Job Description

Title: Principal LCA and Sustainability Advisor Your role: Are you passionate and experienced in working on challenging projects in circular economy, sustainable supply chain, low emission transportation and environmentally friendly industry? Do you have a personality who likes to drive transformations, leave impact and make change? We have a senior vacancy in Sustainability Advisory team that may meet your ambitions. You will be a senior member of Cognizant EMEA sustainability practice, with focus on LCA and providing advisory services to client executives, and lead sustainability transformation projects in large enterprises. We are looking for an energetic advisor with a focus on quality, delivering value to our clients and leading internal and external initiatives. Responsibilities: - Leading environment sustainability advisory pre-sales and client facing in sustainability strategy with focus on Life Cycle Assessment and analyzing environmental footprint of products in manufacturing sectors. - Analyze clients’ business and sustainability needs to develop more sustainable products. - Setting up data management and strategy, KPI development and performance measurement process to improve sustainability metrics of products and sustainability reporting according to the new European requirements. - Join executive meetings and help business development and sales team in formulating the value propositions in sustainable operations and transformations. - Participate actively in mentoring internal team on sustainability and ESG regulations, creating reusable content and offers, thought leadership, webinars, podcasts, and creating new advisory frameworks. What we offer: - A competitive salary based on your experience. - Access to Udemy and Cognizant Academy digital libraries for your continuous learning. - NS business card to cover your commute expenses. - 25 days of paid holiday per year. - A laptop and a smartphone. - A pension schemes. - Organization driven by technology – we have a tremendous technology backbone. - Open, ‘can do’ team spirit and environment that encourages making your ideas reality! - Organization driven by technology – we have a tremendous technology backbone.   What you will bring to the team: - MSc or PhD in a scientific or engineering subject with a sustainability component (e.g. industrial ecology, sustainability economy, environmental engineering, environmental science, applied physics, etc.). - Extensive hands-on experience with LCA in manufacturing sector and product companies. - Strong experience in strategy and/or management consulting as hands-on advisor. - Familiar with digital solutions and technologies related to LCA, software solutions such as Simapro, Gabi, OpenLCA, etc. - Fluency in English Nice to have skills: - Knowledge in data and quantitative science. About Cognizant: What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world. At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative and successful. And this is your chance to be part of the success story: we are looking for a Corporate actions specialist to join our Digital Operations Consulting Team.  Diversity and Inclusion at Cognizant: At Cognizant, we believe diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our ability to execute successfully and consistently over the long term. We recognize that our people are our most important asset. We strive to create an environment where all associates feel comfortable to be themselves, feel accepted and can therefore thrive both personally and professionally. We continue to drive D&I throughout our organization to unlock the insights, imagination and innovation of our associates, as well as reflect the diversity of our clients and communities. We are a Dutch and European Top Employer and continually drive employment recognition and engagement through employee friendly policies and affinity groups such as “Women Empowered”, “Embrace LGBTQ+” and “Race Equality Network”. For more information, see https://careers.cognizant.com/global/en/diversity-and-inclusion Recruiter contact details: Please contact Anastasia Saturina at anastasia.saturina@cognizant.com or on +31611607604 for an elaborate explanation of the role