CSR Jobs | VP, Product Compliance at PVH Corp.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Develops and leads a comprehensive clean production program at PVH across brands and regions; facilitates the responsible use of natural resources throughout our supply chain and operations. This will include responsibility around restricted substances and chemicals; energy, water and waste; development of a cotton strategy, and related initiatives.
A critical part of this position will include tracking and reporting on progress both internally and externally. Additional responsibilities include benchmarking, business case development and internal awareness-raising, stakeholder engagement and capacity building, facilitation and management of sustainable pilots/projects, and meeting all mandatory and voluntary requirements applicable to any aspects of our operations. Knowledge of green chemistry/RSL, life cycle assessment (LCA) and greenhouse gas (GHG) and water use measurement and reporting is strongly encouraged.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES OF THE JOB:
Strategy, goals and integration into PVH core business
- Create comprehensive clean production strategy across brands, business units and geographies
- Facilitate the integration of sustainability goals and initiatives into PVH operations, supply/value chain; contribute to the alignment of business and CSR/clean production strategy
- Research and recommend current sustainable business choices and develop plans for implementation and evaluation.
- Develop relevant KPIs
Implementation of key initiatives
- Responsible for implementation of Restricted Substances List (RSL) including:
- Current state assessment and benchmarking of RSL across all brands (PVH, Tommy Hilfiger, Warnaco)
- Develop one common RSL for PVH
- Roll-out strategy
- Drive consistency across all brands, geographies and business units
- Detox/wet processing strategy including water, waste, energy
- Cotton strategy
- Internal (management and board) and external supply chain reporting including creation of relevant KPIs
- Keep abreast of relevant regulatory changes globally and communicate this to internal stakeholders
- Create synergies with CSR group (e.g., beyond social compliance)
Sustainability Culture – Awareness and Training
- Promote and raise awareness of sustainability issues and business case across brands, geographies and business units
- Responsible for internal communications on clean production/sustainability initiatives, performance reporting (KPIs), and success stories from the field
- Develop and conduct training sessions for key audiences including vendors
- Help build a “sustainability” culture through proactive activities
Stakeholder engagement/external relations
- Participate in collaborative industry efforts to build awareness, expertise and long-term solutions (e.g., ZDHC, BCI). Leverage existing industry tools and capacity-building efforts
- Respond to relevant inbound inquiries
INTERNAL & EXTERNAL CONTACTS:
Internal: Executive team, sourcing team, CSR team, all operating divisions and corporate functions.
External: NGOs, service providers, membership organizations, peer companies, chemical industry, supply chain partners and other stakeholders globally
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:
Experience:
- 10+ years of work experience developing/implementing Environmental Sustainability strategy across the supply chain, with a focus on chemicals management and product stewardship
- Knowledge of key affiliations and influencers in this space
- Supply chain experience
- Sustainable Design a plus
- Strong qualification to perform technical environmental analysis using tools such as Life cycle analysis, GHG inventorying, environmental auditing, EMS implementation
Education:
- B.S. or Masters in Environmental Sciences, Chemistry or related discipline.
To Apply:
Please visit the PVH careers website.
