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, and no agency involvement is required unless contractually assigned.
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.
The Decarbonization Champion takes ownership to support the global decarbonization strategy within the green power category in Procurement, across the Group, and in strong coordination with countries & functions (Finance, CIP, Strategy, Legal).
The aim of this role is to define, implement and achieve the set group green power strategy (including project development, Joint Venture, cement operation influence, energy related public affairs, etc.), ambitions and objectives in order to deliver the expected results and provide a competitive edge in all markets.
- Act as a Champion and take ownership to support the global decarbonization strategy within the green power category, drive the design and development of projects, focusing on creating the highest business impact.
- Development and implementation support of global strategies / technologies for our power decarbonisation, with a focus on green power.
- Development and implementation support of global strategies / technologies for the following key decarbonization themes, mainly related to cement business:
- Green power (waste heat recovery, solar, wind, hydro, geothermal,…) via short-term bilateral agreements, physical or virtual power purchase agreements, Capex projects, joint ventures as appropriate.
- Focus on emission reduction linked to green power technology (gas, electric, nuclear, hydrogen, renewable power purchase agreements, energy efficiency, on-site renewable energy) in order to reach our decarbonisation targets.
- In cooperation with the Head of Decarbonisation & the Group Sustainability Team, establish global KPI’s and measurements to evaluate and track our decarbonisation efforts on green power, feeding into our Group targets.
- Internal stakeholder management: engage, communicate, align with and win over 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.
- Communicate and collaborate with internal and external partners at an executive level to gather support and spearhead group strategy. Required to influence and convince ExCo, area management, and Country CEOs to join global initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with Health & Safety standards and environmental policies.
- Evaluate partnerships for technologies along the value chain regarding the aforementioned decarbonisation theme.
Education/Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Engineering or business/economics)
- Business & economics, Procurement, legal & contractual areas
- Engineering advantageous
- Decarbonization / Green power
Experience
- Significant experience in Power purchasing & management with a focus on renewable power procurement and power market regulation. Green power, including capex for renewable power projects development and other emerging technologies in green power.
- Significant operational and business management experience in heavy process industries.
- Significant management experience in both operational and functional positions.
- Decarbonization, engineering / industrial knowledge.
- Technology and competitive intelligence regarding the evolution of the renewable and decarbonized energy markets.
- Evidence of strong business and strategic acumen.
- Proven track record of implementing strategic innovations and new technologies in the power sector.
Knowledge & Skills
- Business & economics, Procurement, legal & contractual areas
- Engineering advantageous
- Decarbonization / Green power
- Excellent communication and persuasion skills on various hierarchical levels, good at networking and building solid business relationships quickly
- Results oriented
- Creative, with the ability to drive and inspire organizational changes and innovation through an entire organization
- Ability to build and contribute to influential networks
- Change Management
- Passionate about sustainability
Language Requirements
Excellent English and one more language preferential (French, German, Spanish, other).
Travel Requirements
Ability to travel globally 50% of the time