Position Title:Sustainability Reporting Specialist

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 19459

This role can sit out of our GB or Toronto office!

We know the importance that food plays in people's lives – the power it has to bring people, families and communities together. At McCain, our purpose is to celebrate real connections, through delicious, planet-friendly food.

This is an exciting opportunity to join McCain’s global Sustainability team to help accelerate our journey towards planet-friendly food. Working with the Senior Manager, the candidate will lead and enhance McCain’s global sustainability reporting strategy, playing a critical role in delivering and shaping how the organization measures and communicates sustainability performance.

The individual will own relationships with a range of stakeholders to lead sustainability reporting, including managing all disclosures and requests in line with increasing ESG reporting requirements, external standards and benchmarks (such as GRI, SASB, TCFD, World Benchmarking Alliance, Carbon Disclosure Project). The individual will also support the regional and commercial teams with stakeholder reporting queries related to material sustainability topics.

If you are passionate about being part of a dynamic, global team and can lead stakeholders whilst dealing with complex topics and remaining empathetic to their challenges, this could be the job for you.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the production of McCain’s corporate public Sustainability Report, coordinating with functions (including finance, procurement, agriculture, HR, communications) to ensure robust communication of the business’s performance through data and storytelling.
• Project manage and oversee the data collection process for sustainability targets and KPI's, with support from a Senior Data Analyst.
• Strengthen global sustainability reporting processes and systems to ensure robust and accurate sustainability data.
• Partner with subject matter experts to improve reporting processes for the sustainability pillars: Good Food, Resource Efficient Operations, Smart & Sustainable Farming, Thriving Communities and Strong Foundations.
• Lead the evolution and alignment towards external sustainability reporting standards and manage work with rating agencies, including Carbon Disclosure Project, GRI etc.
• Support the further integration of ESG considerations into strategic processes and reporting.
• Support the commercial team with supply chain related sustainability reporting for McCain’s customers and other stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in corporate sustainability reporting and/or communications.
• Strong understanding of environmental and social sustainability topics, preferably, knowledge of key sustainability challenges, including net-zero strategies, climate change risk, emerging ESG requirements and legislation.
• Excellent understanding of sustainability and ESG measurement and reporting, including linkages with various external reporting frameworks.
• Hands on experience in the development and delivery of corporate sustainability and communication reports. Some experience of external assurance would be an advantage.
• Ability to analyse and interpret data and provide detailed and strategic performance narrative.
• The ability to distil qualitative and quantitative information on leading practices, new approaches, and competitor performance to support strengthened reporting, with a strong attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with the ability to coordinate and deliver large projects with a diverse stakeholder base

Core Competencies & Leadership:

Accountability: Promotes a sense of urgency and establishes accountability, provides balanced feedback at the most critical times

Collaborates: Models collaboration across the organization, balances own interests with others, promotes high visibility of shared contributions to goals. Enjoy having a lot autonomy, whilst working collaboratively within a dynamic team

Courage: Can tackle tough assignments independently

Being Resilient: Maintains a positive attitude and forward-thinking approach, takes constructive action to navigate difficult situations, source of confidence in high pressure situations

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Manufacturing; Engineering & Technical; Procurement; Quality & Food Safety; Research & Development; Supply Chain & Logistics

Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto || CA - Canada : Alberta : Calgary || CA - Canada : Alberta : Coaldale || CA - Canada : Alberta : Edmonton || CA - Canada : Alberta : Grand Prarie || CA - Canada : Alberta : Lethbridge || CA - Canada : Alberta : Red Deer || CA - Canada : Alberta : Rocky View || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Burnaby || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Kamloops || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Kelowna || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Richmond || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Surrey || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Vancouver || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Victoria || CA - Canada : Manitoba : Carberry || CA - Canada : Manitoba : Portage la Prairie || CA - Canada : Manitoba : Winnipeg || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Bathurst || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Centreville || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Edmundston || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Fredericton || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Grand Falls || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Hartland || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Moncton || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Saint John || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Somerville || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : Clarenville || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : Corner Brook || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : Marystown || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : St. Anthony || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : St. John's || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Bedford || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Belleisle || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Dartmouth || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Halifax || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Kentville || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Middleton || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : New Glasgow || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Sydney || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Truro || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Yarmouth || CA - Canada : Ontario : Bolton || CA - Canada : Ontario : Borden || CA - Canada : Ontario : Brampton || CA - Canada : Ontario : Dedicated Mississauga || CA - Canada : Ontario : Etobicoke || CA - Canada : Ontario : Forest || CA - Canada : Ontario : Guelph || CA - Canada : Ontario : Kingston || CA - Canada : Ontario : Kitchener || CA - Canada : Ontario : Lansdowne || CA - Canada : Ontario : London || CA - Canada : Ontario : Maidstone || CA - Canada : Ontario : Markham || CA - Canada : Ontario : Mississauga || CA - Canada : Ontario : Ottawa || CA - Canada : Ontario : Thunder Bay || CA - Canada : Ontario : Waterloo || CA - Canada : Ontario : Windsor || CA - Canada : Ontario : Woodstock || CA - Canada : Other : Reference job description || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Bloomfield || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Borden-Carleton || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Charlottetown || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Elmsdale || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Kinkora || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Middleton || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Montague || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : New Perth || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Summerside || CA - Canada : Quebec : Ancienne Lorette || CA - Canada : Quebec : Anjou || CA - Canada : Quebec : Blainville || CA - Canada : Quebec : Chicoutimi || CA - Canada : Quebec : Drummondville || CA - Canada : Quebec : Duberger || CA - Canada : Quebec : Gatineau || CA - Canada : Quebec : Lachine || CA - Canada : Quebec : Laval || CA - Canada : Quebec : Montreal || CA - Canada : Quebec : Pointe-Claire || CA - Canada : Quebec : Quebec City || CA - Canada : Quebec : Terrebonne || CA - Canada : Saskatchewan : Regina || CA - Canada : Saskatchewan : Saskatoon || GB - United Kingdom : England : Grantham || GB - United Kingdom : England : Hull || GB - United Kingdom : England : Peterborough || GB - United Kingdom : England : Scarborough || GB - United Kingdom : England : Whittlesey || GB - United Kingdom : England : Wombourne

Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd