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Senior Sustainability Manager - Carbon

City: Slough

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

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Our Sustainability team sits at the heart of Reckitt’s purpose. We turn ambition into action; shaping how our brands, products and operations work to protect, heal and nurture the world we all share. From tackling climate change and reducing our environmental footprint, to driving circular design, responsible sourcing and social impact, our work helps ensure that cleaner, healthier living is accessible for everyone.

If you’re looking for a career where your expertise and action bias drives meaningful change, Sustainability at Reckitt offers a unique opportunity. You’ll work cross functionally to turn data into insight that delivers practical solutions to improve the environmental performance of our products and operations. You’ll join a global, purpose‑driven community that is relentlessly focused on turning bold ambitions into real world progress, with pace, collaboration and integrity.

About the role

Reckitt is a global health, hygiene and nutrition company driven by its purpose to protect heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. Everyday Reckitt’s brands – such as Dettol, Lysol, Durex, Vanish, and Finish – are working across the globe to support people to lead cleaner, healthier lives.

In March 2021, we announced our 2030 Sustainability ambitions, for a cleaner, healthier world, backed by more than £1bn in investment over the next decade. Our 2030 ambitions build on the progress we have already made and have been chosen to reflect the areas where we can maximise our positive and enduring impact. Our strategy is focused on:

• More Sustainable Brands – our brands are taking ownership for the impact they have and are focused on delivering superior, more sustainable innovation
• Healthier Planet – recognising the increasing connection between people’s health, halting climate change and protecting biodiversity
• Fairer Society – enabling a fair diverse and inclusive society as an employer and in our value chain

The right candidate will have strong carbon accounting experience, a solid commercial grounding, a keen grasp of current and emerging sustainability trends and the ability to leverage project management skills to coordinate complex, cross-functional, high-visibility topics simultaneously.

Your responsibilities

Reckitt has a growing track-record in sustainability leadership and we’re committed to making a positive impact. You’ll be responsible for driving the Scope 3 Decarbonisation agenda across the business. This role will be central in delivering our sustainability ambitions, working with teams across the organisation to strengthen transparency and ensure accurate, reliable data in a field that is constantly evolving. You’ll provide technical insight and guidance to support informed decision making on critical scope 3 carbon related topics while supporting progress towards our decarbonisation goals. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with considerable experience in carbon accounting who enjoys working in a collaborative, fast paced, data driven environment and is passionate about driving decarbonisation initiatives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Establish and maintain governance frameworks for Scope 3 carbon GHG reporting, ensuring consistency, accuracy and alignment with Reckitt’s sustainability targets and external standards
• Ensure Scope 3 reporting processes are compliant with GHG Protocol, CSRD, SBTi and other relevant regulatory and voluntary frameworks
• Translate data into actionable recommendations for emissions reduction
• Maintain and improve systems for data collection, validation and audit readiness
• Support the design and implementation of systems for managing and integrating primary data into Scope 3 reporting
• Review and update reporting methods and associated documentation as required
• Resolve data gaps and champion continuous improvement
• Translate data into actionable recommendations for emissions reduction
• Review and respond to relevant climate-related consultations (GHG Protocol)
• Assist with external climate-related disclosures (CDP, CSRD)
• Attend relevant internal forums to ensure that sustainability implications are understood and highlighted where applicable, with key cross functional teams including Procurement, R&D and Marketing

This position reports into the Business Director Sustainability: Carbon & Packaging. You will work closely to shape the strategic direction of the organisation in reducing Scope 3 emissions. This role requires both deep experience with carbon accounting and a high level of agility and collaboration to share best practice & develop solutions in support of our corporate sustainability ambitions.

The experience we're looking for

• Degree in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Engineering, Data Analytics or related field
• 10+ years’ experience leading carbon accounting within a global organisation, FMCG experience advantageous
• Strong knowledge of carbon accounting frameworks (GHG Protocol, ISO 14064)
• Able to put theory into practice by developing clear and pragmatic strategies that can be integrated into business processes
• Experience with implementing a Climate Transition Plan
• Strong awareness of current and emerging ESG trends, risks and opportunities that may affect Reckitt’s brands
• Proven ability to analyse data, build insights and present findings clearly
• Ability to balance detail orientation with strategic perspective
• Strong stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration
• Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable working across multiple teams
• Confident with managing ambiguity and able to develop suitable pathways to complex problems by balancing multiple objectives and considering trade offs
• Track record of managing multiple workstreams with conflicting priorities and deadlines

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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