Manager, Consulting (Lca) Jobs

Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.
Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.
We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around 1000 Spherions around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.
Team management

• Ensure proper capacity planning (incl. vacation) in OpenAir in coordination with the people managers of the entire sustainability consulting team and people manager of other Sphera teams involved in sustainability consulting projects
• Organize the onboarding process of new colleagues and ensure that onboarding process is followed and executed properly
• Coach team members, provide regular feedback and act as mentor. Be a thoughtful leader. Lead by example (Sphera Values)
• Ensure that internal tools are maintained properly by your team (Dayforce, OpenAir, SustainAbility, SalesForce)
• Cooperate and align with senior experts to maintain and develop thought leadership in your sector/domain/team
• Align with your manager on issues related to personnel development, capacity planning and project delivery

Consulting

• Ensure a collaborative atmosphere in the consulting team and provide regular feedback to your colleagues
• Submit your timesheets on a weekly basis in OpenAir
• Share appropriate domain or sector knowledge within your consulting team and the consulting organization
• Engage with customer, typically with more senior staff. Build a trust relationship with clients, identify client challenges, and propose solutions
• Ensure the delivery of consulting projects in product and/or corporate sustainability, such as LCA, EPD, strategy projects (incl. research, analyses, reports, presentations, etc.). Delegate project tasks.
• Coordinate monthly capacity scheduling and prioritize projects / tasks with your team members
• Ensure the delivery of consulting projects in the agreed time, duration, scope, quality and budget. Deliver profitable projects.
• Manage any customer satisfaction issue according to Sphera's QA process
• Demonstrate thought leadership in the Chemical industry through presentations, blogs, publications of studies, whitepapers, webinars etc. on our homepage, at conferences, and journals or by posting e.g., on LinkedIn, etc.
• Contribute to marketing activities and support the Go-to-Market strategy developments in your domain/sector. Inform marketing about any conference, event, etc. attendance
• Identify new sales opportunities with existing and/or new clients. Support colleagues from business development in drafting proposals and Statements of work (SOW)
• Be in regular exchange with other consulting teams and regions to increase collaboration and efficiency
• Ensure Sphera's quality management processes is applied.
• Plan/Adapt your vacation planning once a month in OpenAir. Monitor the project status of all projects in your team regularly (e.g. resource schedule, budget, profitability, etc.), and coordinate monthly project planning with your team.
• Appropriately represent Sphera in client contact with seniority
• Ensure to achieve the annual sustainability consulting targets in terms of revenue, bookings, and utilization

Sphera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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