Junior Sustainability Analyst

KOSTAL Group is a global, family-owned German company that develops market-leading solutions for the solar and automotive industries. The company has been established in 1912 and employs about 20 000 people at 47 locations in 22 countries. In Hungary, KOSTAL is about to build its first business service centre to provide business support in IT, finance, procurement, master data, sales and HR fields. This will be a global centre with high value-added and complex processes.

Overall Purpose of Job:

Sustainability Analyst will support the development and execution of Sustainability strategy of KOSTAL Group by developing and managing sustainability data gathering processes in collaboration with internal partners across the company. 

Reporting to the Global Head of Sustainability, the sustainability analyst will manage data for environmental, social and governance reporting within the global organization and liaison with relevant functions for customer requests by preparing the supporting materials and maintaining the appropriate reporting systems and documentation to meet ESG related legislative, reporting, customer and audit requirements.  Sustainability analyst will perform controlling of sustainability data with internal partners, provide data foundation and regular reporting for the KOSTAL Group’s ESG reporting to the Executive Leadership Team and external partners. 

By developing strong connections with our global internal network, Sustainability Analyst should be one of the subject matter experts supporting the internal partners, including performing training sessions.  

Sustainability Analyst will actively take part in global sustainability projects to support the execution of KOSTAL Groups’ global sustainability strategy.

Main tasks, roles and responsibilities:

• Managing and responding sustainability related customer requests, maintaining the appropriate reporting systems and documentation.
• Together with the Sustainability analyst maintain responses in sustainability portals.
• Updating the external request tracker and the detailed database on customer requirements and commitments.
• In cooperation with the sustainability analyst, support internal verification and audit of sustainability data and metrics.
• Provide internal stakeholder training on Sustainability data gathering and reporting,
• Support sustainability related disclosure processes CDP, ECOVADIS, Drive+ and other customer specific information requests,
• Support the Sustainability project specialist in the execution of global sustainability projects.

Experiences and requirements:

Education 

• College or University degree – preferably in the field of Environmental studies, Engineering, or related field.

Work experiences – time/seniority/ sector:

• 0-3 years of work experience.

Technical/ IT knowledge:

• Excellent MS office skills 
• Basic knowledge of ESG principles, reporting standards, ratings, and frameworks (i.e., GRI, GHG Protocol)
• Experience in Sustainability operational management in a shared services environment or project management skill

Language – with level 

• Fluent in English

• Flexible working conditions with remote work possibility (in-person presence is required from time to time), you can have a real work-life balance
• Modern, newly renovated, sustainable office with parking space and bicycle storage area in the heart of Budapest
• Competitive salary, benefits and compensation packages (Medicover health insurance, bonuses, an extra day off on your birthday, eyeglasses contribution)
• Supportive, diverse and highly skilled community
• Ability to really make a difference and build new processes from scratch, you can participate in the formation and shape of the BSC processes
• KOSTAL is a dynamically developing company (10-20% yearly growth in the automotive and solar industry), an independent, family-run business which provides much flexibility
• You can enjoy our value-oriented work culture: we are down-to-earth, appreciative, inspiring and innovative