Global Design Services, Sustainability Lead

Company Description

Who we are:

At O-I Glass, we love glass and we’re proud to be one of the leading producers of glass Remember the last time you opened a bottle of wine, a cold beer after a hard day’s work or a bottle of sparkling mineral water to quench the thirst, well it was probably made by us, we are O-I and we love that we make more glass containers than anyone in the world.

O-I has more than a century of experience crafting pure, sustainable, brand-building glass packaging for many of the world’s best-known food and beverage brands. We are proud to provide high quality glass packaging for beer, wine, spirits, food, non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

With nearly 25,000 employees and an unparalleled footprint spanning almost 72 plants in 20 countries, O-I is a truly global maker of glass packaging.

From engineering and manufacturing to brand development, design and innovation, we are dedicated to providing unique solutions to exceed our customers’ expectations and fuel consumers’ desire for glass.

Job Description

About the role:

The Global Design Services, Sustainability Lead will lead the proactive development and oversight of a comprehensive global strategy for planning and delivering sustainability-driven value engineering and light weighting initiatives to our diverse customer base. The Lead will ensure the timely completion of innovative concepts, designs, and potential samples, accompanied by thought through development plans focusing on delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed customer expectations, with an emphasis on achieving cost savings and value addition for both O-I and our customers. The Global Sustainability Lead will provide technical knowledge and guidance for the Creative Design and Container Engineering Teams being part of the Global Design Services Team.

The Lead will be the main point of contact for the G&I customers and all internal functions, such as Key Account Leaders and Category Leaders that have customers involved in the process who want a central point of contact for their development.  The Lead will integrate O-I´s global sustainability strategy with these proactive projects and will support the development with such data, requiring in depth knowledge of both O-I’s and our customers’ manufacturing capabilities and technical specifications.

Key Responsabilities:

• Global Approach Development: Proactively develop and implement a consistent global approach for planning and executing sustainability-oriented value engineering and light-weighting portfolio initiatives for customers.
• Initiative Planning and Delivery: Oversee the planning and delivery of sustainability-focused value engineering and light-weighting initiatives, ensuring timely delivery of concepts, designs, and potential samples. Develop and execute clear, reliable, and well-detailed development plans for projects.
• Cost Saving and Value Addition: Focus on achieving cost savings and adding value for O-I and its customers in accordance with commercial agreements.
• Technical Expertise: Provide technical knowledge and guidance to the Creative Design and Container Engineering Teams within the Design Services Team, building on a strong foundation of O-I and customer manufacturing knowledge.
• Main Point of Contact: Act as the main point of contact for G&I customers and internal functions, including Key Account Leaders and Category Leaders, providing a centralized point of contact for development-related inquiries.
• Integration of Sustainability Strategy: Integrate O-I's global sustainability strategy into value engineering and light weighting projects, ensuring alignment with environmental and sustainability goals.
• Support for Development: Provide support for value engineering and light-weighting projects by incorporating relevant sustainability data and insights into the development process.
• Customer Relationship Management: Manage relationships with G&I customers related to sustainability design initiatives, ensuring effective communication and understanding of their requirements throughout the development process.
• Collaboration with Internal Teams - Collaborate with internal teams to facilitate seamless coordination and communication, particularly with Key Account Leaders and Category Leaders. Drive adoption and consistency of implementation of CSMT globally, in partnership with R&D, through value engineering and light-weighting initiatives.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Utilize data and insights to inform decision-making in value engineering and light-weighting projects, ensuring that initiatives align with both sustainability goals and business objectives.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement in sustainability-oriented value engineering a