Project Office Manager Sustainability

Project Office Manager Sustainability

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Your Responsibilities :

Support the central team of Körber’s sustainability initiative, which develops the Group’s ESG strategy and oversees its successful implementation to fulfill Körber’s sustainability promise :

“Through our activities, we enable a better life for current and future generations.”

Work closely with the leadership of the Group-wide sustainability initiative.

Establish and maintain a cross-business and cross-functional PMO for sustainability projects in areas such as ESG reporting (e.g., sustainability report), ESG KPIs, ESG ratings and rankings, ESG software implementation, maintenance and development, and ESG improvement projects.

Support relevant stakeholders in planning and tracking projects, developing and implementing project governance, and maintaining an overview of all projects.

Project preparation, e.g., assisting in defining and prioritizing goals, defining roles and responsibilities within the project team and its close environment, and creating project plans.

Project execution, e.g., continuous monitoring of project progress, status updates from responsible parties, stakeholder-oriented reporting, risk identification and mitigation planning, resource allocation, meeting preparation and follow-up, continuous project documentation, regular communication with internal and external stakeholders, project controlling, setting and tracking quality standards, organizing, moderating, and following up on workshops.

Project closure, e.g., preparing final project reports or presentations, documenting best practices and lessons learned, and ensuring sustainable integration of project outcomes into the organization.

Initiating and managing own new projects until handover to the relevant departments.

Your Profile

Successfully completed vocational training or university degree in sustainability, business administration, or natural / engineering sciences with a focus on sustainability.

At least 2–3 years of professional experience in PMO and / or project management, ideally in sustainability or environmental management projects within consulting firms or international industrial companies.

Passion for project management, with a strong interest in controlling and establishing project standards.

In-depth knowledge of project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, Kanban.

Experience using project management tools like Jira.

Familiarity with project management standards and quality assurance.

Excellent MS Office skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint.

Fluent in English; German would be a plus.

Strong analytical skills, independent and structured working style.

Confident demeanor, initiative, strong communication and teamwork skills.

Enthusiasm for sustainability and strong persuasive and assertive abilities.

Your working environment at Koerber

Koerber Business Area Pharma is the leading international provider of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Manufacturing IT solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing industry. The first in class PAS-X software offering allows our customers to control and record the making of life-saving therapies to ensure the best possible business and patient outcomes. We are seeking talented individuals as we look to transform our business and products to meet the constantly shifting demands of the ongoing revolution in factory digitization and automation.

Your benefits

You will work in a modern work environment with open culture towards improvements and new ideas

Diverse tasks in a highly innovative and international work environment with exciting career prospects.

A friendly and team-oriented work culture that values and promotes respectful collaboration.

You will work in a team who focuses on customer requirements with a cloud first mindset and vision.

You will get an attractive compensation package including health, dental, vision insurance and retirement plan.

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