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Responsibilities

Position Summary:

The Operations/Program Manager, Circularity is responsible for leveraging products for re-use opportunities and working with multiple internal and external stakeholders to promote the principles of a circular economy. Using this understanding, this role is intended to mitigate and minimize loss and waste throughout the supply chain. This role will lead all research, analysis, and company initiatives related to the circular economy and provide innovative solutions for continuous improvement.

Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

• Manage relationship with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate projects and ensure alignment and efficient project delivery with circular economy initiatives/projects

• Coordinate with external partners and stakeholders in the collection of materials from restaurants on a mutually agreeable schedule

• Conduct research, best practices and recommendations based on sound industry standards

• Develop strategic relationships in the industry that will drive value in circular economy initiatives

• Stay updated on new developments in the industry and implement any trends that would improve the function overreaching objectives

• Ensure the Circular Economy reporting dashboard monitors key performance indicators and provides valuable insights to help strategic decision making. Collect data, establish usage baselines, and program improvement measurements

• Develop and implement process improvements in an integrated and collaborative manner that ensures success

• Identify and complete business cases for potential projects, programs, and initiatives to generate more opportunities to reuse and recycle material, including available incentives and alternative financing options

• Identify opportunities to reduce the business carbon footprint and increase landfill diversion for both MBC and customers

• Lead and manage a new function within the business and ensure proper buy-in for its continued growth and success

• Accountable for the coordination of resource planning across the Circular Economy team, as it relates to recycling and reusing materials but also any new or process improvement initiatives

• Coach and develop future leaders with clear succession planning for the broader team

• Trains and collaborates on sustainability strategies including environmental efforts, circular economy standards, and corporate social responsibility

• Remain current on changing legislation, business standards, best practices and internal policies that impact the function

• Ensure the operations follow all Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and Good Warehouse Practices (GWP)/Good Drivers Practices (GDP) for transport rules and regulations

• Other projects or duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental and sustainability management, business administration or related field

• 5+ years’ experience in circular initiatives, waste management, environmental programs and/or sustainability efforts or other related experience

• 3+ years of people management responsibility

• Experience leading projects, completing them on time and on budget

• Demonstrated experience in developing, leading, and influencing teams, especially in the development of new functions

• Proven ability to create business cases and providing strong data analysis for management

• Strong communications skills, with the ability to communicate with all levels of management, along with all internal and external stakeholders

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage teams and create a collaborative work environment

• Advanced skills in data analysis technology specifically Excel, PowerBI, etc.

• The travel requirement is less than 10%

• This position must pass a post-offer background check

  Physical Demands and Work Environment :

  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Due to the nature of our business in regard to such things as delivery schedules, order inputs, selection, and Department of Transportation Hours of Service, overtime, attendance and punctuality are essential job functions. Should an individual in this classification not be able to adhere to this requirement due to a disability, they should contact their Human Resources department to see what, if any, reasonable accommodation may be made.

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