Senior Manager, Circular Economy and Lca

**Location**

Singapore, Central Singapore

**Job Type**

Permanent

**Salary**

$10,000 - $16,000 Per Month

**Date Posted**

1 hour ago

Additional Details

**Job ID**

5313

**Job Views**

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Roles & Responsibilities

The incumbent will play a vital role in development, refinement, and implementation of Bridgestone regional circular economy and life cycle assessment strategy, budget / Mid-Term Planning in alignment with Bridgestone 3.0 priorities and the Strategic Business Unit (SBU) business needs. As a regional head s/he collaborates with the group companies’ Sustainability leads, Global Research & Product Technology), Marketing and Manufacturing and guides them to identify and develop recycle, renewable feedstocks strategy to achieve Material Circularity Number (MCN) target of 40% by 2030. The incumbent will work closely with business leaders within the Regional Head Office and group company MD’s, including the Product & OE leaders, to ensure the successful integration of the circular economy and product carbon footprint strategic priorities. Acts as a SBU focal point for all life cycle assessment and carbon footprint studies for commercial products and R&D projects. Participates in global circular economy and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) task forces and contributes to global strategy development. Represents Bridgestone in circular economy and LCA industry associations, conferences, and events to build effective collaborations and promote BS circular economy solutions.

**Key Responsibilities**
**(a) SBU Circular Economy and LCA Strategy & Implementation**
- Developing, revising, and maintaining circular economy strategy, goals, key metrics, and projects to ensure that BSCAP (Bridgestone China and Asia Pacific) meets the MCN target by 2030.
- Work with marketing, product & OE leaders, function leaders, and manufacturing to lead the development of an enterprise-wide strategy for integrating circular economy principles and LCA into the SBU’s short, mid, and long-term business strategies and everyday operations and culture.
- Ensure that the overall SBU circular economy and LCA practices, processes and procedures are in line with Global Sustainability Committee (GSC) and Global Sustainability Business Committee (GSBC) direction and initiatives.
- Responsible for implementing life cycle assessment, carbon footprint and MCN tools in collaboration with IT across Group Companie’s and in line with global life cycle task force and global LCA standards.
- Execute LCA methods to provide a comprehensive view of CO2 and other environmental categories impact along whole value chain for key tire, truck products, and fleet solutions.
- Leverage LCA to identify inefficiencies, risks and improvements for product and process technologies including product comparisons.
- Integrate Life cycle thinking and sustainability targets (MCN, RRC, and weight) to SBU product planning process (Midterm product planning) and drive Eco Design.
- Collaborate with supply chain team to evaluate raw material suppliers including recycled, renewable material suppliers based on LCA methods to support qualification of suppliers Group
**(b) Companies Circular Economy and LCA Strategy & Management**
- Support the GC Sustainability and CSR Leads (GC Leads) in China and Asia Pacific to help develop and grow circular economy products
- Coach and support the GC Leads to plan, coordinate, and implement specific recycle, renew, project initiatives meeting regional market needs.
- Develop consistent metrics, goals and milestones across the GC’s and consolidate results for reporting to BSCAP Sustainability Steering Committee
**(c) External Engagement and Advocacy**
- Identify, map, and engage stakeholders (internal and external) who are critical to the success of the company’s strategy and Sustainability Function.
- Managing Bridgestone’s strategic participation in circular economy and LCA organizations and projects, such as the Ellen MacArthur Foundation etc. and ensuring that participation advances Bridgestone’s circular economy strategy.
- Constantly evaluating BSCAP circular products for award nominations in reputable organizing platform e.g., Global and regional circular economy Awards,
**(d) Internal Engagement to build Sustainability Mind Set & Culture**
- Develop materials for communication of circular economy initiatives to all internal and external audiences ensuring message consistency across the SBU
- Prepare training and education materials including e-learning modules on circular economy and LCA to build the competency across business, R&D, RHO and in group companies.
- Actively support employee engagement initiatives such as annual Sustainability Day, by developing LCA based activities, games
**Job Requirements**
- Degree in chemical engineering, sciences including materials, environmental, or its equivalent in business management related discipline would be preferred.
- At least 5-8 Years of relevant work experience in cir