Project Leader, Sustainable Procurement - Toronto, Canada - Boston Consulting Group

Boston Consulting Group

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2 weeks ago

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Description

Who We Are:

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities.

BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963.

Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose.

We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

Practice Area Profile:

Climate change is not a future threat—it's an immediate one.

BCG's Climate & Sustainability practice (C&S) partners with businesses and governments to help them transform commitments into action and build a decarbonized, more sustainable world, driving technological and economic transformations to realize sustainable competitive advantage.

As part of our commitment to protecting the planet and helping clients achieve sustainable competitive advantage, BCG is deepening and broadening its focus.

C&S brings together more than 550 experts covering the full range of sustainability topics, including biodiversity, circular economy, decarbonization, sustainable agriculture, transition financing, water management, and other ESG topics—across all sectors—to support our clients around the world.

What You'll Do:

At BCG you will become a pivotal member of our team, working alongside some of the world's top minds on the forefront of climate & sustainability topics.

You will collaborate closely with team members from many backgrounds, advising clients across industries on how to equitably achieve their net zero ambitions and reach their sustainability goals.

Current openings span levels and depth of expertise, meaning the type of work you will focus in could vary.

Leveraging your experience, you will develop industry-leading solutions to help our clients succeed by:

Leading consulting engagements focused on sustainable procurement, scope 3 abatement through supplier engagement and ecosystem development on key inputs
Actively monitoring industry sustainability trends across key input ingredients for our clients (e.g., dairy, cocoa, palm oil, aluminum, grains, chemicals, plastics) and industry coalitions (e.g., Rainforest Alliance, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil)
Supporting product development and refinement on BCG's offer on sustainable procurement and supplier engagement for scope 3 abatement
Deploying and support development of new features of BCG's digital tool on scope 3 measurement and abatement, CO2.AI
Providing clear view of ecosystem of other digital tools addressing endtoend value chain transparency; recommend and develop partnership for BCG with external providers
Developing BCG's thought leadership for corporate leaders, policy makers, public sector agencies, and crossindustry alliances on developing sustainable value chains on key inputs for the Consumer Products industry
Working jointly with BCG and client project teams, bringing expertise to the team and to the client onsite

What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications):

5+ years of consulting experience with a focus in sustainable procurement in consumer products and/or relatable industry experience
Knowledge of key topics in one or more of: sustainable procurement, product development, supplier engagement, etc.
Ability to develop leading edge business models, frameworks for analysis, and longterm business strategies that maximize shareholder value
As appropriate based on tenure, proven ability to manage client engagements, client relationships, and provide "thought leadership" to teams, owning the responsibility for the quality of engagements. A combination of management and "hands on" delivery experience is critical
Excellent communication skills; able to explain complex industry concepts in nontechnical terms
Federal procurement experience a plus

Climate change is not a future threat—it's an immediate one.

As part of our commitment to protecting the planet and helping clients achieve sustainable competitive advantage, BCG is deepening and broadening its focus. C&S brings together more than 550 experts covering the full range of sustainability topics, including biodive