Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and want the opportunity to grow and make your mark in a leading international company? As Nordic Sustainability Affairs Manager, you will play an integral part in ensuring that Samsung stays on top of the market and continues to enrich and simplify consumers’ lives.

About the role as Nordic Sustainability Manager

You will lead Samsung’s Corporate Affairs and Sustainability team of three Sustainability and Public Affairs Officers, and report to the General Counsel and Director for Legal, Compliance & Corporate Affairs.

Your mission will be to ensure and aim to go beyond legal compliance with Samsung’s products and business practices, to reduce their climate footprint continually and proactively, and to communicate to consumers and stakeholders about the sustainability performance of their products.

The main tasks will be:

• Internal and external advocacy of all sustainability and public affairs matters for the Nordics.
• Supporting Samsung Nordic Sales teams with questions and projects in your area, and participating in customer dialogue around sustainability.
• Develop and secure relevant messaging in close collaboration with the Corporate Marketing team to position the brand.
• Secure monitoring, risk sensing, and reputation management in your area of responsibility.
• Represent Samsung and build relationships with the appropriate Nordic authorities, industry organizations, and NGO´s.
• Promote and implement proper sustainability and public affairs strategies and policies locally in line with Europe and Global initiatives and programs.
• Ensure compliance with current and future legislation and regulations and secure reporting in your area of responsibility (e.g., relevant fees and reporting requirements for sustainability)
• Drive Public Affairs initiatives and secure internal information sharing.

To be successful in this role, you have:

• Relevant academic qualification and solid commercial and sustainability knowledge.
• At least five years of experience in a similar role.
• Understanding of government affairs and public institutions in the Nordics.
• Proven track record of leading successful projects in a global company, and is an analytical and confident leader.
• Excellent communication skills in Swedish as well as English.

At Samsung, you will have the great opportunity to have a huge impact and to be creative in your work. We expect you to appreciate tempo, change, and initiative. We see it as a merit if you have knowledge from the electronics industry (or similar) and think the right person is curious to see the opportunity in fast and sometimes unexpected changes.

Good to know

You will work from Samsung’s Kista office across all divisions in Samsung Nordics and collaborate closely with colleagues at headquarters. The role follows a hybrid working model.

This is an interim assignment through Hammer & Hanborg with immediate start.

Please apply through the “Apply now” button, upload your CV, and answer some questions. We do not want a cover letter. We are actively reviewing applications, so apply as soon as possible. Due to the GDPR, we can’t accept applications through email.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Please contact Christina Nerpin christina.nerpin@hammerhanborg.com if you have any questions.

About Samsung
Everything we do at Samsung is driven by an unyielding passion for excellence—and an unfaltering commitment to develop the best products and services on the market. In today’s fast-paced global economy, change is constant, and innovation is critical to a company’s survival. As we have done for 80 years, we set our sights on the future, anticipating market needs and demands so we can steer our company toward long-term success. As Nordic Sustainability & Corporate Affairs Manager, you will have an integral part in ensuring we stay on top of the market and continue to enrich and simplify the consumers’ lives.

Help Us Create What Can’t Be Done!

Samsung is a dynamic company in a fast-moving industry, where you’re offered many opportunities to grow and develop!

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