Sustainability Affairs Manager in Surrey

Position Summary

Your key responsibilities include ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, supporting the development and implementation of policies and strategies, and working with external stakeholders and internal teams to meet the diverse needs of the business. As a member of the UK Legal, Compliance and Sustainability team, you will help deliver innovative programmes to ensure Samsung Electronics UK (SEUK) is at the forefront of industry best practice.

• Lead on environmental and social sustainability issues within SEUK through expert knowledge on specialist issues, e.g. Extended producer responsibility, eco-design of products, hazardous chemicals management, energy efficiency, energy and carbon reporting, and Human rights and labour issues.
• Arrange reporting, payment and provide calculations relating to: WEEE, Batteries, Packaging, GHG, F-Gas, Energy / Carbon, Energy Saving, and others.
• Advise on the contents of / draft SEUK’s TCFD reporting in Financial Statements and ensure CSRD compliance when / where required.
• Develop, maintain and enforce local SEUK policies on Sustainability and Human Rights.
• Draft SEUK’s Annual Modern Slavery Statement.
• Provide support on global sustainability issues and manage environmental and social sustainability compliance and reporting requirements on product and operational related issues.
• Actively support SEUK as the key liaison for all external environmental and social sustainability queries from NGOs, Trade Bodies, governments, etc.
• Represent the company to UK and Irish Government and relevant external bodies, such as techUK, AMDEA, NGOs and lobby groups, enforcement authorities, major customers, distributors, and partner companies.
• Support Public Affairs / Government Affairs teams to shape UK and Irish Government policy environment to one that opens markets and benefits key Samsung environmentally-friendly products/solutions.
• Monitor regional & national policy developments, assessing the impacts to the company, recommending response/preparation strategies, and coordinate implementation of SEUK corporate policy and compliance strategy.

What we need for this role

To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Soft Skills:
• Communication – ability to communicate clearly on sophisticated topics to different partners including across different cultures
• Leadership – ability to be the lead expert on key topics
• Analytical – great attention to detail
• Self-motivated and proactive – can work well alone but also cooperates with others, passionate, committed
• Hard Skills:
• Excellent written and spoken English
• MS Office skills, in particular Excel

Experience Required:

• Excellent and demonstrable understanding of the UK and/or European policy and regulatory landscape relating to Sustainability, in particular relating to Extended Producer Responsibilities.
• Professional experience of product compliance / government affairs / policy work, preferably with product types in Samsung’s portfolio.
• Degree level education in a relevant subject.
• A desirable skill would be knowledge of eco-design / material efficiency topics such as product reparability, recyclability and adaptability.

What does success look like?

Success will be effective management, compliance and leadership of the key responsibilities mentioned for this role. The successful candidate will quickly establish good relationships and effective communication with both internal and external partners, leading to the candidate being recognised as internal key expert and lead on related topics. The role requires self-motivation and the ability to work well with a variety of different partners. Success at Samsung Electronics is measured through annual task-based goals, along with performance-based goals set every six months.

Skills and Qualifications

Benefits of working at Samsung include:

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week
• Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance
• Car allowance (delete if not appropriate)
• Private medical – single
• Income protection
• Enhanced pension contribution
• Three volunteering days each year
• Flexible benefit portal and contribution of £55 per month - including travel insurance, gym membership, season ticket loan, Tastecard, dental insurance and more
• Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday
• Access to discounts on a wide range of Samsung products
• Access to a discount shopping portal

A note on equal opportunities

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our Company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.