Senior Manager, Sustainability Legislation

ABOUT US

tms unites technology, marketing, and sourcing to drive transformational change for the world’s leading brands. With more than 1,400 employees across 28 countries., we offer an impressive range of solutions – from inspiration and innovation to category management and delivery.

Operating as a creative agency, a strategic consultancy, a sourcing business, and a technology provider, we engage with over 110 million customers every single day for our clients, including McDonald’s, T-Mobile, O2, Starbucks, and adidas.

Most importantly, we're a place where you can achieve great things, and be recognized as the best.

WHAT MATTERS THE MOST

Breakthrough, business-driving ideas come from extraordinary people with the freedom to be their most authentic selves at work. Authenticity and diversity are critical elements of our business. They can only be realized when we create access and equity for all. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging and aspire to be ever-evolving.

tms is a place where brilliant people are better together. If you want your ideas to be heard and to contribute to a culture of inclusion and authenticity, bring us your voice! Visit us at tmsw.com.

WHY WE THINK YOU WILL LOVE THIS ROLE

Senior Manager, Sustainability Legislation will sit within our tms, Packaging, Sustainability team.

The Sustainability team supports the delivery of client Sustainability strategic objectives, focused on product and supply chain, through operations, reporting and legislation tracking. To do so our team collaborates with key stakeholders across various internal and client cross-functional teams, Suppliers, Consultants and external organisations. Our global Sustainability team sits across 3 geographic regions, supporting global, regional and market activities.

In this role, your work will be pivotal in supporting our North American market Client navigate a complex legislative landscape, ensuring legislative compliance for their foodservice packaging portfolio.

The key purpose of this role will be:

• Monitoring and maintaining a full, integrated understanding of regulations, legislation, and market activities affecting or potentially affecting packaging at the federal, state and local level.
• Ensuring a robust understanding and visibility into sustainability labels, marketing claims, and the FTC Green Guides. 
• Identifying where opportunity and deployment gaps exist and building proposals on how these can be addressed.
• Developing awareness and communication of compliance requirements across the relevant tms functions and supporting development of action plans and prioritization to achieve market compliance.
• Providing subject matter expertise, and engaging with key stakeholders, both client and internal cross-functional teams, in disseminating key information on legislative requirements.
• Managing the development of education and communication vehicles for key stakeholders, relevant to legislative packaging and its impact to the Client’s products and supply chain. 
• Maintaining and fostering partnerships with key external stakeholders.
• Attending relevant industry conferences, forums, roundtables, etc. as deemed appropriate.
  
  

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE ORGANIZATION

• People management and leadership skills as you will head a small team focused on delivering client services.
• The ability to interpret and communicate regional compliance needs to support the deployment of sustainability strategies. 
• Development and delivery of tailored approaches to meet rapidly evolving Client needs.
• Experience in managing complex legislative requirements and responding to Client and Supply Chain queries on complex issues.
• Experience in systems and process development and supporting technology enablement to advance our tracking and reporting capabilities. In addition, we will be looking for the following:
  
  

Legislation Analysis

• Legislation tracking, interpretation and analysis experience.
• Ability to accurately translate legislative requirements.
• Demonstrated success managing information to ensure quality, on-time delivery of sustainability legislation reports, and support business continuity.
• Adeptness in legislative foresight and risk mitigation strategies.
   

Data Management

• Data management experience.
• Experience with creating reports using multifaceted data sets to communicate, interpret and use for informed decision-making. 
• Management, maintaining, and development of database systems and processes.
  
  

Communications

• Ability to develop and present complex information clearly and simply, catering to audiences with varied levels of expertise (internally and externally).
• Strong interpersonal skills and building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships to foster collaboration and navigate legislative dynamics.
  
  

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO HAVE

• Minimum 4 years professional experience in legislation tracking, interpretation and development of response strategies.
• Sustainable packaging knowledge and how packaging can be impacted by legislation.
• An understanding of Extended Producer Responsibility packaging laws and requirements.
• An understanding of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Green Guides, sustainability labelling (e.g., How to Recycle, BPI, FSC) and general sustainability marketing claims.
• Data management.
• Strong research and analytical skills.
• Highly collaborative and able to build productive relationships.
• Ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams.

 And we’d love you to…  

• Drive continuous improvement.
• Be strategically focussed.
  
  

Any of the following would be a plus

• Knowledge of foodservice packaging laws and regulations.
  
  

Starting Salary: $125,000.00 - $150,000.00

TOTAL REWARDS

Our total rewards philosophy integrates programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, corporate culture, corporate citizenship and work-life balance. While individual program components may differ by country, some things remain constant:

• Our commitment to rewarding results
• Opportunities to work with talented and driven individuals at every level of our company who respect each other, treat each other fairly and hold one another accountable for our customers’—and our company’s—success
  
  

There's more ...

Generous medical, dental, vision and other great benefits

Paid parental and medical leave programs

401(k) with a company match component and profit sharing

15 days of paid time off plus company holidays

Hybrid work model

Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment assistance

Inclusive employee resource groups

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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