Are you inspired to help build a more sustainable world and actively contribute to advancing environmental and social progress within our company?
Based in the US:
- you will support the sustainable growth of the company in all its regions (Latam, USA, EMEA, Asia), through the implementation of Grupo Bimbo Sustainability strategy “Nourishing A Better World”, especially focused on environmental standards, “Net Zero Emissions” and “Zero Waste” global initiatives.
- you will also coordinate the complete Sustainability strategy in the US, covering environmental, social and nutritional initiatives.
Key Job Responsibilities:
- The position considers 60% of the time dedicated to Bimbo QSR global initiatives and 40% to the coordination of Bimbo QSR USA sustainability.
- In this global role, you will provide strategic direction and hands-on support to functional Champions and regional teams, challenging and empowering them to deliver on their goals. A key focus will be embedding sustainability into core business functions, accelerating their transformation to become sustainable by design. You will also foster a strong sustainability culture through targeted awareness and training initiatives for our associates.
- You will directly lead the global coordination of our environmental standards, ensuring continuous improvement and compliance across all countries through our environmental managers' network. In parallel, you will oversee our strategic initiatives supporting our Champions of Net Zero Emissions and Zero Waste (covering water, packaging, and food waste) initiatives, across Brazil, the USA, EMEA, and Asia to collectively advance our 2030 commitments. Your role will include aligning monitoring and reporting, support key projects, and enabling cross-functional collaborations to make things happen.
- For the US region, you will be responsible for overseeing the implementation and continuous enhancement of the sustainability strategy across our four bakeries and supporting functions, ensuring they become sustainable by design. You will drive effective execution of both foundational practices and reporting, new initiatives, guiding each site in its journey toward greater sustainability maturity, across environmental, social, and nutritional dimensions.
- Overall, you will be involved in the definition of sustainability strategies, ensuring clear communication, alignment, guidance, and support across all relevant teams. You will help drive execution and ensure accountability through well-defined processes. You will also actively contribute to the development of Bimbo QSR environmental standards among our regions.
- Coordinate sustainability meetings with the appropriate stakeholders.
- Participation in attending key US-based customers' needs: questionnaires, reports, meetings, projects.
- Participation and follow-up of new bakeries plans
- Monitor kpis, projects progress, compliance and risks.
- Other duties as assigned by management
Education/Certification:
- Bachelor's or master's degree in environmental science, Sustainability, Engineering, Business, or related field.
- Additional certifications (e.g., LEED, GRI, ISO 14001 auditor, PMP) are a plus.
Experience:
. Ideal 5-year minimum experience in the food industry is desirable in environmental positions in bakery.
. Hands-on experience managing or coordinating environmental management systems (ISO 14001, EMS, etc.) across multiple sites or countries.
. Strong knowledge of environmental compliance US
. Ability to translate global frameworks (e.g., SBTi, CDP, GRI) into site-level actions and KPIs.
. Experience working in or with regional and global sustainability teams, preferably within manufacturing or food industry environments.
. Ability to influence and collaborate across functions and cultures, coordinating initiatives across regions
. Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects, manage multiple stakeholders, and drive change in operational settings
. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to translate complex sustainability topics into clear guidance.
Language: Fluent English required; Spanish, Portuguese, or other languages are a strong asset.
Travel: willingness and ability to travel to national and international locations (e.g., bakeries, regional meetings. (25-50% of the time).
Qualifications and Skill:
- Contagious passion for sustainability
- Entrepreneur mindset, independence and resolutive
- Proactive and self-motivated.
- Diplomacy to navigate diverse stakeholders
- Empathy, resilience and positiveness
- Strong experience in project management, leading teams independently and efficiently, ensuring results
- Good communication skills and connection with internal and external partners.
- Work effectively in a general business environment and be action oriented.
- Good organizational and time management skills.
- Use systematic methods to collect facts and decision-making.
- Ability to interact with different countries and cultures.
- Computer skills-proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and M.Team).
Work Zone / Schedule: Full-Time position based in USA.