Forestry and Conservation Manager Job Opportunty at Unilever
Job Overview
Forestry and Conservation Manager
Purpose of Role
The Conservation & Forestry Manager co-ordinates company conservations and fuelwood operations plans and implementations through partnering with site managers and teams / individuals concerned to ensure a balance of supply and demand of both short- and long-term fuelwood to the company factories. Support the implementation of environmental targets for UTT including the local and legal requirements that support the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan.
Accountabilities
- Plan, co-ordinate, report and overall supervise the end-to-end firewood operations programs against compliances to standards, plans and policies.
- These includes tree nursery operations, planting, maintenance, and harvesting.
- Short- and long-term thermal demand and supply planning to maintain the desired firewood supply
- Manage firewood distribution planning and execution to the manufacturing sites from source
- Prepares reports and communicate forecast and inventory measurements against the targets
- Analyse, evaluate and interpret relevant firewood operations data to act as a single point of reference for the same
- Develop collaborations with relevant institutions on areas of improvement beneficial to the company
- Train of the firewood teams on operational standardization and safety and harmonization.
- Support the development of operations and process controls and improvements to increase efficiencies in company environmental performance.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives
- Manage the forest conservation areas for sustainability
- Monitor the various solid, liquid, and gaseous wastes generated in the business and the programs to reuse, reduce or recycle.
- Support the estates and factories on internal and statutory environmental audits
Qualifications & Experience Required
- Bachelors graduate in forestry or a related discipline
- 3 years hands on experience.
- Financial Competency
- IT Skills and use of MS Office.
- Asset Investment and Care
- Project Management
- Supply chain interactions
- Strategy
- Communication and presentation skills
- Demand Planning
- Customer service
- Supply Planning
- Forecasting
- Inventory management
Project management
Travel
As per job/site requirements, local travel likely.
Leadership Behavior
Should meet expectations on the Unilever Standards of Leadership behaviors relevant to this work level.
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