Sustainability Expert – ESG and Product Life Cycle (LCA)

Prefere Resins Holding GmbH

Jobbeschreibung

Prefere Resins is a leading European manufacturer of phenolic, specialty urea and melamine resins. We supply our customers worldwide with a wide range of resins and basic chemical raw materials - which are used in the automotive and wood-based materials industries as well as in pharmaceuticals and hygiene. The Prefere Resins Group employs around 600 people and generates sales of around 600 million euros.

We are a strongly customer-orientated company that focuses on high product quality, innovation and sustainability. With our “Mission Zero 2050”, we are already on the way to climate-neutral production. Our vision is to make our production carbon-neutral through continuous development and research together with our employees and customers and to switch to bio-based raw materials in the long term.

For our site in Erkner near Berlin or alternatively in Frankfurt am Main we are looking to support and strengthen our ESG/Sustainability team as soon as possible with a

Sustainability Expert - ESG and Product Life Cycle (LCA)


Product Life Cycle Assessment:

  • Accomplishment Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) for products of the whole Prefere Resins Group and calculation of Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) using LCA software “LCA for Experts”
  • Preparation and lead of third-party reviews at all sites in accordance with DIN 14067
  • Preparation and updating of LCA-relevant data for the annual updates taking into account product carbon footprints of suppliers in order to be able to map the decarbonisation strategy in our products
  • Central point of contact internally and for customers on life cycle assessment-related topics

Sustainability Reporting:

  • Collaboration in further improvement of the ESG data management software “SCCS tool”
  • Cooperation in building and developing internal expertise on sustainability standards and their implementation
  • Support in the preparation of sustainability reporting and ESG-ratings (CSRD/ESRS, EcoVadis, CDP)
  • Interface function, working in close cooperation with cross-functional teams

Support achieving of ISCC+ certification:

  • Support ESG-Team for the ISCC+ certification process by collecting data and processing documents towards the process of ISCC+ certifications for several sites and raw materials.

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in the field of sustainability, environmental management, (industrial) engineering, natural sciences or similar and first experience in sustainability roles in a production / manufacturing environment
  • Experience in the preparation and verification of life cycle assessments using Sphera Software “LCA for Experts” or comparable life cycle assessment software
  • Good knowledge and overview of relevant international legislation and regulation relating to Green Deal guidelines such as CSRD/ESRS, EU Taxonomy, CBAM, EU deforestation regulation is an advantage
  • Passionate for key figures, statistics, international standards and data quality
  • Very good IT skills (Microsoft Office, Sphera, ESG-Systems)
  • Structured and methodical way of working and high level of teamwork and working collaboratively
  • Excellent communication assertiveness skills to engage and gain buy in across all levels within the business from site level through to board level
  • Excellent command of written and spoken German and English

  • Varied and responsible activities in an international company
  • Attractive and performance-related remuneration
  • Individual professional development opportunities
  • Enjoyable working atmosphere in a highly motivated, experienced team
  • Flat hierarchies, short decision-making processes
  • Permanent employment contract
  • Flexible working hours
  • 30 days vacation incl. vacation pay
  • Possibility of mobile working after onboarding phase
  • Free parking facilities
  • Good accessibility by public transport and subsidized job ticket
  • Free drinks and fruit
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