As a Sustainability Program Manager – Cosmetics & Personal Care at Quantis, you’re motivated to put your strong project management and stakeholders management skills to work towards our mission of building a sustainable future. You will lead the delivery of large and complex programs and develop client relationships in the Cosmetics & Personal Care sector. As a Sustainability Program Manager – Cosmetics & Personal Care, here’s a preview of what type of work your days will include:

• Definition and respect of project’s scope, Support to business developers on new project proposals or client discussions
• Planning and coordination of the different workstreams
• Workplan and workload distribution, tasks prioritization
• Project meetings animation
• Project budget & timeline monitoring
• Team support and coordination, active participation in project deliverables development to build the appropriate approach and results
• Communication with client
• Quality check of deliverables
• Lead client interactions, such as project meetings/calls, steering committee meetings
• Accompany the business development effort and key account management to trigger news opportunities

Some logistics to consider

• Location: Hybrid Remote (offices in Paris, 75002)
• Job type: Full-time or Part-time contract depending on preferences
• Optimal start date: As soon as possible
• Frequent collaboration with other Quantis branches (Germany, Switzerland, USA and Italy) via web-conferencee

Project/Program Management

• For 8+ years, you’ve been developing project management skills (including project risk management) in the consulting world through the management of complex client projects (multi-stakeholders, large budgets and/or project teams, challenging environments), and aim at excelling in this function.
• You have proven capacity and leadership to organize and motivate a community, deliver progress and achieve goals. Your organizational skills (time management, scheduling…) are top-notch.
• You’re able to design and teach project management, focusing on improved efficiency, profitability, and collaboration, as well as diverse specific project management methodologies
• You have strong interpersonal and organizational skills, and solid experience in managing conflict, creative problem solving (removing impediments to success), team building (including motivation, inspiration, empowerment), training, negotiation, collaboration, building a shared understanding, team engagement and communication.
• You’re able to guide a project team to work independently, and on schedule, while maintaining high quality and a highly positive team energy and spirit. You are strong in peer leadership and able to empower teams without direct authority.
• You communicate effectively and efficiently in fluent English verbally and in writing. French language skills would be a big plus.
• You have strong strategic and critical thinking skills.
• You feel at ease in agile, fluid organizations and are looking to contribute to the development of services in this type of structure. You’re a collaborative team player and will feel at home in a positive, supportive and dynamic work environment.

Stakeholders management

• You have proven experience in managing multi-stakeholder programs:
  You know how to manage expectations from a large number of stakeholders
  You are used to build multi-stakeholders alignment toward a common vision
  You feel comfortable leading very frequent meetings and manage a large group dynamic
• You have strong skills in developing relationships with existing and new clients, internal team members, collaborators
• You have a consultative approach working with clients.
• You have proven ability to network effectively.
• You have a positive, proactive attitude and are focused on problem solving.
• You prefer working with a high level of autonomy and self-management.

Sustainability

• You’re an experienced, seasoned, and motivated sustainability professional with a minimum of 5+ years of experience in the field, looking for a big opportunity to work with top sustainability leaders and experts.
• You have experience in sustainability, consulting or otherwise, showing a strong understanding of sustainability topics, services, and client needs relevant to Quantis.
• Ideally: you have experience in technical sustainability approaches (LCA / product footprinting, corporate footprinting…)
• You are strongly willing to contribute to our client’s sustainability journeys.

• Phone Screening (30 minutes) with a member of the Talent Team
• 1:1 (45 minutes) with the Hiring Point Person
• Panel interview (1 hour and a half) and assignment
• We are ready to make an offer!