Director, Sustainability, BA Port Solutions

At Konecranes, we believe that great customer experience is built on the people behind the Konecranes name. Everything we do, we do with passion and drive. We believe diversity drives business success and is the foundation for our growth. We welcome different backgrounds and skills that enrich our community and we promote a place where we can ALL be ourselves. This is what makes Konecranes a unique place to work.

In this role, you will lead the BA sustainability initiatives in the Business Area Port Solutions. As such, you will support our business worldwide and ensure that our Sustainability goals are integrated into our business strategies and roadmaps, as well as embedded in our processes to ensure that our solutions and services are eco-efficient and our ways of working and operations are socially responsible and compliant with the sustainability regulations.

You will work in close collaboration with the Group Sustainability team driving the Konecranes sustainability ambitions, strategy and practices.

You will report to the SVP, Strategy and Business Processes, BA Port Solutions, and will also be part of the Group sustainability teams (dotted line).

The location of the position is flexible in Europe and can be in any major country of Konecranes.

Your key responsibilities:

• Ensure that, as a business, we create future-proof and compliant products, services, and solutions by facilitating and coordinating idea sharing for eco-optimized and circular solutions and business models.
• Lead, plan, and drive sustainability awareness and agenda across the BA and ensure sustainability best practices are embedded into our processes, ensuring alignment with group-level ESG goals.
• Coordinate product-specific environmental data collection and analyse the environmental performance of our offering.
• Support service, sales and marketing teams meet customer demands and ensure our green claims are based on facts
• Ensure sustainability requirements are embedded in the procurement decisions.
• Oversee, review, and develop sustainability frameworks in compliance with Konecranes policies, procedures, and processes, and support the organization to comply with legislations.
• Active role in establishing, reviewing and analyzing sustainability KPI’s, based on KC global goals and Core Value Drivers, encouraging high performance
• Monitor and analyse performance, and together with the organization identify improvement opportunities. Monitor and interpret evolving EU and global regulations affecting port operations, automation, digital systems, and sustainability (e.g., Fit for 55, battery regulation, CBAM and local supply chain due diligence topics) in cooperation with the group teams
• Actively communicate with stakeholders and business partners.
• Follow business-specific emerging sustainability trends and legislation. Provide thought leadership and challenge thinking and practices to raise awareness.
• Integrate environmental considerations into design, sourcing, operations, and customer offerings.
• Promote a culture of sustainability and ethical compliance.

What should you bring?

• Academic degree, preferably in Sustainability, Engineering or similar.
• Professional experience in Sustainability management
• Professional experience in project/product management.
• Ability to understand different processes and systems together with a continuous improvement approach and mindset.
• Strategic orientation with a practical touch in driving change
• Experience in standards-based management systems
• Good communication skills in English, with the operational organisation and other stakeholders.
• English language fluency

Why join us? 

As Sustainability Director, Port Solutions at Konecranes, you will take us forward in our journey to creating a futureproof world and have impact on our sustainability commitments. With us you will be able to work with tangible and world leading products and services. We believe in curiosity and passion for learning – which means that you will also get continuous learning and development opportunities at Konecranes. Flexible & hybrid working is a part of our modern work culture.

Konecranes moves what matters. We are a global leader in material handling solutions, serving a broad range of customers across multiple industries. We consistently set the industry benchmark, from everyday improvements to the breakthroughs at moments that matter most, because we know we can always find a safer, more productive and sustainable way. That's why, with 16 000+ professionals in over 50 countries, we are trusted every day to lift, handle and move what the world needs.

Konecranes is committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are treated fairly in an environment which is free from any form of discrimination.