Development Manager, Carbon Data

Job title:

Development Manager, Carbon Data

Company

Metsä Group

Job description

Metsä SpringMetsä Group is a successful forest industry group with roots in the Finnish forest – Our parent company is a cooperative of over 90,000 forest owners. Metsä Group’s innovation company invests in innovations and technologies that create new uses and value for northern wood. Our goal is to replace fossil materials in everyday products.We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and different stages of life. Metsä has space and opportunities for many kinds of talent, regardless of age, gender, ethnic background, sexual orientation, disability or other characteristics – Metsä is for all. Read more: .We’re looking for aDEVELOPMENT MANAGER, CARBON DATAto join Group R&D team hosted by Metsä Spring and contribute to the regenerative development of Metsä Group through leveraging our unique carbon flow data. In this job you will work in close collaboration with all our business areas and Metsä Group’s corporate affairs and sustainability team. If you are inspired by both data analysis and utilizing the results for making an impact please check out this opportunity.What will you get to do?Your tasks will include creating, running and developing models on carbon and LCA-related data especially in cases where group-wide viewpoint or future scenarios are needed. You act as a project manager in group-wide development projects producing and exploiting carbon and LCA-related data for the purpose of strategic decision-making, advocacy and interpretation of the impacts of new legislation as well as for building business on sustainability data. In addition, you will also coordinate and develop competencies related to the use of tools and external service partners in the area. As a co-host of the Metsä Group’s internal Carbon Group, you facilitate internal cooperation and unified ways of working between Metsä Group business areas. You will also participate in external committees and task forces working with carbon and LCA related topics on national and European level.You will be a member of Metsä Group’s Group R&D team, led by Katariina Kemppainen, SVP, Group R&D. Key contacts in your work will include Sustainability and R&D experts from Metsä Group’s business areas and people from other Group Services’ functions such as Strategy, Advocacy, Environment and Sourcing. You will network widely within Metsä Group to source data and support decision-making.Location for this position is Metsä Group’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland.What are we expecting of you?To succeed in this position you need to have relevant, at least 5 years of experience after Master’s degree from processing sustainability-related industry data. Applicants with 10-20 years of experience, or even more, are also welcomed. Suitable backgrounds for the applicant include corporate or SME sustainability functions, consultancies and potentially also research and technology organizations and universities. We are looking for a person with strong understanding of life-cycle assessment methodologies and tools such as LCA Experts/GaBi, SimaPro and OpenLCA and practical experience with them. We also expect systems modelling experience with tools like Aspen Plus, Balas, Dymola or OpenModelica. You need the have the ability to both frame the problem or opportunity and the ability to solve it by modelling. Experience on forest industry related data, projects requiring the management of big and challenging datasets and European carbon-related regulation is seen as an advantage.You have a Master’s degree from a technical field or natural sciences. PhD degree is regarded beneficial but not mandatory.Proven project management experience and skills, and an interest and ability to plan and handle large and complex analysis and modelling tasks are a prerequisite to succeed in the position.We expect you to have strong networking and communication skills (oral and written) and an ability to work constructively and efficiently in a multi-stakeholder environment. We appreciate a curious, quick-learning and analytical mindset and a proactive and positive way of working. Growth-mindset is required, as is the ability to understand complex systems and the value of data in business. Fluent English is a prerequisite for this task. Finnish language skills are seen beneficial but not mandatory.Career in the new era at Metsä GroupAn international growth business – build a successful career At Metsä Group. The forest industry is a prime example of the bioeconomy and circular economy, and shows the way to the future. Megatrends such as urbanisation and rising living standards are driving Metsä Group’s business and the shift to renewable fossil free raw materials. With us, you’ll get to develop future skills, business and products with a long-term perspective, together with our top professionals. Our big company offers a wide range of career opportunities and many interesting challenges.Metsä Group has a responsible corporate culture that creates a safe working environment for all of us. We value good leadership and support for personal career development. We encourage you to display your competence and will provide you with opportunities to use it.We offer our employees a wide range of fringe benefits, including comprehensive occupational health care, and extensive training and development opportunities. To support wellbeing at work, we encourage our employees to take advantage of culture, sports and bicycle benefits.Metsä Group has a hybrid working model. In this position, part of the work can be done remotely.Enter a new era in your career,​ welcome to Metsä Group!​Anonymous recruitment – this is how it worksThis is an anonymous recruitment process. The gender and date of birth of the applicant are not asked for on the application form. Personal details such as name, mother tongue, time of studies, name of educational institution and contact details are hidden until the interview stage. Attachments (such as CVs) are also hidden.Recruiters have access to the contact details of those invited for interview once the applicant has been selected for interview.Our system will guide you through the application process. The questions on the application form will help you present your skills and experience anonymously. Answer all questions carefully. If you’re invited for interview, your CV will be displayed to the recruiters to support the interview..Would you like to know more? Contact us!Because the application process is anonymous, we don’t record any information about people who contact us. So don’t hesitate to call us if you have any questions about the position or the recruitment process itself. For more information about the position, please contact R&D Manager Eemeli Hytönen. You can reach Eemeli Hytönen by phone on +358 40 533 6759 best on 30.1 between 14-15 and on 7.2. between 13-14, or by email at eemeli.hytonen@metsagroup.com.How to apply?Click on the link below to apply. Note that attachments won’t be visible in anonymous recruitment until the interview stage, so it’s important to fill in the application form carefully. Please send your application as soon as possible, as we’ll already start processing applications during the application period. Please include your curriculum vitae and salary request. You’ll receive a confirmation message the next morning after your application has been received.The application will be open until 9.2.2025. We wish you the best of luck!#LI-HYBRID

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Location

Espoo, Helsinki

Job date

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 07:23:30 GMT

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