Job Details
**Location**
San Diego or Remote, CA, US
**Posted**
Tuesday February 22, 2022
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Sustainability is one of four core values, along with Dreams & Curiosity, Diversity and Integrity & Sincerity, which guide our business practices at Sony. Environmental product stewardship plays a significant role in driving sustainability at Sony while ensuring compliance and market access in North America.
Sony Electronics has an exciting full-time opportunity for Environmental Stewardship Program Manager. We are seeking a highly skilled professional capable of managing organizations stewardship programs in the United States and Canada as a member of Corporate Sustainability and Product Compliance department.
The environmental stewardship program manager is primarily responsible for the organizations stewardship programs, ensuring compliance with various state and provincial laws and regulations in the US and Canada, and seeking ways to increase values to customers and stakeholders through such programs. He/she will monitor trends in legislative development, partner requirements, stakeholder expectations, market, and technologies and attend to emerging needs to minimize risks to the company and enhance the value of the programs. Primary focus is on planning, budgeting, forecasting and contracting services to maintain companys access to market in regulated states and provinces while identifying opportunities to optimize and further enhance the programs. Scope of products covers all electronic products and batteries that fall under Sony Group. He/she will report to Director at Corp. Sustainability and Product Compliance under Service platform.
**Roles and responsibilities of the environmental stewardship program manager include:**
* Seek opportunities to deliver best in class service at competitive pricing, enhancing values to consumers and stakeholders through product stewardship programs.
* Conduct data analysis on products sold, forecasting level of electronics waste collections and recycling needed and manage the stewardship budget and programs accordingly.
* Report annually to various states and provinces on exact scope of products, results of collections and recycling programs as well as other applicable requirements per each state and provincial laws and regulations.
* Auditing and confirming acceptance of ewaste and battery recycler operations and programs.
* Vendor selection and management of stewardship programs to ensure compliance with various state and provincial requirements.
* Partnership with EPA for Sustainable Materials Management and pursue the best recycling practices.
* Ensuring internal and external communication of the programs and manage consumer facing website for recycling options and stewardship information.
* Monitor regulatory development and represent the company in the advocacy opportunities.
* Represent the company at industry association meetings and discussions.
* Ensure data necessary to address new requirements are readily available by working with internal and external stakeholders.
* Develop internal procedures and programs to ensure compliance with product stewardship requirements.
* Monitor commodity markets and secondary reuse markets for pricing trends.
* Understand life cycle impacts of collection and recycling and identify continual improvement opportunities toward circular economy.
* Assist various internal groups and Sony group companies as a subject matter expert.
* Additional responsibility may include monitoring and development of programs around Right to Repair issues, enhancing advocacy efforts, coordinating with service platform to integrate it as operational optimization and developing compliance programs as deemed appropriate.
**Minimum Qualifications:**
* Bachelor of Science Degree required.
* Must have a minimum of 5+ years of work experience in a related field.
* Excellent technical understanding of environmental issues, environmental compliance requirements and their relationship to various business aspects are required.
* Must be detailed and results oriented with keen interests in environmental outcome and economics for continual improvements.
* Must be highly motivated to learn emerging issues and manage these accordingly.
* Must be capable of working on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast paced environment with little direct supervision.
* Advanced verbal and written communication skills as well as ability to interact with all levels of management, employees, and stakeholders and leadership skill required.
* Strong analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills required.
* Proficiency with MS Windows based applications including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint required.
**Preferred Qualifications**
* Preferred field of study include Engineering or Environmental Science.
* Experience in managing stewardship programs and engagement in environmental advocacy efforts is a plus.
* Experience in managing third party vendors and environmental due diligence is preferred.
* Advanced knowledge with MS Excel is preferred.
Sony Electronics is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values employees with a broad cross-cultural perspective. We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. All applicants will receive fair and impartial treatment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information or on any other basis which is protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
**Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Electronics, Inc.**
Sony Electronics, Inc. provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at ...@am.sony.com, or you can mail your resume to: Sony Electronics, Human Resources Department, 16535 Via Esprillo, San Diego CA 92127. Please indicate the position you are applying for.
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