Global Head Sustainability (ESG& Impact)

Orbia Advance Corporation is a Purpose-led company with big aspirations. We are out to advance life around the world while maximizing value to our shareholders, customers and employees. The Company is passionate about the topics that define how people will live and thrive tomorrow: the future of cities, buildings, agriculture, and materials. Orbia Advance Corporation has five business groups which offer innovative solutions across multiple industries including building and infrastructure, data communications, chemicals and more.

In 2018, Orbia Advance Corporation bought a majority stake in Israeli-based Netafim, the world’s leader in drip irrigation, and is helping the world ‘grow more with less’ as it helps to solve food and water scarcity. Orbia Advance Corporation has operations in 41 countries with more than 22,000 employees.

We started as a producer of commodities and have evolved to become a provider of innovative solutions that address the global issues of rapid urbanization, water and food scarcity, and a growing and aging population. We’re already a global leader in Polymers, Fluor, Building & Infrastructure, Datacom, and Precision Irrigation. We have embarked on a CEO-led transformation, as part of our journey to become a truly purpose-led, future fit company.

Global Head of Sustainability (ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance))

At Orbia, the purpose is what draws us together and drives us every single day. Everywhere we are, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges. We are out to advance life around the world while maximizing value to our shareholders, customers, and employees. The Company is passionate about the topics that define how people will live and thrive tomorrow: the future of cities, buildings, agriculture, and materials. Orbia Advance Corporation has five business groups which offer innovative solutions across multiple industries including building and infrastructure, data communications, chemicals and more.

We started as a producer of commodities and have evolved to become a provider of innovative solutions that address the global issues of rapid urbanization, water and food scarcity, and a growing and aging population. We are already a global leader in Polymers, Fluor, Building & Infrastructure, Datacom, and Precision Irrigation. We have embarked on a CEO-led transformation, as part of our journey to become a truly purpose-led, future fit company.

Orbia Advance Corporation has operations in 41 countries with more than 22,000 employees.

Main Purpose

The Global Head Sustainability will be responsible for ensuring that material Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks and opportunities are identified, monitored, and managed across the company; and identify opportunity areas to improve ESG plans and practices.

Scope of Job

The Global Head of Sustainability will be working closely with relevant internal stakeholders at corporate and business level, in all geographies.

What's In it for You?

Orbia is where your abilities can be developed. Where your ambitions can be realized. Where you have your part in our transformation. Where you can find a diverse, global community of teammates who are making a difference with you. And where you will be taken care of as you take care of bringing purpose to life.

We believe that every voice matters; every community deserves respect; and every challenge is an opportunity and united by empathy, we are stronger for our different perspectives. We are dedicated to building a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace that supports the needs of all our employees regardless of their role, location, identity, and background.

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what working at Orbia is all about.

Main Responsibilities

• Contribute to defining, and evolving the company´s sustainability strategy
• Oversee the company´s external reporting strategy, ensuring both the company and BGs are meeting any relevant requirements or obligations. This includes the delivery of annual Sustainability/ESG report(s) aligned to key current and emerging standards (GRI, SASB, TCFD (Taskforce on Climate related Financial Disclosures), CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive), ISSB…), and relevant content on orbia.com + sustainability microsite.
• Oversee the company´s ESG scores and response/feedback to external assessments by raters and rankers (S&P Global, Ecovadis, MSCI, Sustainalytics, FTSE)
• Oversee annual non-financial data assurance process by independent party.
• Monitor trends related to sustainability, assess implications to the company & communicate to relevant stakeholders, ensuring any new obligations for business are covered in the company´s disclosures (e.g., EU (European Union) reporting requirements)
• Use double materiality assessment results to embed in risk processes. Ensure materiality assessment is kept up to date and in line with evolving standards, responsible for reviewing relevance yearly and following up on progress on material ESG topics, risks, and opportunities.
• Integrate planetary boundaries approach to measure operational impact and define future goals, shift the focus of measurement from outputs to outcomes and impact.
• Contribute to the development of a strategy to measure and track the impact of the company´s product and solution portfolio in alignment with recognized methodologies and stakeholder expectations.

Knowledge and Experience

• Strong knowledge and experience with sustainability reports aligned with GRI, SASB, TCFD.
• Solid technical sustainability/ESG skills
• Excellent project management abilities, as well as communications and culture building.
• Strong presentation skills, possessing the ability to interface with audiences of all levels throughout the organization.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Corporate Sustainability with an ability to provide guidance to leaders and employees.
• A strategic thinker, with a proven ability to work independently and collaboratively to develop innovative solutions, simplify procedures, communicate, and build networks to move from ideation to activation.
• Relationship building at all levels, including with senior executives, C-Suite, and relevant external stakeholders.
• Exceptional attention to detail and highly organized with a proven ability to contribute in a fast-paced, changing work environment.
• A proactive, self-starter, able to operate autonomously while being a team player who brings a positive, "can do" attitude to the workplace and works collaboratively with multi-disciplinary, cross-functional, and multicultural teams and can navigate in a matrixed global organization.
• Ability to streamline budget process.
• Data-driven mentality with a bias towards thoughtful action.
• Strong research, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to provide timely turnaround on request.
• Strong work ethic and sense of professionalism and discretion, demonstrating accountability, integrity, good judgment, and respect for confidentiality.
• Advanced Microsoft product suite knowledge and expert in using Power Point skills.
• Comfortable working with technology and systems.

Education

• Minimum - Bachelor’s degree with sustainability credentials
• Desirable – Master's degree with sustainability related certifications

Behaviors that can help you succeed at Orbia: 

• Develop yourself & others.
• Foster collaboration & inclusion
• Drive results
• Provide vision & direction

Relocation Sponsorship:  For this role, Orbia will not support international/ national relocation or not

If you are excited about this role and your experience and competencies align with the qualification in the posting, we encourage you to apply. Everywhere you are, you bring your unique skills, talents, and perspective to moving your career, the company, people, and the planet forward. You may be

México City, Distrito Federal, MX, 065000

Our Global brands: Dura-Line, Koura Global, Vestolit, Netafim, Alphagary, Wavin.

They offer a broad range of value added solutions and finished products that contribute to customers’ success and ultimate improve the quality of life for people around the world. Along its commitment to good citizenship, Orbia Advance Corporation delivers Total Value to customers, employees and investors worldwide, every day.