Job Purpose and Background

Do you want to make a difference to the effects of climate change in India? Are you looking for the next step in your career and to support CDP’s corporate engagement work? . In your role as Manager Supply Chain, you will work closely with our member companies as they embed sustainability into their procurement processes. Through a range of advisory, capacity building and analytical activities you will support the creation of data driven strategies to underpin ambitious corporate targets to reduce emissions, improve water security and halt deforestation in global supply chains. The role covers Indian members.

About CDP

CDP is an international non-profit that drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests. Over 9,600 companies and 920 cities, states and regions disclose their environmental data to CDP. Our platform is one of the richest sources of information globally on how companies and governments are driving environmental change. By working with over 515 investors with assets of USD 106 trillion and 147 purchasing organizations with USD 4 trillion procurement spend, CDP leverages investor and buyer power to motivate companies to disclose and manage their environmental impacts. Visit https://cdp.net/en or follow us @CDP to find out more.

About the Supply Chain Team

CDP’s Supply Chain team works with our member base to cascade action on climate change, deforestation, and water security down the supply chain. Through this action, precipitated by annual disclosure and driven by engagement between customers and suppliers, CDP’s Supply Chain program continues to change the face of environmental stewardship across the world.

Key responsibilities include:

Program growth:

• Recruiting new members for CDP’s Supply Chain program and general business development for the program in India;
• Establishing, maintaining and leveraging relationships with relevant sustainability and procurement managers as well as trade associations, industry working groups and other organizations working in the sustainable supply chain and procurement field;
• Presenting on webinars and at events to raise awareness and develop new leads for future members of the program.

Program impact

• Managing relationships with existing members including advising on current best practice and providing strategy support towards sustainable supply chain goals and ambitions;
• Supporting member companies’ engagement around annual supplier disclosure through communications support and providing capacity building content for suppliers and procurement teams;
• Delivering analysis of supplier data and facilitating member integration of data into procurement processes and decision making;

Required skills and experience

• An entrepreneurial and enthusiastic spirit with the ability to self-manage;
• Good business communications experience, a strong command of business language and confidence in interacting with senior contacts;
• Strong networking, sales or negotiation skills;
• A clear understanding of the aims of CDP’s supply chain program and a strong conviction about CDP’s impact;
• Minimum 6+years of working experience required in Environment and Sustainability sector.
• Data analysis and / or thorough research skills.
• Excellent attention to detail;
• Good working knowledge of the Microsoft Office software suite with particular emphasis on Excel;
• Existing knowledge in understanding climate change, deforestation and water-related issues from a business and procurement perspective;
• Experience of public speaking, presenting or delivering online content;

This is a full-time WFO role based at CDP's New Delhi office for a fixed term of 1 year (with possibility of renewal basis performance).

Salary and benefits

• INR 12 lacs-14 lacs per annum
• 22 holidays (annually) plus bank holidays
• Medical insurance covering employee/spouse and two children
• Provident fund

Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in India.

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How to apply:
Please upload your CV in the application form along with a covering letter as an additional document setting out how you meet the required skills and experience or key responsibilities, which should be no more than two pages.

The deadline is 10th Feb 2023 Midnight.