Compliance & Sustainability Lead
February 26 2025
Industries
Retail
Categories Microbiology,
Remote
Anywhere - Ontario • Full time
Welcome Home!
We're more than Canada's largest independent hardware and building supplies retailer—we're part of communities across the nation.
Driving Compliance and Sustainability Excellence
As the Compliance and Sustainability Lead, you will play a key role in managing environmental compliance for products and packaging. Reporting to the Manager, Compliance & Sustainability, you will ensure regulatory alignment between suppliers, corporate teams, and Dealers by interpreting legislation, documenting policies, and communicating compliance requirements. You will also oversee regulatory reporting and the application of environmental handling fees. This opportunity suits a strong leader with excellent communication and research skills, looking to drive meaningful impact in sustainability and compliance.
Ready to make an impact in a new role? Here's how:
- Implement Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs and processes, that reduce costs, waste, improve efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, etc.
- Manage the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) database, chemical formulas database, packaging and printed paper database, ensuring product packaging meets labeling standards (bilingual, CCCR, etc.).
- Ownership for the Extended Producer Responsibility databases; includes collecting and maintaining product data for government reporting and other relevant regulations as needed. Ensure compliance is achieved to all regional, Provincial and Federal policies, regulations and laws.
- Assist with gathering Environmental Handling Fee (EHF) information for audits to ensure compliance with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs across Canada.
- Oversee the implementation of Home Hardware's product and packaging Sustainability Program, driving down costs and identifying pollution prevention opportunities.
- Continual improvement to utilize best practice methodologies for reporting and data collection (such as using Actual data calculations, ABOM calculations, and reducing calculator usage).
- Oversee preparation of EPR and sustainability-related internal and external communications (written reports, spreadsheets, presentations) to promote/announce sustainability initiatives/updates and to support internal decision making.
- Oversee the review Product certifications and work with Master Data team to maintain appropriate item attributes (Energy Star, WaterSense, CSA, UL, FSC, etc.).
- Provide leadership, training and oversee the day-to-day roles of the Compliance and Sustainability Analyst team.
We're looking for:
- Diploma in Business, Environment & Business, Environmental Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology.
- Three to five years of experience with corporate sustainability concepts/trends and industry standards.
- Experience within the Hardware or Lumber and Building Materials (LBM) or Retail industry is an asset.
- Ability to provide expert advice and resources to company management, stakeholders and team members.
- Analyze situations or compliance issues to provide solution. Strong research and fact-finding capabilities are essential.
- Excellent interpersonal and people management skills, with the ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
- Excellent communications skills (both written and verbal), with the ability to present difficult concepts in understandable terms to all levels in the organization.
- Strong leadership and facilitation skills with a proven ability to be a solutions-oriented decision maker.
- Demonstrates ability to be flexible to prioritize and respond to multiple competing demands.
- Excellent computer skills including, PowerBI, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint).
- The ability to be onsite three days a week at our corporate office in St. Jacobs, to accommodate our hybrid working model.
How we'll make you feel at Home
Our Team Members enjoy life at Home with our strong culture of support and inclusion, excellent benefits, and a team that always has your back. You will receive:
- Competitive earnings opportunity.
- Annual Incentive/Bonus Program.
- Comprehensive Benefits Program including:
- Health, Dental, Vision, Paramedical, Disability coverage, Out of Country Travel Insurance, Life Insurance, Employee Family Assistance Program.
- Defined Contribution Pension Plan with Company Match, and choice of contribution level.
- Group RRSP.
- Discounts from our corporate retail stores.
- Home & Auto Insurance discounts.
- Competitive vacation time.
- Personal and sick time.
- Employee Discount Program through Venngo WorkPerks.
Bring your unique skills, thrive with interesting and challenging work, and experience what it's like at Home. Apply today - this is a great opportunity to join a proudly Canadian company that is 100% ready to help you build your future.
Home Hardware recognizes the value of a diverse team. We believe that different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences make us stronger as an organization. Applicants representing the full diversity of communities in Canada are encouraged to apply with confidence. Please let us know if you require accommodation during the recruitment process.
Canadians call us Home Hardware. We call it Home.
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