Manager_Sustainability-Strategy&Ops-ESV

Our Strategy Consulting team collaborates with global clients to design and implement growth, operational and customer-focused strategies for sustainable competitive advantage. Our team consists of business strategists with deep technological acumen and strong functional knowledge. Our thought leadership and unparalleled experience enable clients to transform significant challenges into market advantages across the value chain and worldwide. Furthermore, our extensive industry expertise allows us to assist clients in focusing on the most profitable aspects of the value chain, creating scalable businesses that deliver sustainable profits and maximize ROI. 

Our Strategy Consultants work with client and project teams to support global engagements from India, focusing on delivering impactful results. Their responsibilities include conducting analyses and developing insights, preparing analytical models, analyzing large data sets, and understanding how digital solutions can address client pain points. They capture current processes, prepare work plans, design to-be processes, work directly with client teams and facilitate meetings to enable decision making. Additionally, they organize and prepare recommendations on client issues and participate actively in new business development, thought leadership and firm building activities. 

Competency Overview: Sustainability – Strategy & Operations 

At PwC, our people in sustainability focus on integrating environmental, social, economic, and governance considerations into business strategies and operations. They provide guidance and support to organizations by managing sustainability risks, identifying opportunities, and driving positive social and environmental impact. As a sustainability generalist at PwC, you will utilize your skills and experience across environmental, social, governance (ESG) topics and sustainability more broadly. You will analyze client needs and provide consulting services across different areas in the sustainability lifecycle, including strategy, transformation, and reporting. 

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same. 

Key Responsibilities: 

As a manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to: 

• Analyze and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system. 

• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion. 

• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables. 

• Develop skills outside your comfort zone and encourage others to do the same. 

• Effectively mentor others. 

• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members. 

• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate. 

• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements. 

What skill does it take? 

• Industry Expertise: Leverage extensive knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes, operations in non-manufacturing sectors to develop innovative sustainability strategies that align with clients' business goals and regulatory requirements. 

• Client Engagement: Collaborate closely with clients, lead project workstreams for strategic engagements, and forge strong relationships. Understand their unique challenges and objectives, and guide them through the sustainability journey, providing tailored recommendations and solutions. 

• Decarbonization and Net Zero Strategy: Demonstrate in-depth understanding of decarbonization strategies, energy management, greenhouse gas footprint analysis, renewable energy solutions, and regulatory frameworks related to greenhouse gas emissions reduction. 

• Knowledge of sustainability frameworks: Possess knowledge of the GHG Protocol, GRI, TCFD, Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and other relevant frameworks. 

• Emission Reduction Levers: Understand and apply key levers for reducing emissions. 

• Supply Chain Transparency: Develop and implement key strategies for enhancing supply chain transparency. 

• Digital Transformation and Solution Design: Drive digital transformation initiatives and design solutions to enhance sustainability outcomes. 

• Thought Leadership: Stay at the forefront of sustainability trends, emerging technologies, and policy developments. Publish thought leadership content, build presentations for industry conferences, and actively contribute to the knowledge base of our organization. 

• Analytical Skills: Exhibit strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to collect and interpret complex data sets, identify trends, and derive actionable insights. Proficiency in data analysis tools and software is preferred. 

• A master's degree in business or engineering. 

• Past experience in strategy consulting domain with experience in Environmental Science, Engineering, Sustainability related engagements and exposure to a multinational environment will be an added bonus