Manager Waste Management / Circular Economy (f/m/d)

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Job description

Responsibilities:

• Provide expert advice on Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) matters, including conducting audits and compliance monitoring.
• Develop, implement, and maintain environmental management systems to ensure regulatory compliance and continuous improvement.

• Take operative responsibility for local waste management, optimizing processes to meet regulatory and normative compliance.
• Oversee the classification, sorting, packaging, and declaration of waste, including hazardous materials.

• Develop and implement new concepts for waste sorting, cost allocation, and recycling, aligned with circular economy principles and drive innovation in recycling and resource efficiency.
• Engage in regulatory implementation, including lobbying efforts for new environmental regulations within the HARTMANN GROUP.

• Maintain and analyze waste management KPIs and costs, ensuring transparency and reporting both locally and internationally.
• Monitor life-cycle impacts and implement measures to improve sustainability.

• Manage relationships with waste management service providers, including contract negotiation, qualification, supervision and auditing.

Qualifications:

• A degree or vocational training in a related field, with work experience in HSE or waste management.
• Experience in managing environmental compliance, audits, and management systems.
• Additional qualifications such as Waste Management Officer, Hazardous Goods Officer, Immission Control Officer, Environmental/Quality Management Auditor or Occupational Safety Expert are a plus.
• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies, process design, KPI management, and relevant software (e.g., SAP, MS Office).
• Proven ability to identify and implement efficiency improvements in waste management and circular economy practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills combined with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Fluency in English and German.

Benefits:

• Flexible working conditions, such as flexible working hours and mobile working
• Attractive ways of combining work and family life, e.g. childcare subsidy
• 30 days paid leave per year, plus special leave for exceptional life events as well as vacation pay and special annual payment according to collective agreement
• Company pension plan with attractive employer contribution incl. matching model for deferred compensation
• Plenty of parking spaces, canteen with café bar and ongoing offers in the employee shop
• Access to over 6000 fitness and yoga studios, swimming pools as well as Crossfit and bouldering halls (EGYM Wellpass)
• Various health and fitness offers, e.g. skin cancer screenings, online courses for mental health, massage offers, yoga during lunch break etc.
• Job Bike Leasing
• Attractive discounts on e.g. travel, fashion and technology via our corporate benefits platform

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