Global Sustainability Data & Digitalization Manager

The opportunity

The Global Sustainability Data & Digitalization Manager is accountable for transforming sustainability data into a scalable, automated and intelligence‑driven capability across the entire value chain.

The role leads the design and governance of sustainability data flows, ensuring seamless integration across Sustainability, IT, data owners and enterprise digital platforms. By leveraging existing digital core investments and selectively introducing new tools, the role enables automation, AI‑driven insights and efficient reporting, while significantly reducing manual effort and internal stakeholder burden.

This role is a key enabler for embedding sustainability into strategic decision‑making, risk management and value creation.

How you'll make an impact:

Sustainability Data Strategy & Governance

• Define and implement the global sustainability data strategy aligned with business, regulatory and digital roadmaps

• Establish clear data governance, ownership, quality and traceability models across the sustainability value chain

• Ensure consistency and interoperability of sustainability data across systems, regions and functions

• Translate sustainability requirements into scalable data and digital solutions

Digital Core Enablement & System Integration

• Act as the primary sustainability interface to IT, Digital, Enterprise Architecture and Data teams

• Maximize the use of existing digital core platforms, enterprise data lakes and reporting tools

• Support the selection, integration and rollout of new sustainability‑relevant tools and platforms where required

• Ensure solutions are future‑proof, modular and aligned with IT architecture standards

Automation, AI & Advanced Analytics

• Drive automation of sustainability data collection, consolidation and reporting to minimize manual processes

• Identify opportunities to leverage AI, analytics and digital technologies to extract insights from existing data

• Enable predictive, risk‑based and opportunity‑focused sustainability intelligence to support business decisions

• Promote data reuse and self‑service analytics where appropriate

Reporting Efficiency & Regulatory Readiness

• Enable efficient, audit‑ready and scalable data flows for sustainability and regulatory reporting

• Reduce duplication of data requests across functions and reporting frameworks

• Anticipate evolving reporting and customer requirements and ensure proactive readiness

• Improve data reliability, transparency and confidence at management and leadership levels

Cross‑Functional Orchestration & Change Enablement

• Coordinate sustainability data activities across Supply Chain, Business Units, Finance, Risk and other data owners

• Drive adoption of harmonized data processes and digital ways of working

• Support capability building by translating technical data concepts into clear business value

• Act as a change agent, embedding digital and data thinking into sustainability execution​

Your background

Experience

• Extensive experience in data, digitalization, analytics or transformation roles within a global organization

• Demonstrated ability to design and implement enterprise‑level data or digital solutions

• Experience working with complex data ecosystems and multiple stakeholders

• Exposure to sustainability, ESG, supply chain or product data contexts strongly preferred

Skills & Competencies

• Strong systems thinking and ability to connect business strategy, data and technology

• Ability to influence and align senior stakeholders without direct authority

• Strong problem‑solving and prioritization skills in complex environments

• Business‑driven mindset with a clear focus on efficiency, scalability and impact

• Curiosity and practical understanding of AI and advanced analytics applications