Circular Economy Business Analyst - Saint-Gobain
Malvern, PA
About the Job
Circular Economy Business Analyst
Position Description
Job Summary
The Circular Economy Business Analyst will support initiatives throughout Saint-Gobain North America (SGNA) in pursuit of Saint-Gobain’s ESG goals with a distinct focus on Circular Economy. Within the overarching ESG goals, the Circular Economy goals include reduction of production waste, avoidance of virgin raw materials, reduction of Scope 3 emissions, and recyclable packaging use. To accomplish these goals, this position will focus in two areas [1] support SGNA Business Unit teams (BUs) on their circularity journeys [2] conduct business development to develop new partners for circularity. To accomplish these, this person will work within teams from all parts of the organization and strive for alignment to launch circularity initiatives. All of which is intended to add value to SG-NA businesses while promoting SG products and policies to reduce and conserve energy, water, waste, materials, and carbon emissions through transparency along with increased use of recycled and circular raw materials and where improvements are needed. This includes:
+ Identify new business opportunities – with specific focus on recycling and circularity - in the building products and adjacent industries
+ Build rigorous business cases comprising of financial, environmental, strategic, competitive landscape elements - based on qualitative and quantitative data - by aligning SG BU circularity needs with opportunities
+ Maintain vibrant inventory of market research – including circular economy trends of customers/suppliers/competition, recycling and circularity enabling technologies, industry practices, LEED practices - in the building products and adjacent industries
+ Support BU Circularity teams on new & existing circularity projects; support reporting of circularity, recycled content, embodied carbon, and other product sustainability attributes
+ Develop and automate tools – currently used manually - to enable data-informed decision making for BU Circularity teams with a distinct focus on data visualization and ease-of-use
+ Collect, verify, and analyze data obtained from internal/external legitimate sources to better evaluate opportunities including due diligence for M&A, Licensing, CapEx, & other forms of investments & partnerships in Circularity
Completing additional ad hoc support and tasks such as annual surveys, drafting/reviewing internal or external communications, and presenting internally on SGNA activities
Required Qualifications
+ Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience in the required field
+ 3-5 years experience with financial analyses, market research, business development is required
+ Commitment to a sustainability/circular journey in support of company goals
+ Strong technical skills to gain the credibility of the internal customers, mostly sustainability, operations, and purchasing leads
+ Financial acumen to develop financial models, read and synthesize info from annual reports and market research
+ Strong reading, writing, presentation, and data organization and data manipulation skills
+ Collaborative team player and willingness to learn new skillsets
+ Very strong communicator as need to interact with stakeholders at various levels in organization
+ Experience providing recommendations to improve current processes
+ Strong analytical skills in order to understand complex situations to study and propose solutions
+ Ability to travel up to 15% to tradeshows, conferences, and partner sites as needed
Company Summary
At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our productsmake the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home (http://bit.ly/purpose-sgna) .
Legal Statement
Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.
Circular Economy Business Analyst
Location: Malvern, Pennsylvania
Posting Date: 05/09/2024
Job Code: USA08657
See yourself here (https://maps.google.com/?q=SG+Corporation MALVERN Pennsylvania)
Position Description
Job Summary
The Circular Economy Business Analyst will support initiatives throughout Saint-Gobain North America (SGNA) in pursuit of Saint-Gobain’s ESG goals with a distinct focus on Circular Economy. Within the overarching ESG goals, the Circular Economy goals include reduction of production waste, avoidance of virgin raw materials, reduction of Scope 3 emissions, and recyclable packaging use. To accomplish these goals, this position will focus in two areas [1] support SGNA Business Unit teams (BUs) on their circularity journeys [2] conduct business development to develop new partners for circularity. To accomplish these, this person will work within teams from all parts of the organization and strive for alignment to launch circularity initiatives. All of which is intended to add value to SG-NA businesses while promoting SG products and policies to reduce and conserve energy, water, waste, materials, and carbon emissions through transparency along with increased use of recycled and circular raw materials and where improvements are needed. This includes:
+ Identify new business opportunities – with specific focus on recycling and circularity - in the building products and adjacent industries
+ Build rigorous business cases comprising of financial, environmental, strategic, competitive landscape elements - based on qualitative and quantitative data - by aligning SG BU circularity needs with opportunities
+ Maintain vibrant inventory of market research – including circular economy trends of customers/suppliers/competition, recycling and circularity enabling technologies, industry practices, LEED practices - in the building products and adjacent industries
+ Support BU Circularity teams on new & existing circularity projects; support reporting of circularity, recycled content, embodied carbon, and other product sustainability attributes
+ Develop and automate tools – currently used manually - to enable data-informed decision making for BU Circularity teams with a distinct focus on data visualization and ease-of-use
+ Collect, verify, and analyze data obtained from internal/external legitimate sources to better evaluate opportunities including due diligence for M&A, Licensing, CapEx, & other forms of investments & partnerships in Circularity
Completing additional ad hoc support and tasks such as annual surveys, drafting/reviewing internal or external communications, and presenting internally on SGNA activities
Required Qualifications
+ Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience in the required field
+ 3-5 years experience with financial analyses, market research, business development is required
+ Commitment to a sustainability/circular journey in support of company goals
+ Strong technical skills to gain the credibility of the internal customers, mostly sustainability, operations, and purchasing leads
+ Financial acumen to develop financial models, read and synthesize info from annual reports and market research
+ Strong reading, writing, presentation, and data organization and data manipulation skills
+ Collaborative team player and willingness to learn new skillsets
+ Very strong communicator as need to interact with stakeholders at various levels in organization
+ Experience providing recommendations to improve current processes
+ Strong analytical skills in order to understand complex situations to study and propose solutions
+ Ability to travel up to 15% to tradeshows, conferences, and partner sites as needed
Company Summary
At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our productsmake the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home (http://bit.ly/purpose-sgna) .
Legal Statement
Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.
Circular Economy Business Analyst
Location: Malvern, Pennsylvania
Posting Date: 05/09/2024
Job Code: USA08657
See yourself here (https://maps.google.com/?q=SG+Corporation MALVERN Pennsylvania)
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