Senior Manager, ESG Strategy and Governance

4 weeks ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Grainger Businesses Full time

Work Location Type: Hybrid

As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we're dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.

Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM company, we're looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.

Grainger is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. We achieve our purpose, We Keep the World Working, by serving more than 4.5 million customers with a wide range of products that keep their operations running and their people safe. Grainger also delivers services and solutions, such as technical support and inventory management, to save customers time and money.

We're looking for passionate people who can move our company forward. As one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, we have a welcoming workplace where you can build a career for yourself while fulfilling our purpose to keep the world working. We embrace new ways of thinking and recognize everyone is an individual. Find your way with Grainger today

Position DetaIls:

As Senior Manager, ESG Strategy and Governance, you will lead a team that develops and manages all processes, procedures, and programs for Grainger's Supplier Stewardship programs, including our governance of Environmentally Preferred Products, Supplier Diversity Programs, Scope 3 Emissions, and Country of Origin. You will also support various internal and external reporting requests including Grainger's Annual ESG report and reports for our Executive leadership team. You will report to the Director, Global Product Compliance and Supplier Stewardship.

You Will:

  • Apply advanced subject matter technical knowledge and data analysis to solve complex matters and drive insights and recommendations to the broader organization.
  • Lead complex cross-functional departmental activities and/or projects requiring advanced analyses and processes in the areas of Supplier Stewardship.
  • Lead projects to completion through prioritization, planning, and deploying larger initiatives within Supplier Stewardship with a strategic mindset.
  • Address problems that are varied, complex, and often non-reoccurring that require team member or cross-functional input and creative and diagnostic techniques to resolve the issue.
  • Ensure standardization and adherence to policies and best practices, develop the analytics and capabilities required for successful Supplier Stewardship operations, and establish the measures of overall program effectiveness.
  • Lead and develop a strong performing team in the areas of end-to-end understanding of the customer and business, analysis and critical thinking with a commercial lens, problem solving and continuous improvement.

You Have:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 7+ years relevant experience managing an organization-wide or large function's Supplier Stewardship program including Supplier Diversity, Scope 3 Emissions, Environmentally Preferred Products, and/or Country of Origin Compliance.
  • Previous experience directly managing a team and leading others through change, process analysis, and redesign initiatives.
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into measurable action.
  • Experience implementing project management principles including establishing program milestones, proactively tracking issues, establish key performance metrics, escalating and mitigating risk that may threaten program delivery, and providing updates and/or recommendations to executive-level leadership.
  • Robust presentation skills and ability to create presentations. Ability to create process flow diagrams in Visio or other software applications as needed.

Rewards and Benefits:

With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet our team members' individual needs. Check out some of the rewards available to you at Grainger

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
  • Generous paid time off (PTO) and 6 company holidays per year
  • Automatic 6% 401(k) company contribution each pay period
  • Employee discounts, parental leave, 3:1 match on donations and tuition reimbursement
  • A comprehensive set of emotional, financial, physical and social wellbeing programs

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment. With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.

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