Global Sustainability Manager

🕒 August 20

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $110k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👔 Manager

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iHerb

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1001 - 5000 employees

🛍️ eCommerce

🛒 Retail

🧘 Wellness

eCommerce • Retail • Wellness

iHerb is an online retailer founded in 1996 that provides a curated selection of health and wellness products to consumers worldwide. The company focuses on vitamins, natural supplements and remedies, sports nutrition, natural and dry foods, and environmentally friendly goods, with a mission to make health and wellness accessible, affordable, and convenient. iHerb operates as an e-commerce business with a retail focus and emphasizes customer experience and a values-driven company culture.

📋 Description

• Serve as the centralized, global owner of sustainability and environmental compliance strategy across all markets iHerb operates in • Monitor and interpret emerging global sustainability legislation, including EPR, CSRD, EU Deforestation Regulation, and equivalent regional frameworks • Translate regulatory requirements into actionable business plans • Manage EPR registration, reporting, and fee obligations across applicable jurisdictions, including coordination with Producer Responsibility Organizations • Direct team members and partner cross-functionally with Operations and Product teams to establish accurate packaging data tracking systems • Establish team operating standards and govern internal SOPs, compliance workflows, and deadline-tracking systems • Act as the primary point of contact with regulators, trade associations, and compliance schemes • Provide guidance to Legal, Operations, Marketing, and Merchandising on sustainability-driven regulatory risk • Build internal subject-matter expertise and reduce reliance on outside counsel and consultants • Adapt departmental plans and prioritize work assignments to address regulatory deadlines, capacity constraints, and operational challenges

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Regulatory Affairs, or a related field • 7–10 years of experience in global sustainability, ESG, or environmental regulatory compliance, ideally spanning multiple regions (EU, US, APAC) • Strong working knowledge of EPR frameworks, CSRD, EU Taxonomy, and comparable US state-level packaging/EPR laws • Demonstrated experience managing multi-jurisdiction regulatory registrations and reporting cycles • Strong cross-functional communication skills; comfortable presenting risk and compliance topics to senior leadership • Experience working in retail, CPG, e-commerce, or a comparable regulated consumer products environment preferred