Job Title:

Environmental Data and Digital Analyst

Department:

SHE

Profession

Global SHE

Contract Duration

Permanent

Location (City, Country):

Flexible – central time zones preferable (e.g. Europe, Latin America)

Main Job Purpose:

Be part of a team that is responsible for driving an exciting agenda to deliver our Unilever commitments:

• Zero emissions in our operations by 2030

• implement water stewardship programs in 100 locations in water-stressed areas by 2030.

• Halve food waste in our operations by 2025.

• Maintain zero waste to landfill in our factories.

• Phase out high impact refrigerants

The focus of this position is to contribute to building increased transparency of our performance against sustainability, environmental and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) metrics through accurate data reporting to internal and external customers and to identify and establish platforms that digitize the information flow.

The role requires digital and analytic skills as well as broad understanding of related issues, with focus on manufacturing and supply chain. The applicant should have a sound understanding of data platform infrastructures & methodologies as well as experience in working with cross functional teams and be a confident communicator and influencer.

Key Accountabilities:

• Data reporting accuracy:

  • Guided by the manager, work with cluster teams to ensure data is reported accurately and within required timelines.

  • Investigate options to harmonize and automate the data sources.

  • Create processes and governance to minimize reporting errors.

  • Participate in data preparation for external audits.

  • Run comparison analysis to identify outliers in data reporting and follow up on error correction and root cause analysis.

• Data transparency and visualization:

  • Provide timely and accurate reporting on KPIs to internal stakeholders.

  • Contribute to development of dashboards using platforms such as Power BI

  • Contribute to defining meaningful KPIs and targets to drive performance.

  • Support preparation of data sets for external audit purposes

  • Understand the end-to-end flow of information between data platforms and functional groups.

  • Support stakeholders to use the data meaningfully to guide strategic decision making, and act as a key business partner to Environment and sustainability and Process Safety program leads.

  • Stay up to date with latest external best practice on sustainability data reporting.

Professional Skills:

ESSENTIAL

• Strong data & analytics skills, with an innate curiosity on the topic

• Awareness of Environmental, sustainability and environmental reporting issues

• Solid understanding of Unilever’s climate and nature commitments

• Attention to detail and a high standard of work.

• Project management skills, especially in delivery of digital / system solutions.

• Keeps the ‘bigger picture’ in mind while close to the detail.

• Ability to communicate and influence virtually across diverse geographies and functions.

• A good understanding of manufacturing operations

• Adaptable in navigating time zone differences in global teams to ensure seamless communication and workflow coordination.

Experience Required:

ESSENTIAL

• Experience working with large and complex data sets.

• At least 2 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment

• High proficiency in Excel, Word, Power Point, Power BI.

DESIRABLE

• A STEM graduate, preferably within a relevant area (data science, sustainability, environmental, engineering)

• ESG reporting and disclosure experience.

• Project management tools and Engineering experience

• Experience working with diverse groups at a global level.

• Delivering outcomes that contribute to a sustainable business, through x-functional teams.

• Experience working with Microsoft Azure and SQL databases.

• Experience driving continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment.