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Position Type: (US) Full Time
Workplace Arrangement:
About Kerry
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
About the role
The Sustainability Specialist – Commercial Execution supports the implementation of sustainability in customer engagements, value propositions, and internal governance. The role focuses on executing established sustainability commercial processes, supporting quantified sustainability messaging, maintaining high-quality sustainability information systems, and improving visibility of sustainability’s contribution to commercial outcomes.
The role is customer-facing and builds capability in sustainability metrics, customer ESG requirements, CRM reporting, and cross-functional coordination, with exposure into more strategic sustainability value and impact work.
Note: Preference will be given to candidates within driving distance of our HQ in Beloit, WI.
What will you do?
Commercial Sustainability Enablement
- Support the development and rollout of customer sustainability value propositions using approved data and messaging.
- Provide sustainability insights, training, and technical support for customer engagements, proposals, and business opportunities.
- Work with Insights tools and team to showcase growth potential for customers with sustainability claims/attributes by leveraging Kerry portfolio.
- Develop decarbonization roadmaps for global and strategic customers in partnership with commercial teams.
- Use customer insights and data analysis to strengthen sustainability value propositions and prioritize opportunities.
Sustainability Data, Metrics & Quantification
- Apply sustainability metrics, including carbon, nature, and deforestation-free, to customer-facing materials.
- Gather, organize, and validate sustainability data across sustainability, R&D, operations, and regulatory teams.
- Build working knowledge of the organization’s sustainability measurement approaches, assumptions, and boundaries.
- Lead Carbon Guide validation in partnership with Global SME for accuracy.
Commercial Support: ESG requests, Questionnaires & Platform Management
- Coordinate customer sustainability requests across commercial, R&D, Procurement, Regulatory, Legal, Operations, and Sustainability teams.
- Complete customer sustainability questionnaires, RFIs, surveys, certifications, and related requests.
- Assist with customer requests within digital platforms, including administrative site linking, audit visibility, and internal coordination.
- Maintain tracking and documentation to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent responses.
- Perform quality checks to ensure responses align with approved claims and supporting documentation.
- Maintain a library of standard responses, data, and evidence to streamline future RFIs and questionnaires.
Sustainability Content Management
- Maintain approved sustainability content in content repositories (e.g., Seismic, SharePoint), ensuring materials are accurate, current, and aligned with the sustainability strategy.
- Support content updates following sustainability report releases, strategy refreshes, or new initiatives.
- Help commercial teams locate and correctly use approved sustainability materials.
Commercial Performance Tracking & CRM Reporting
- Use CRM tools such as Salesforce to track and report sustainability-related commercial activity.
- Track pipeline development and conversion for sustainability-related opportunities.
- Sustainability contracts performance and reporting to customers.
Governance, Engagement & Continuous Improvement
- Support adoption of carbon metrics into recipe creation with RD&A teams.
- Support coordination of a sustainability ambassador or champion network, including communications, mentoring, and participation tracking.
- Support sustainability governance forums through meeting coordination, action tracking, and documentation.
- Assist with process improvement initiatives and special projects as assigned.
What will you need to be successful?
- Bachelor’s degree in sustainability, environmental science, business, marketing, or a related field.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in marketing, sales, supply chain, procurement, customer support or a related business operations role.
- Comfortable working with CRM and content management systems (e.g., Salesforce, Seismic, SharePoint) and online reporting tools.
- Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills, with the ability to review sustainability data, spot inconsistencies, and produce accurate responses.
- Working knowledge of common ESG and sustainability reporting concepts (e.g., GHG emissions scopes, targets, responsible sourcing); prior experience with customer platforms/questionnaires is a plus.
- Experience organizing councils, committees, or cross-functional groups.
- Availability to travel up to 30%.
Compensation Data
The pay range for this position is $63,000 - $103,450 in Annual Salary. Kerry typically does not hire an individual at the top or near the top of the range, as we are a pay-for-performance company, and this range is set to continue to reward performance annually while in role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate within the above range may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and location. Kerry offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, Employee Share Plan, Life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement. This job posting is anticipated to expire on 12/09/2026.
We may use artificial intelligence tools to support the review and assessment of applications and assist with scheduling interviews. We do not use AI to make decisions during the interview process. All candidate assessments and hiring decisions are made by our recruitment and leadership teams.
Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Additional information can be found at: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (dol.gov).
Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.
Recruiter:
Posting Type: DNI
Requisition ID: 67792
Position Type: (US) Full Time
Workplace Arrangement:
About Kerry
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
About the role
The Sustainability Specialist – Commercial Execution supports the implementation of sustainability in customer engagements, value propositions, and internal governance. The role focuses on executing established sustainability commercial processes, supporting quantified sustainability messaging, maintaining high-quality sustainability information systems, and improving visibility of sustainability’s contribution to commercial outcomes.
The role is customer-facing and builds capability in sustainability metrics, customer ESG requirements, CRM reporting, and cross-functional coordination, with exposure into more strategic sustainability value and impact work.
Note: Preference will be given to candidates within driving distance of our HQ in Beloit, WI.
What will you do?
Commercial Sustainability Enablement
- Support the development and rollout of customer sustainability value propositions using approved data and messaging.
- Provide sustainability insights, training, and technical support for customer engagements, proposals, and business opportunities.
- Work with Insights tools and team to showcase growth potential for customers with sustainability claims/attributes by leveraging Kerry portfolio.
- Develop decarbonization roadmaps for global and strategic customers in partnership with commercial teams.
- Use customer insights and data analysis to strengthen sustainability value propositions and prioritize opportunities.
Sustainability Data, Metrics & Quantification
- Apply sustainability metrics, including carbon, nature, and deforestation-free, to customer-facing materials.
- Gather, organize, and validate sustainability data across sustainability, R&D, operations, and regulatory teams.
- Build working knowledge of the organization’s sustainability measurement approaches, assumptions, and boundaries.
- Lead Carbon Guide validation in partnership with Global SME for accuracy.
Commercial Support: ESG requests, Questionnaires & Platform Management
- Coordinate customer sustainability requests across commercial, R&D, Procurement, Regulatory, Legal, Operations, and Sustainability teams.
- Complete customer sustainability questionnaires, RFIs, surveys, certifications, and related requests.
- Assist with customer requests within digital platforms, including administrative site linking, audit visibility, and internal coordination.
- Maintain tracking and documentation to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent responses.
- Perform quality checks to ensure responses align with approved claims and supporting documentation.
- Maintain a library of standard responses, data, and evidence to streamline future RFIs and questionnaires.
Sustainability Content Management
- Maintain approved sustainability content in content repositories (e.g., Seismic, SharePoint), ensuring materials are accurate, current, and aligned with the sustainability strategy.
- Support content updates following sustainability report releases, strategy refreshes, or new initiatives.
- Help commercial teams locate and correctly use approved sustainability materials.
Commercial Performance Tracking & CRM Reporting
- Use CRM tools such as Salesforce to track and report sustainability-related commercial activity.
- Track pipeline development and conversion for sustainability-related opportunities.
- Sustainability contracts performance and reporting to customers.
Governance, Engagement & Continuous Improvement
- Support adoption of carbon metrics into recipe creation with RD&A teams.
- Support coordination of a sustainability ambassador or champion network, including communications, mentoring, and participation tracking.
- Support sustainability governance forums through meeting coordination, action tracking, and documentation.
- Assist with process improvement initiatives and special projects as assigned.
What will you need to be successful?
- Bachelor’s degree in sustainability, environmental science, business, marketing, or a related field.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in marketing, sales, supply chain, procurement, customer support or a related business operations role.
- Comfortable working with CRM and content management systems (e.g., Salesforce, Seismic, SharePoint) and online reporting tools.
- Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills, with the ability to review sustainability data, spot inconsistencies, and produce accurate responses.
- Working knowledge of common ESG and sustainability reporting concepts (e.g., GHG emissions scopes, targets, responsible sourcing); prior experience with customer platforms/questionnaires is a plus.
- Experience organizing councils, committees, or cross-functional groups.
- Availability to travel up to 30%.
Compensation Data
The pay range for this position is $63,000 - $103,450 in Annual Salary. Kerry typically does not hire an individual at the top or near the top of the range, as we are a pay-for-performance company, and this range is set to continue to reward performance annually while in role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate within the above range may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and location. Kerry offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, Employee Share Plan, Life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement. This job posting is anticipated to expire on 12/09/2026.
We may use artificial intelligence tools to support the review and assessment of applications and assist with scheduling interviews. We do not use AI to make decisions during the interview process. All candidate assessments and hiring decisions are made by our recruitment and leadership teams.
Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Additional information can be found at: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (dol.gov).
Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.
Recruiter:
Posting Type: DNI
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Sustainability Specialist
Match your credentials to EB-2 or EB-3
EB-2 requires a master's degree or a bachelor's plus five years of progressive sustainability experience. EB-3 covers bachelor's-degree professionals and skilled workers with two or more years of experience. Confirm which category fits your profile before targeting employers, since the PERM recruitment ad must match the minimum requirements your employer will certify.
Find sponsors through Migrate Mate
Search Migrate Mate to identify U.S. employers with verified employment-based green card sponsorship history in sustainability and environmental roles. Focusing on employers who have completed PERM filings in this occupation saves time you'd otherwise spend cold-outreaching companies with no track record of sponsoring permanent residency.
Benchmark your prevailing wage before negotiating
Your employer's PERM filing must certify it will pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your role, location, and experience level. Run your occupation through the OFLC Wage Search before salary negotiations so you understand the floor your offer must clear and can flag a mismatch early rather than after the recruitment process.
Document progressive experience with ESG deliverables
PERM labor certification requires proving no qualified U.S. worker is available, but your I-140 must separately demonstrate you meet the stated requirements. Gather performance reviews, project scopes, and third-party reports tied to measurable sustainability outcomes, since USCIS adjudicators look for evidence beyond job titles when evaluating advanced-degree or experienced-worker categories.
Target employers with internal PERM infrastructure
Corporate sustainability teams inside large manufacturers, energy companies, REITs, and financial institutions are more likely to have in-house immigration counsel and established PERM workflows than boutique ESG consultancies. Mid-to-large employers in regulated industries frequently sponsor sustainability professionals because retaining specialized talent justifies the PERM recruitment and legal costs.
Understand priority date backlogs before you sign
Employment-based green cards carry per-country annual limits, so nationals of high-demand countries can wait years between I-140 approval and the final I-485 step. Ask your prospective employer whether they'll file for premium processing on the I-140 and confirm their policy on job portability under AC21 if your situation changes while the I-485 is pending.
Green Card Sustainability Specialist: Frequently Asked Questions
Can a Sustainability Specialist role qualify for EB-2 green card sponsorship?
Yes, if the position genuinely requires a master's degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience in a directly related field such as environmental science, sustainability management, or engineering. Your employer must document that requirement in the PERM job description and certify it reflects the actual minimum needed to perform the role, not an inflated standard.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
Green card sponsorship leads to lawful permanent residency, not a temporary status. The process starts with PERM labor certification filed with the Department of Labor, which requires a prevailing wage determination and a formal recruitment test. Unlike the H-1B visa, there is no annual lottery, but employment-based green cards do carry per-country numerical limits, meaning nationals from high-demand countries can face significant priority-date backlogs before reaching the final adjustment-of-status stage.
What does the PERM recruitment process mean for Sustainability Specialist candidates?
Your employer must run DOL-prescribed recruitment steps, including job postings and advertising, to show no qualified U.S. worker is available for the role. You are not an applicant in that process; you're the intended beneficiary. The job description used in recruitment must match the actual duties you'll perform and the minimum qualifications you hold, so discrepancies between your resume and the PERM filing can create problems at the I-140 stage.
How can I find employers who sponsor green cards for sustainability jobs?
Migrate Mate lists U.S. employers with verified employment-based green card sponsorship history, searchable by occupation and location. Focusing your search on companies with a documented track record in this category is more efficient than applying broadly and asking about sponsorship late in the process, when both parties have already invested time in interviews and offers.
What happens to my green card case if I change employers mid-process?
AC21 job portability lets you change employers once your I-485 has been pending for 180 days or more, provided the new role is in the same or a similar occupational classification. Your priority date from an approved I-140 can also carry over to a new employer's petition. These are two separate rules, and both conditions must be evaluated independently before you accept a new offer during a pending green card process.