Sr. Sustainability Specialist - Dairy Foods - Land O'Lakes Inc.

This newly created role will support to the need to fund, measure, track and report key activities that impact Land O'Lakes and customer sustainability goals.

• Be part of the Dairy Foods sustainability team leading the way in Sustainability Carbon Tracking and Reporting for Land O'Lakes and customers.
• Responsibilities include set-up of carbon emission tracking activities in alignment with developing Greenhouse Gas Protocols and delivering reports for individual customer project results.
• Support strategic partnerships thru the development of recommendations and presentations for Global Dairy Ingredients, Foodservice and Retail customer project interventions that demonstrate Land O'Lakes ability to support customer Sustainability goals thru Dairy Member/ Producer farm practice changes and internal Land O'Lakes activity.
• Identify best practices and use knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products/services or processes. Requires solving complex problems where precedent may not exist.
• Support proposal development, design, and implementation of government-funded sustainability initiatives.
• Engage with internal cross-functional teams including Dairy Foods, Member Relations, Enterprise Supply Chain Sustainability, and Truterra as well as external industry partners to develop recommendations, proposals and reporting outcomes.
• Develop, track and report Dairy Foods sustainability budgets and contribute to completion of customer related surveys and requests.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• 5 or more years of e xperience with financial, budgeting and/or scenario modeling - required
• Previous experience with Sustainability strongly desired.
• Effective analytical, critical thinking and quantitative problem-solving skills. Ability to manage thru ambiguity.
• Proficient in excel and PowerPoint - required
• Strong project management skills to execute initiatives effectively with collaborating resources.
• Curiosity of new ways to assess and analyze the carbon accounting landscape and willingness to move through the "gray space" to influence both internal and external stakeholders.

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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