DKSH Smollan Field Marketing Pte Ltd – Sustainability Intern

General Responsibilities

• Coordinate current and future sustainability programs, plans and initiatives.
• Coordinate and compile data for the tracking, assessment and reporting of sustainability initiatives.
• Develop new policies and procedures to enhance countries responsibilities by gathering feedback, evaluating programs for improvement and implementing changes.
• Demonstrate how proposed policies and procedures benefit the overall triple bottom line and create net positive impacts, articulating expected results and costs.
• Use data/economic analyses, background research and case studies to create reports and presentations for stakeholders.
• Coordinate efforts from the countries to set goals and adopt new programs, track the impacts of changes in operations and lead internal audits (waste, recycling, energy, water use etc) and celebrate successes
• Liaise with the marketing and communication team to ensure communication and resource coordination for sustainability programs and projects
• Develop ways to build on success and set bolder goals and initiatives going forward.
• Write articles about sustainability initiatives for internal and external publications.
• Implement and maintain internal sustainability training and programmes to support the countries in external sustainability programmes
• Assist in the development of the sustainability report for DKSH Smollan.
• Assist in defining sustainability goals and tracking performance with metrics to assist the program effectiveness.
• Improve the effectiveness of the programmes by monitoring best practices related to sustainability and benchmark against industry peers.

Effective team work and self-management

• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
• Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures
• Plan and prioritise, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands
• Demonstrate abilities to anticipate and manage change
• Demonstrate flexibility in balancing achievement of own objectives with abilities to understand and respond to organisational needs
• Manage own career development by staying abreast of any technical and industry changes

Job Requirements

• Functional skills and knowledge: Effective project management skills. Computer proficient. Good teamwork skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Excellent attention to detail. Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines in a cross-matrix structure. Basic data analytics.
• Soft skills: Shows tenacity and quickly recovers from setbacks. Copes with change and adapts to new challenges. Projects confidence and can clearly explain requests. Listens to others and works well in a team. Stays calm and composed in stressful situations. Is proactive and takes initiative. Respect for other cultures and/or backgrounds.
• Bachelor’s degree in an environmentally or business-related discipline
• 1-2 years’ experience in a similar role preferred