Decarbonisation Champion - Green Vehicles

Overview

Holcim builds progress for people and the planet. As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Holcim is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards around the world. With sustainability at the core of its strategy, Holcim is becoming a net zero company, with its people and communities at the heart of its success. The company is driving the circular economy as a world leader in recycling to build more with less. Holcim is the company behind some of the world’s most trusted brands in the building sector including ACC, Aggregate Industries, Ambuja Cement, Disensa, Firestone Building Products, Geocycle, Holcim and Lafarge.

Holcim is 70,000 people around the world who are passionate about building progress for people and the planet through four business segments: Cement, Ready-Mix Concrete, Aggregates and Solutions & Products. If you would like to get more information about our corporate organization in Switzerland specifically, please visit our company profile.

No agencies can be considered for this job posting.

Responsibilities

As we continue to look for more sustainable ways to build, we need world-class talent to join our team. People who are passionate about sustainability, driven by curiosity and keen to grow, learn, develop and thrive in our high-performance culture.

Holcim is committed to continuously reducing the carbon intensity of its portfolio, as demonstrated by its leadership position on carbon efficiency as well as an ambitious 2050 target aligned with the Paris COP21 climate agreement and science based target.

Our ambition is to lead the industry and accelerate the roadmap towards carbon neutrality with regards to the delivery of our products to our customers. To achieve this, we will mobilize our own transport resources and the entire ecosystem of suppliers in line with our Scope 3 target and First Movers Coalition pledge.

• Take ownership of the global decarbonization strategy with regards to transport emissions, drive the design and development of projects, focusing on creating the highest business impact
• Development and implementation support of global strategies / technologies for our transport decarbonisation, with a focus on green vehicles particularly
• Focus on emission reduction linked to vehicle technology (gas, electric, hydrogen), in order to reach our decarbonisation targets
• In cooperation with the Head of Decarbonisation, establish global KPI’s and measurements to evaluate and track our decarbonisation efforts on transportation, feeding into our Group targets
• Internal stakeholder management: engage, communicate and align with local country teams (CEOs, Industrial leaders) as well as Cement Excellence Performance, the Global Innovation Center, Global and Regional Sustainability / Decarbonisation teams and other functions (Logistics, Group Digital, IT…); facilitate global exchange of best practices and sharing of success stories to accelerate decarbonisation globally
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety standards and environmental policies
• Evaluate partnerships for technologies and along the value chain regarding aforementioned decarbonisation themes

Education/Qualifications

• (Truck) Automotive Engineering degree
• Business / General Management certificate

Experience

• 6+ years of industrial / engineering / management expertise with focus on Green Vehicles and Transport Decarbonisation
• Expertise in key industries / sectors such as Truck Manufacturing, Heavy Duty Vehicles for Mining and Construction
• Relevant senior leadership experience in an international and complex environment with successful track record
• Evidence of strong business and strategic acumen
• Proven track record of implementing strategic innovations and new technologies

Knowledge & Skills

• Green vehicles, Decarbonisation, engineering / industrial knowledge
• Technology and competitive intelligence regarding above mentioned decarbonization themes
• Knowledge and familiarity of SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative) or equivalent framework
• Project management and change management
• Excellent communication and persuasion skills on various hierarchical levels, good at networking and building solid business relationships quickly
• Innovative, out of the box thinking
• Result oriented
• Passionate about sustainability

Language Requirements

Excellent English, written and spoken. German skills desirable. Any other language is a plus.

Travel Requirements

30%