Job Description:
Are you looking for more?
At Mohawk Industries, we're committed to more - more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our team.
As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what's important to you. Whether you want to lead more, innovate more, learn more or create more, you can find your more with Mohawk.
What we need:
Mohawk is looking for a Product Circularity Director who can do more with Mohawk. This position will work directly with our Flooring North America (FNA) division in creating and leading sustainability programs.
This position will champion Mohawk as a leader of sustainability initiatives with a specific focus on product circularity. The ideal candidate will innovate, plan, and facilitate company-wide sustainability efforts in coordination with our corporate strategic goals. Over time, this role will create and implement a holistic sustainability product circularity framework that will embed sustainability further into Mohawk culture and every corporate functional area.
What you'll do:
- Evaluate current product circularity priorities and build sustainability strategies and programs for operations that increase ROI and customer reputation
- Conduct research and benchmarking for key trends and translate those findings into best company practices and goals
- Identify inefficiencies or areas where Mohawk can improve and partner with other departments to create sustainable solutions and practices
- Engage stakeholders by initiating and forming relationships with key suppliers, thought leaders, and critical non-governmental organizations within the sustainability community
- Design training and educational materials that can be distributed internally and externally to facilitate Mohawk's sustainability brand
- Manage a team of Sustainability Specialists focused on FNA divisions
What you have:
- Bachelor's degree in a related discipline required, master's preferred
- 10+ years' experience with a focus on product circularity
- A passion for making the planet a better place
What you're good at:
- Demonstrated effective and/or persuasive verbal and written communication skills with the intent of providing information to clients, vendors, senior management, and staff
- Demonstrated knowledge of sustainability principles, implementation, and strategic planning process
- Demonstrated project management experience in organizing, planning, and executing large-scale projects from conception through implementation
- Demonstrated experience in effectively managing program budgets and in effectively allocating budget resources to maximize impact
What else?
- While we're a primarily in-office team, we thrive on flexibility and ensuring our people can balance personal and professional time
- Some travel required
- We take caring for our planet seriously - Check out what we're doing with sustainability here!
Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk's vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world's largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.
Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Don't Work participant.
Nearest Major Market: Calhoun
