NBS Sustainability Solution Lead

Position Snapshot

Location: Lisbon/Braga (Portugal)
Company: Nestlé Business Solutions (NBS) 
Full-time/Hybrid Work: 2 days per week at the office (aligned with our current Policy)
Languages: Fluent in English

Position Summary 

NBS is introducing a new global scope for Sustainability Reporting & Analytics, covering reporting, analytics, ratings and benchmarks, responsible sourcing, climate, and water-related services across Group, Zones, SBUs, and Markets. We are looking for a Sustainability Solutions Lead to provide end-to-end leadership for this service line, ensuring effective delivery, governance, optimization, and continuous evolution of sustainability solutions within NBS. The role will act as a senior strategic partner to Group Sustainability and drive alignment across Global Functions, Zones, SBUs, Markets, and NBS.

A day in the life of...

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of Sustainability Reporting & Analytics solutions across sustainability reporting, sourcing analytics, ratings and benchmarks, climate, and water domains.


• Translate Group Sustainability priorities into an actionable NBS roadmap, ensuring alignment between strategic objectives, service delivery, and continuous improvement initiatives.


• Orchestrate a global network of sustainability specialists and analysts across NBS centers, ensuring consistent, high-quality, and scalable service delivery.


• Strengthen the Sustainability operating model, solution governance, KPI visibility, stakeholder alignment, and capability-building roadmap.


• Drive process simplification, automation, standardization, and continuous improvement to enhance service maturity and stakeholder experience.


• Lead governance and orchestration for external ratings and benchmarks, including priority indices such as CDP, MSCI, and Sustainalytics, under the guidance of Group Sustainability.

  
What will make you successful

• Deep expertise in sustainability reporting, ESG frameworks, and non-financial reporting processes.


• Strong understanding of sustainability KPIs, data structures, reporting systems, and complex data environments.


• Experience leading global programs or service lines in complex matrix organizations.


• Strong senior stakeholder management experience across functions, geographies, and organizational levels.


• Strong PMO, governance, prioritization, and roadmap orchestration capabilities.


• Ability to operate in transformation environments with complex governance structures.


• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.

What we offer

Here at NBS we care about our Talents and we continuously work to have our teams engaged and our people achieving their best professional performance, without forgetting personal development and work-life balance. Joining us will bring you:  

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  Development of expertise in Nestlé’s Shared Solutions Business 

  
  

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  Immersion in a culturally diverse team 

  
  

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  Local and international exposure 

  
  

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  Flexible working environment 

  
  

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  Engagement and wellbeing activities 

  
  

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  Competitive salary and annual bonus according to your performance 

  
  

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  Meal allowance card 

  
  

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  Flex Benefits - at NBS you can choose what benefits are more suitable for you 

  
  

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  Make part of the Nestlé Club and get discount in several partners 

  
  

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  Free coffee (and good coffee) at the office 

  
  

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  Shop with special discounts for employees 

  
  


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  Company equipment according to professional needs 

  
  


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  Medical support available at the office 

  
  


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  E-learning courses and training program to get you where you aim to be