Sustainability Specialist (Product)

Country Road Group (CRG) is embarking on transformation to position itself for growth, leveraging our scale, capabilities and culture as a House of Brands. We are investing in new and existing capabilities and have a number of exciting opportunities available.

We’re looking for an experienced Sustainability Specialist to join the Country Road Group. In this role, you’ll be responsible for providing strategic guidance to brands and business units on developing and implementing sustainable fibre, materials, and product design strategies. You’ll guide compliance with sustainability claims, lead impact initiatives, and foster industry partnerships that are aligned with our Good Business Journey (GBJ) goals.

Key Accountabilities

• Support and advise the development of product strategies, roadmaps and KPIs for Country Road Group, aligned to the Good Business Journey

• Provide ongoing advisory support to brands / BUs for sustainable product strategies, including supporting Sourcing team with traceability and standards
• Co-ordinate and manage Group-wide projects and pilots relating to product sustainability and circularity initiatives

• Monitor industry, media, regulatory developments, including certification program revisions, and advise Country Road Group for strategic direction as appropriate

• Develop resources and facilitate delivery of sustainable product and claims related education
• Continuous research, benchmarking and identification of opportunities to collaborate and invest in best practice to support brand / BUs’ sustainable product related goals and KPIs

Key Capabilities

• Minimum 5 years’ experience working in a sustainability related role
• Experience with sustainable materials programs and certifications (e.g. Better Cotton, Leather Working Group, GOTS, Textile Exchange standards, Canopy, FSC, etc)
• Experience with and understanding of Australian greenwashing regulations and application to sustainability claims in the fashion industry
• Experience in buying or supply chain environment, with farm, fibre and factory knowledge, highly regarded
• Experience with development and implementation of strategy, project plans and internal communications plans
• Commercial acumen and experience implementing sustainable materials and product programs in a retail setting, highly regarded
• Experience working with management and influencing stakeholders
• Interpersonal communication, relationship management, negotiation and people skills
• Ability to build, sustain and influence relationships

Why work for CRG?

The Country Road Group is one of Australasia’s largest Lifestyle Brand Houses comprising of iconic brands such as Country Road, POLITIX, Trenery, Witchery and MIMCO.

Here are some of the great things we offer:

• Generous employee discounts across our House of Brands
• Seasonal clothing allowance
• An additional day of leave for your birthday
• An Industry leading Parental Leave Program
• Flexible working arrangements to support work/life balance
• Annual learning calendar to support the ongoing development of our team
• Support community partnerships across our Corporate Social Responsibility Program
• We are committed to operating ethically, sustainably, and responsibly.