Sustainability Manager

Are you passionate about sustainability, and want to make a real impact? We are now looking for a talented and driven individual to join our Sustainability team in Stockholm.

About the role

Your key responsibilities include:

Driving and defining our sustainability program in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. Integrating sustainability commitments into the business, together with the team leaders of the sustainability initiatives, particularly with Supply & Operations, Procurement, Innovation and Marketing. Setting KPIs and monitoring progress against Cloetta’s sustainability commitments. Helping ensure the organization stays up to date on latest trends and demands; proactively recommend initiatives or solutions. Partnering with business teams to ‘commercialize sustainability’ and win with customers and consumers. Educating and engaging our employees and senior leaders to build knowledge and capability on sustainability. Ensuring the commercial teams have the required information for Cloetta’s customers.

Together with your manager, you will act as Cloetta’s external spokesperson for sustainability matters.

You will be part of an international team with colleagues in several Cloetta locations. You will work closely with the Sustainability Reporting & Compliance Manager, also based in Stockholm. You will report to the Global Marketing & Sustainability Director based in Breda (The Netherlands). Travel abroad about 4 times a year.

We believe that you have:

6+ years of experience developing and implementing sustainability strategies, either in-house or with a consulting firm. Proven experience of creating sustainability impact in business. Proven financial understanding and the ability to come up with solutions. Strong business experience, preferably within FMCG. The ability to influence and interact with the most senior levels in the organisation. Good knowledge across a wide range of the sustainability topic relevant for Cloetta, like Climate Action, Sustainable Sourcing, Biodiversity, Human and labour rights in supply chain etc. Strong communicating & presentation skills, and the ability to win people over Master’s degree in a relevant field Advanced skills in the MS Office pack.

People recognize you as someone who…

You have a passion for sustainability and a good business sense. A strong communicator and presenter who can motivate and mobilize others around key priorities. With proven project management skills, you keep track of progress and course correct where needed. You have a strong collaborative approach, and a natural orientation for action that will drive our businesses success.

As a person, you gain energy from work and enjoy making an impact, based together with your peers.

We mainly speak English and Swedish here, so we expect you to be completely comfortable in expressing yourself in both languages in both writing and speaking. And you obviously identify with Cloetta’s values – focus, passion, teamplay and pride.

What it is like to work for us

At Cloetta you will find many colleagues who are just as enthusiastic and positive as you. We are driven to be the best and we want to make a real difference for the company and create new and smart ways to win. Cloetta will coach you in this desire to grow and develop because we trust in your capabilities. We will give you the freedom needed to perform your responsibilities, so you can have a true impact on the business by implementing your own ideas.

And, above of all… we love what we do and have fun while doing so. We have a smile in our DNA and are very proud of our welcoming, open and inclusive atmosphere.

Please also visit to view our employee journey and see what more we offer.

Have we caught your interest?

Well, then submit your application to us in English We are eager to hear from you. Since we strive for balanced gender distribution, we are happy to see male applicants for the role. There is no visa assistance or relocation support available.

Applications close on Sunday August 4th. Please note, we are unable to accept email applications. 

If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Janneke Van Woonroy, Global Marketing and Sustainability Director at

About Cloetta

Cloetta, founded in 2, is a leading confectionary company in Northern Europe. Our products are sold in more than countries worldwide with Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK as the main markets. We own some of the strongest brands on the market, such as Läkerol, Cloetta, CandyKing, Jenkki, Kexchoklad, Malaco, Sportlife and Red Band.

Cloetta has seven production units in five countries and the company’s class B-shares are traded on Nasdaq Stockholm.

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