Head of Sustainability

Head of Sustainability

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Job ID R26_5482 Address 3200 Hackberry Road, Irving, Texas, 75063, United States Location Irving, Texas

7-Eleven is an iconic family of brands with over 86,000 locations, surpassing every retailer in the world. We revolutionize convenience, restaurants and fuel through cutting edge innovation — working hard to be the customer's first choice. 7-Eleven empowers our employees to "activate awesome" and make a meaningful impact in their stores and communities every day. If you're ready to grow, lead and make a difference, come join our team and help shape the future of convenience.

7-Eleven is seeking a Director of Sustainability to lead the development and execution of the company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy. This role is responsible for advancing enterprise-wide initiatives, overseeing key programs, and measuring and reporting progress against established goals. The Director also serves as a key advisor and advocate, partnering with 7&i Holdings and external stakeholders to drive alignment and positive business impact.

This role is 100% onsite based out of our Irving, Tx headquarters.

Key Responsibilities:Strategic Leadership

• Lead the development and expansion of 7-Eleven’s new ESG strategy.

• Ensure and influence strategic alignment of all ESG efforts with 7&i parent company to include short-and-long-term strategies.

• Drive the ongoing implementation of all current ESG strategic initiatives while developing new initiatives in support of the strategy.

• Provide budget oversight of all sustainability initiatives, including forecasting, reporting, and budget development.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert to ensure compliance with sustainability related, evaluate and mitigate market risks.

• Build, manage, and align relationships with key stakeholders, including government agencies, non-profit organizations, and industry partners. Promote 7-Eleven’s ESG strategy and accomplishments.

• Collaborate with the Legal, Regulatory, Government Affairs, and Accounting teams to monitor new regulatory requirements and changes in ESG standards in order to integrate sustainable practices across all lines of business.

Communications

• Provide input into key areas of 7-Eleven’s communication strategy (i.e., Proxy Disclosures, Press Releases, Annual Reports, etc.)

• Work with key 3rd party ESG advisors and data in the submission and communication of the Company’s accomplishments and monitor changes in ratings that may impact the Company’s overall ESG strategy.

• Develop performance reporting and educational programming to educate 7-Eleven corporate employees, franchisees, and licensees on our ESG strategy and progress.

Team Leadership

• Coach, lead and grow the ESG team to become comprehensive ESG subject matter experts.

• Determine performance objectives that align to strategic initiatives.

Qualifications:

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred

• 12+ years’ experience in ESG / sustainability leadership role

• 7+ years' people management experience

• Proven success with driving ESG strategy and measurement of goals

• Executive-level presence and communication

• Leadership of ESG strategy within a public company

• Substantial knowledge of consumer brand, retail and retail fuel industry a plus

• Global experience, particularly in Asia, is a plus

Skills

• Ability to work in matrixed organization and with strong influential skills

• “Utility player”, ability to thrive in a wide variety of environments from strategy to implementation

• Strong research and problem-solving skills

• Innovative thinking

• Data-driven decision-making

If an hourly or salary range is included in this ad it represents the range 7-Eleven in good faith believes is the range of compensation for this role at the time of this posting. The Company may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in this state. This range may be modified in the future. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, long-term incentive compensation, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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