Helly Hansen is looking for a Sustainability Director

Helly Hansen is looking for a Sustainability Director

Job Purpose: Develop and drive Helly Hansen’s global sustainability strategy and being the key person to bridge the projects and its outcome to all relevant departments.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead the Sustainability team on a day-to-day basis and its projects to ensure continuity and quality in all outcomes.
• Overarching responsibility for environmental, social and governance policies, standards, programs and action plans.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and influence management skills with the ability to gain credibility with Senior Management and challenge the status quo.
• Advocate and lead brand sustainability topics horizontally across HH.
• Develop roadmaps to outline how HH will achieve its long- and short- term sustainability objectives.
• Interfacing with all relevant departments to align the HH business needs, including marketing, product, partners and commercialization.
• Promote the sustainability strategy with HH’s key stake holders.
• Manage submissions and responsible for reporting on sustainability projects.
• Stay up to date on sustainable matters and regulations within the outdoor textile industry.

Critical Partnerships: CMO, Marketing, Digital, Sourcing, Product Team, Partners

Skills:

• Background in social & environmental sustainability.
• Background in textile constructions and processes.
• BA degree in Textiles, Natural Science, Environmental Policy, Environmental Management or Sustainability are preferred.
• Min 10 years of experience in the apparel industry.
• Min 5 years of leader experience.
• Structure and organizational skills. Analytical, detailed and thorough.
• Outstanding leader and collaborator skills.
• An energetic motivator who is passionate about sustainability.
• An independent thinker, ahead of the rapidly evolving requirements for environmental responsibility.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Language skills must be fluent in written and spoken English.
• Interest for outdoors is an advantage.
• Experience from HIGG Index, SAC and geographical knowledge…..
• Very good understanding and knowledge in Excel and general statistics.

We offer: The opportunity to join a high-performance team within a global brand in growth. An energetic and motivated international environment, with a culture of inclusion, empowerment, and ownership. Competitive benefits, and an active environment with a passion for sports and the outdoors.

Questions can be directed to khorsle@hellyhansen.com

Application is ONLY accepted in portal (due to personal data protection rules) and not later than 3rd April 2022.