Sustainability Manager

Sustainability Manager

Requisition ID: 25627

Job Category: Sustainability

Career level: Manager

Contract type: Permanent

Location Pune, IN

About SKF

SKF started its operations in India in 1923. Today, SKF provides through its five technology-centric platforms: bearings and units, seals solutions and services. Over the years the company has evolved from manufacturing company to a knowledge-driven engineering company sustainable and competitive business excellence.

SKF's solutions provide sustainable ways for companies across the sectors to achieve breakthroughs in friction reduction, energy efficiency and reliability. With a strong commitment to research-based innovation value-added solutions that integrate all its five technology platforms. About the organization: www.skf.com/in

Job Title: Sustainability Manager

Reports to: Head - Sustainability & CSR, Industrial ISEA

Role Type: Individual Contributor

Job Location Pune

Key Responsibilities

• 1. Sustainability Reporting & ESG Data Management

• Support the preparation and coordination of SKF ISEAM Sustainability Report, including double materiality assessment, data collection, validation, analysis and consolidation of inputs from different functions and locations.

• Manage and coordinate the UPDAPT sustainability/ESG data platform, ensuring timely collection, completeness and quality of sustainability data being uploaded.

• Undertake sustainability data analysis to identify trends, performance gaps, improvement opportunities and areas requiring management attention/reporting.

• Coordinate inputs for BRSR and other applicable external sustainability/ESG reporting requirements.

• Develop, review and strengthen sustainability policies, frameworks, standards, guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

• Support internal and external audits/assurance and closure of sustainability/ environment-related observations.

• Facilitate sustainability communication, awareness campaigns, employee engagement programs, e-learning, digitisation programme, customer presentations, and leadership reviews.

• 2. Decarbonisation & Climate Action

• Lead and support projects aimed at reducing the operational, upstream and downstream carbon footprint (Scope 1,2 and 3) across ISEAM.

• Develop and track decarbonisation roadmaps and site-level action plans.

• Identify and facilitate implementation of initiatives involving but not limited to fossil fuel elimination, Renewable Energy (RE)-VPPA, third party PPA, on-site, Energy efficiency etc

• Establish robust processes for validation and analysis of Scope 3 activity and emissions data, including supplier and transportation data.

• Partner with Logistics and Supply Chain teams on opportunities such as route optimisation, load optimisation, modal shifts, localisation and lower-emission transportation solutions.

• Track energy and emissions performance in line with the Group methodology and support corrective actions where performance deviates from Group targets.

• Drive Climate risk awareness and mitigation plan across sites.

• 3. Water Stewardship

• Drive water conservation and efficiency programmes across relevant operations.

• Identify opportunities for water-use reduction, reuse, recycling and replenishment.

• Support site water-balance assessments and development of water-management action plans.

• Lead/co-ordinate initiatives towards Water Positive certification, including data preparation, documentation and stakeholder coordination.

• 4. Circularity, Plastics & Waste Management

• Develop and implement programmes to strengthen circularity across operations.

• Lead initiatives for plastic waste reduction, including optimisation and reduction of plastic packaging.

• Monitor waste streams and identify opportunities for source reduction, reuse, recycling and resource recovery.

• Drive and support locations towards Zero Waste to Landfill certification.

• 5. Environmental & Extended Producer Responsibility Compliance

• Coordinate and support EPR compliance (Plastic, Battery, Used Oil, etc) requirements applicable to the business.

• Establish mechanisms for tracking regulatory obligations, data requirements and compliance documentation.

• 6. Customer ESG Assessments & Sustainability Support

• Coordinate responses to customer ESG and sustainability assessments, questionnaires and information requests.

• Work with Sales, Key Account Management (KAM), Sustainability and other functions to ensure responses are accurate, consistent and evidence-based.

• Co-coordinate frequently with KAMs to enable integration of sustainability into customer meets and capability building for sales enablement.

• 7. Product Material Compliance (PMC) Support

• Manage compliance programs related to REACH, RoHS, SCIP, ELV, POPs, Conflict Minerals, TSCA, PFAS, Prop 65, and other product-related regulations

• Lead supplier material declaration and data collection activities through IMDS and other customer platforms.

• Review and evaluate raw materials, components, lubricants, coatings, and packaging materials for regulatory compliance.

• Conduct substance assessments against global regulatory requirements and customer-specific restricted substance lists.

• Provide technical guidance and awareness training on product stewardship and chemical compliance requirements

• Key Deliverables / Success Measures

Success in this role would be demonstrated through:

• High-quality and timely sustainability data and reporting.

• Effective management and adoption of the UPDAPT platform.

• Progress against energy, carbon, renewable-energy and other environmental targets.

• Implementation and benefits realisation from decarbonisation and energy-efficiency projects.

• Improvements in water efficiency and progress towards Water Positive certification.

• Reduction and optimisation of plastic packaging.

• Progress towards Zero Waste to Landfill certification.

• Timely and robust BRSR/external ESG reporting.

• Effective management of EPR requirements.

• Timely, evidence-based responses to customer ESG assessments.

• Timely closure of PMC request

• Experience & Qualifications

• Essential

• 10–12 years of professional experience in Sustainability, ESG, Environment, Energy, Climate Change or related areas, preferably within a manufacturing/industrial environment.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Energy, Environmental Management or a related discipline.

• Demonstrated experience in sustainability/ESG reporting, environmental data management and performance analysis.

• Hands-on experience in implementing sustainability programmes in areas such as decarbonisation, renewable energy, energy efficiency, water management, waste and circularity.

• Experience working across manufacturing sites and with multidisciplinary teams.

• Understanding of sustainability-related environmental regulatory and compliance requirements and other global reporting frameworks (CDP, DJSI, CSRD etc)

• Environmental and sustainability management systems

• Key Stakeholders

• Internal: Sustainability & CSR, Manufacturing/Plant Operations, EHS, Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, Service, Sales & Key Accounts, Product Engineering, Quality, Communications and relevant regional/global sustainability teams.

• External: Customers, sustainability/ESG partners, certification and assurance organisations, relevant service providers and other sustainability stakeholders.

• Interested candidates can share their resume.