Director – Material Strategy

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $176k - $196k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Circular Action Alliance is a nonprofit, producer-led Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) that coordinates and implements extended producer responsibility (EPR) and stewardship programs for paper and packaging across multiple U. S. states. CAA provides harmonized compliance services, producer registration and reporting, program administration, and stakeholder engagement to advance an efficient, effective circular economy for packaging materials.

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain material-specific strategy recommendations and implementation plans supporting EPR requirements for recyclability, recycled content, and compostability • Facilitate cross-functional planning among circularity and packaging design, collection and processing, and end markets teams • Align sortation, bale quality, and contamination interventions with end-market specifications • Translate end-market realities into design-for-recyclability strategies and recommendations • Partner with state teams to align material activities and plans with organizational goals • Assess alignment of material strategies with EPR legislative and regulatory requirements • Plan and facilitate stakeholder engagement with producers, service providers, government entities, and other interested parties • Develop data collection, performance measurement, and evidence-based decision-making processes • Manage critical materials documents, including Unique Challenge Exemptions (UCEs) • Track UCE performance, identify variances, and recommend updates and interventions • Prepare analyses, implementation updates, risk escalations, and recommendations for the VP of End Markets and other internal leaders • Collaborate with CAA’s national materials teams and state teams • Perform other job-related duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in sustainability, environmental science, materials science, or a related discipline, or 10+ years of progressively responsible operational experience in sustainable materials management, material strategy, EPR program implementation, or related fields • Experience leading complex cross-functional projects or workstreams • Robust knowledge of materials systems and processes spanning packaging design, collection and processing, and end markets • Strong understanding of Extended Producer Responsibility • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills • Excellent organizational and project management skills • Ability to prioritize multiple workstreams and maintain consistency and accuracy across a portfolio of documents • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and engage external interested parties • Role is remote from the United States of America

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