Sustainability Specialist

3 months ago


Aabenraa, Aabenraa Kommune, Denmark Abena AS Full time

You want to pursue a career within corporate sustainability, Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs), and commercial insights - this is why, ABENA is a great place for you to start

(Danish version below)

For many years, ABENA has had Sustainability as one of our core focuses – and now we want to take it to the next level together with you.

In our Global Sustainability team, you will not only get the possibility to obtain invaluable real life knowledge to the benefit of your future career, you will also be able to see your own impact on some of ABENA's goals, such as a 70% reduction in CO2, as well as ABENA's work with UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and the Life Cycle Assessments we execute.

In this role, you will primarily support our sustainability work towards our Sales, our Marketing, our Product Procurement teams, and our subsidiaries.

Your key tasks will be:

Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs)
Responsibility for calculating LCAs in our LCA tool LCA for experts (formerly GaBi thinkstep) including set up of measurement tools and spreadsheets as required, data collection, analysis, and ensuring alignment to key standards
Sustainability project support as required, including assisting with sustainability requests from customers, tenders, suppliers, and reporting platforms
Assisting in development of guidelines and processes for LCA calculations on a corporate level
Contributing in the company's yearly sustainability report.

You are a strong analyst
We expect you to either be newly graduated or with some years of working experience. You have a study background within Sciences, Engineering, Maths, Environmental Economics, or other technical/economics subjects. In addition you should bring:
strong analytical skills, ability to work systematically in a fast-paced environment, and good attention to detail
competencies within data analysis and experienced user skills of Excel
experience with LCA calculations (is a must) and reporting protocols (PEF, Carbon footprint, ReCiPe, among others)
strong knowledge in CSRD, GHG protocol, EU taxonomy, and related reporting methodologies
good communication and presentation skills, as well as fluency in English
a willingness to adopt a solution-oriented mindset and enthusiasm for setting up new processes

To succeed in this role, you must be capable of utilizing your strong sustainability mindset and translating it to all stakeholders.
Your new department is waiting for you
We are a team within our Global Supply department, and you will experience a broad interface towards our subsidiaries as well as internal stakeholders. ABENA is working with a global approach towards supply and demand, all with a strong Sustainability mindset.
Your daily office will be located at ABENA Headquarter in Aabenraa.

Do not hesitate to send us your application
If you are interested in the position, send your application and CV as soon as possible - we process the applications, from week 33 due to holiday. If you have any questions about the job, you are welcome to contact: Jan Toft Nielsen on after the 12th August. We are looking forward to receiving your application.

You are welcome to send your application in either Danish or English.

Danish version:

Du ønsker at forfølge en karriere inden for sustainability, Life Cycle Assessments (LCA'er) og kommerciel indsigt - derfor er ABENA er et godt sted for dig at starte
ABENA har i mange år haft bæredygtighed som et af vores kernefokusområder – og nu vil vi tage det til næste niveau sammen med dig.
I vores Global Sustainability team får du ikke kun mulighed for at opnå værdifuld viden fra det virkelige liv til gavn for din fremtidige karriere, du vil også kunne se din egen indflydelse på nogle af ABENAs mål, såsom en 70% reduktion af CO2, samt ABENAs arbejde med FN's 17 verdensmål, og de Life Cycle Assessments, vi arbejder med.

I denne rolle vil du primært støtte vores bæredygtighedsarbejde over for vores salg, vores marketing, vores produktindkøbsteams og vores datterselskaber.

Dine vigtigste opgaver i jobbet vil være:

Life Cycle Assessments (LCA'er)
Ansvar for beregning af LCA'er i vores LCA-værktøj, LCA for Experts, (tidligere GaBi thinkstep) herunder opsætning af måleværktøjer og regneark efter behov, dataindsamling, analyse og sikring af tilpasning til nøglestandarder
Bæredygtighedsprojektsupport efter behov, herunder hjælp med bæredygtighedsanmodninger fra kunder, udbud, leverandører og rapporteringsplatforme
Assistere med udvikling af retningslinjer og processer for LCA-beregninger på virksomhedsniveau
Bidrage til virksomhedens årlige ESG-rapport.

Du er en stærk analytiker
Vi forventer, at du enten er nyuddannet eller har nogle års erhvervserfaring. Du har en uddannelsesmæssig baggrund inden for naturvidenskab, ingeniørvidenskab, matematik, miljøøkonomi eller anden teknisk/økonomisk retning. Derudover skal du medbringe:
stærke analytiske færdigheder, evne til at arbejde systematisk og detaljeorienteret i et tempofyldt miljø
kompetencer inden for dataanalyse og erfarne brugerfærdigheder i Excel
erfaring med LCA-beregninger (er et must) og rapporteringsprotokoller (PEF, Carbon footprint, ReCiPe, blandt andre)
stærk viden om CSRD, GHG-protokol, EU-klassificeringssystem og relaterede rapporteringsmetoder
gode kommunikations- og præsentationsevner samt flydende engelskkundskaber
vilje til at tilegne dig et løsningsorienteret mindset og entusiasme for at etablere nye processer

For at få succes i denne rolle skal du være i stand til at udnytte din stærke bæredygtighedstankegang og formidle den til alle interessenter.
Din nye afdeling venter på dig
I vores team, som er en del af ABENA Global Supply, vil du få en bred kontaktflade til vores datterselskaber såvel som interne interessenter. ABENA arbejder med en global tilgang til udbud og efterspørgsel, alt sammen kombineret med en stærk bæredygtighedstilgang.
Dit daglige arbejdssted vil være placeret på ABENA hovedkontoret i Aabenraa.

Tøv ikke med at sende os din ansøgning
Hvis du er interesseret i stillingen, så send din ansøgning og CV hurtigst muligt - vi behandler ansøgningerne fra uge 33 på grund af ferie. Har du spørgsmål til jobbet, er du velkommen til at kontakte: Jan Toft Nielsen på efter den 12. august. Vi glæder os til at modtage din ansøgning.

Du er velkommen til at sende din ansøgning på dansk eller engelsk.

About Abena
ABENA is a dynamic, Danish, family-owned group with its headquarter in Aabenraa, Denmark. We live by our values: trust - fairness - cooperation, and we want work to be fun. We employ approx. 2000 people and work primarily with healthcare and daily consumables, which are sold in 90 countries.
ABENA produces and sells a wide range og quality products and our customers are mainly hospitals, nursing homes, municipal homecare, schools, day care centres and private industry. In addition to our own production in Denmark, Sweden and France, we source from producers worldwide.
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