Supply Chain Sustainability Specialist

🔥 3 minutes ago

🇭🇺 Hungary – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔗 Supply Chain

Where this job comes from

Posted on KOSTAL Group's careers page, not through a job board

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KOSTAL Group

10,000+ employees

Founded 1912

🚘 Automotive

🏭 Manufacturing

⚡ Energy

Automotive • Manufacturing • Energy

KOSTAL Group is a global, independent family-owned company based in Germany that develops and manufactures technologically complex electronic and mechatronic products. With approximately 20,000 employees across 46 locations in 21 countries, KOSTAL Group focuses on providing flexible, knowledgeable, and customer-oriented services. The company is organized into several business divisions, including Automotive Electrical Systems, which produces components and systems for car bodies; Industrial Electronics, which develops products for renewable energy; Connectors, which manufactures connector systems for automotive and industrial uses; and Test Technology (SOMA), which creates test and automation systems for various industries.

📋 Description

• Drive implementation of supply chain sustainability strategies and translate ESG goals into scalable initiatives • Own and continuously develop sustainability tools, platforms, and supplier databases, including EcoVadis • Turn sustainability data into actionable insights for resilient sourcing decisions • Strengthen data quality, transparency, and supplier coverage across the global supply base • Lead supplier communication on sustainability requirements, initiatives, targets, and regulatory developments • Design and deliver supplier webinars, conferences, workshops, and individual sustainability dialogues • Build partnerships with Procurement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, and suppliers • Identify, assess, and manage ESG risks throughout the global supply chain • Conduct sustainability due diligence and define mitigation actions • Analyze supplier performance, trends, and risk exposure to identify improvement opportunities • Provide recommendations balancing sustainability, resilience, cost, and business performance • Establish and monitor KPIs and prepare data for management reporting, audits, disclosures, and regulatory requirements • Evaluate business impact and cost-benefit of sustainability initiatives • Monitor evolving ESG regulations, standards, customer expectations, and industry best practices • Develop expertise in responsible sourcing, supply chain due diligence, ESG data, and sustainability standards • Identify innovative ways to make the supply chain more responsible, resilient, and future-ready

🎯 Requirements

• University degree in Sustainability, Economics, Business, or a related field • 5+ years of professional experience, including at least 3 years in supply chain sustainability • Strong proficiency in MS Office • Hands-on experience with supply chain due diligence and sustainability assessment tools, such as EcoVadis • Fluent in English, both spoken and written • Strong passion for ESG, responsible sourcing, and sustainable supply chain practices • Excellent strategic and analytical thinking skills, with the ability to translate insights into practical actions • Strong problem-solving and project management skills, with a hands-on and solution-oriented approach • Effective communicator and collaborative team player, comfortable working cross-functionally with diverse stakeholders

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible working conditions with remote work possibility (in-person presence is required from time to time) • Work-life balance • Modern, newly renovated, sustainable office with parking space and bicycle storage area in the heart of Budapest • Supportive, diverse and highly skilled community • Ability to make a difference and build new processes from scratch • Participation in the formation and shaping of BSC processes • Flexible work environment at a dynamically developing, independent, family-run company • Value-oriented work culture: down-to-earth, appreciative, inspiring and innovative

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