnerships
- Support the understanding customers' sustainability needs and translating into product requirements and value propositions
- Lead & facilitate customer workshops or audits on sustainability, in full alignment with associated commercial colleagues and the CHI center of applied sustainability
- Key opinion leadership: Stay ahead of pharma and Health & Nutrition market & technology trends in sustainability by conducting research, participating in conferences and preparing reports
- Respond to sustainability requests from the market & customers, in close collaboration with the CHI center of applied sustainability
- Contribute to commercial (business case) and technical (feasibility) assessments to drive measures for life cycle initiatives (e.g., emission reduction, water consumption etc.) across CHI
Capability building
- Develop & implement training and engagement strategy in close collaboration with CHI Internal communication and HR departments
- Develop & implement training content & rollout roadmap (launch, delivery, scale, impact) to enhance organizational climate literacy
- Grow and expand competencies and skills about sustainability topics of CHI employees globally and at country level
- Foster CHI stakeholder engagement to drive actions on sustainability
- Advocacy: champion sustainability internally and externally, raising awareness among employees, customers, advocacy groups and industry stakeholders
Business Stakeholder Management:
- Own the interface to CHI Commercial and Marketing teams on sustainability topics.
- Drive proactively communications and support decision making.
Processes, tools and Systems:
- Ensure compliance with Lonza standards and regulatory requirements
- Support roll-out of Lonza procedures, policies and guidelines.
- Support CHI initiatives, roll-out of CHI tools, processes and systems.
Personal development and capability building:
- Define personal development goals & needs and potential associated training.
- Complete mandatory training and capability building program.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Education Level: B.S. degree required
M.S. a plus
Minimum Years Required Experience: 2-5 Years solid experience
Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.
People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.
Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including the location of the successful candidate, qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and job-related knowledge. Full-time employees receive a comprehensive benefits package including performance-related bonus, medical and dental coverage, 401k plan, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off (PTO), and more.
Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
