Sustainability Technical Project Manager

Company: Contechs
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Location: Chester
Job Description:

Position Title: Sustainability Technical Project Manager

Duration: Contract

Location: Crewe, Cheshire

Main Goals and Objectives

  • Lead and deliver sustainability initiatives within Procurement, ensuring clear execution of projects that reduce supply chain impact, support compliance, and integrate sustainability into sourcing decisions.
  • Drive operational delivery of the Procurement sustainability roadmap, translating strategy into measurable actions across suppliers, processes, and governance.
  • Ensure alignment with the Clients’ requirements while enabling buyers and stakeholders with practical tools, guidance, and support.

Main Responsibilities

Project Delivery (core of the role)

  • Lead sustainability projects end-to-end owned by procurement
  • Lead delivery of sustainability roadmap of procurement
  • Build and manage project plans, actions, owners, deadlines, and risks.
  • Run governance: meeting cadence, progress reporting, escalation management in the Clients’ Level.
  • Deliver, progress and continuously improve pilots and operational actions (not just coordination).

Supply Chain Sustainability / Technical Delivery

  • Support Procurement to reduce supply chain emissions
  • Help define and deliver supplier decarbonisation plans and improvement roadmaps.
  • Support the integration of sustainability into sourcing, including support to reach selection of supplier.
  • Support development and application of Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) and/or Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approaches (internally and with suppliers)
  • Support compliance work linked to supply chain regulations
  • Help deliver and track supplier compliance evidence (data, audits, questionnaires, corrective actions).
  • Support topics such as:
  • Supplier risk escalation tracking
  • Evidence collection and closure tracking
  • Operational Sustainability Support + BAU activities
  • Provide operational guidance to suppliers and buyers in sourcing decisions and general discussions

Chain of Custody, Traceability and Group Alignment

  • Work with Group/Brand leads to understand and implement Chain of Custody processes.
  • Integrate traceability steps into Procurement sourcing processes (templates, gates, governance).
  • Help develop traceability and transparency across n-tier supply chains.
  • Align approach with Group requirements and share learning across stakeholders.

Training and Stakeholder Support

  • Provide practical support to Buyers and Commodity Teams
  • Strategic suppliers
  • Build simple “how-to” guidance, templates, and clear process steps

Reporting and Data

  • Create and maintain monthly reporting for sustainability metrics (e.g., emissions, energy, waste, water), using agreed tools
  • Track KPIs and delivery outcomes and communicate progress clearly

Skills & Experience

  • Strong operational project management capability with focus on delivery of outcomes
  • Ability to manage complex workstreams, risks, timing, cost, and delivery
  • Experience using structured project management methods
  • Ability to manage cross-functional teams without direct authority
  • Ability to drive actions to closure and elevate early when blocked
  • Strong communication skills, including engagement with senior stakeholders
  • Experience supporting Procurement processes and supplier management basics
  • Experience providing operational guidance to stakeholders (buyers, suppliers, cross-functional teams)
  • Demonstrable skills and experience of producing and providing presentations to a Board standard

Practical & Technical Knowledge

  • Supply chain sustainability and decarbonisation (including Scope 3 concepts)
  • Sustainability target setting and delivery (e.g., science-based target style approaches)
  • Supplier sustainability measurement tools / methods (e.g., rating systems, audit frameworks)
  • Carbon accounting concepts and/or GHG Protocol aligned thinking (at a working level)
  • PCF and/or LCA delivery (even if supported by specialists)

Working knowledge (or ability to learn fast) of

  • Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
  • LkSG (German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act)
  • EU Directive 2000/53/EC (End-of-Life Vehicles)

Qualifications

  • Degree in Engineering, Sustainability, Supply Chain or Business
  • Relevant professional certifications (e.g. ESG, LCA, Procurement)

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Posted: June 23rd, 2026