Global Packaging Sustainability Expert

About Signify

Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.

At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals. Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.

Join us, and together, we’ll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world. 

More about the role

We are looking for a seasoned Packaging Expert to own and drive our global packaging sustainability agenda, in line with PPWR, EPR, circular economy and other relevant legislation.

In this role you will collaborate with global, cross-functional teams across the whole organization, as well as with external partners, to ensure achieving sustainability targets and compliance with relevant legislation.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Stay up to date with packaging legislation in different countries, and translate legislative complexity into clear strategy, ensuring timely compliance
• Lead end-to-end PPWR compliance program: monitor and interpret upcoming implementing acts, translate them into internal readiness plans, engage with cross-functional teams to ensure timely implementation
• Conduct compliance assessments across the full packaging portfolio (primary, secondary, tertiary, service packaging) and maintain a compliance status tracker
• Track EPR legislative developments in different countries and ensure timely packaging reporting preparation
• Drive packaging redesign initiatives to achieve sustainability targets, legislation compliance and minimize EPR fee exposure
• Provide expertise and guidance to different teams an all the above topics
• Benchmark Signify’s practices against external peers and industry standards.

Critical Experiences

• Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in different fields of packaging design & implementation
• A strong background in packaging sustainability, regulatory compliance, or a related field.
• Deep working knowledge of PPWR, EPR and sustainability strategies
• Experience in different fields of packaging design & implementation
• Strong communication abilities to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels, and collaborate with multicultural, cross-functional teams
• A proactive, forward-thinking mindset + Fluent English
• Program management skills, ability to combine complex topics and translate it into clear plan

Everything we’ll do for you

You can grow a lasting career here. We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 27,000+ people. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce present in 70+ countries, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together. 

Come join us, and together we can light up the future.