Siding Circular Economy Program Manager

Reporting to the CertainTeed (CT) Siding Products Group (SPG) Director of Supply Chain, the selected individual will serve as the responsible party to manage and ensure the success of SPG's Recycling/Circular Economy initiatives in North America. The individual will work closely with SPG's Management and CT's Circular Economy leaders to define, execute, and advance the strategy to collect and consume recycled PVC materials, at a competitive cost, in line with Saint-Gobain sustainability roadmap. This includes both Post-Consumer and Post-Industrial scrap rigid PVC collected from various outside partners. This position is responsible to ensure the growth and financial sustainability of the circular economy program, mostly centered around the collection of post-consumer vinyl siding.

This position is key in meeting the Saint-Gobain group objectives related to sustainability, circular economy, and CO2 reduction. This position requires a strategic thinker with strong project management skills, an innovative mindset to solve business challenges, a result-oriented business development leader adept at cultivating strong client relationships, a passion for promoting a circular economy across multiple departments, and a spirit of collaboration due to the breadth of functions involved in this effort and a commitment to process improvement as these activities will evolve and scale up over the coming years.

In addition, this position will be tasked with coordinating with Saint-Gobain in North America (Circular Economy Solutions) and globally (Circular Economy team in Paris and leaders in other Saint-Gobain Business Units) to ensure consistent sharing of best practices and alignment with the global objectives of the group. This position manages at least one and up to three Circular Economy Supply Chain Specialists who are executing the collection and logistics of the scrap PVC materials and managing the day-to-day activities of the program and reporting requirements.

Circular Economy Program Strategy

• Design and lead strategy for the overall Circular Economy program for Siding US and Canada.
• Owns SPG Circular Economy P&L.
• Monitor, analyze, report, and draw upon on global trends and best practices in circular economy.
• Manage and grow network of participating partners (distributors, builders, contractors, etc.) to Circular Economy program.
• Manage relationships with third-party recyclers, including contract and price negotiations, in collaboration with CT Purchasing.
• Develop and present business development opportunities for targets that are identified as strategic for the growth and future of the circular economy program.
• Establish a strategy for and manage the logistics of the program:
  
  
  
  • Establish and manage bin purchasing program with fabricators in coordination with CT Purchasing.
  • Coordinate with SPG Transportation regarding carrier needs and equipment. Manage adequate supply flows of PIR and PCR materials to SPG plants.
  • Point of contact for SPG US plants to manage sales of SPG post-industrial scrap to third-party recyclers.
  
  
  
  
• Define, improve and sustain processes for proper accounting of materials sourced and process in collaboration with CT Finance and Strategy.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, regulatory bodies (in collaboration with SGNA CES / Advocacy team), and recycling partners, to foster collaboration and buy-in for circular programs.
• Work cross-functionally with Sales, Product Management, Marketing, R&D, Quality, Purchasing and others to coordinate activities and facilitate program success.
• Point of contact for Sales/Product Management/Marketing to coordinate strategy and messaging on Build Circularity.
• Conduct or support workshops, trainings, and awareness campaigns to educate stakeholders on the benefits of circular economy practices.

Partnership Development

• In collaboration with SGNA CES, identify and pursue opportunities for government grants, subsidies, or certifications that support circular economy practices.
• Act as SPG Circular Economy representative in various external networking events (trade associations, conferences) on an ad-hoc basis.

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Owns all SPG Circular Economy program-related data.
• Work with Supply Chain Specialist on on-going data management and reporting at a minimum monthly to upper management.
• Manage and distribute reporting and dashboard with key metrics such as number and locations of bins, frequency of pick-up by customer, volume of material flowing through the program, transportation spend, etc.
• Prepare regular reports and presentations for leadership, highlighting progress, achievements, and areas for improvement.

• Bachelor's Degree Business, Finance, Logistics required
• Master's Degree MBA/Business, Logistics, Operations, or related field preferred
• 5-10 years experience in sales, supply chain and/or operations management with P&L ownership strongly preferred.

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