Job Description
THE ROLE. Climate Impact Partners is a leading provider of high-quality climate solutions, dedicated to ensuring a thriving future for all life on earth. We are currently seeking a Regional Sourcing Lead in our Global Sourcing team, to leverage relationships with climate project partners to secure supply of high-quality carbon credits for our corporate clients
As a Regional Sourcing Lead with Climate Impact Partners, you will play a crucial role in driving climate action by strategically securing short to long-term accessible tonnes from high-quality projects. These projects will deliver on-the-ground impact and provide us with sourced carbon credits (i.e., existing projects that are already producing or close to producing) verified emission reductions for voluntary and, potentially, compliance markets)
Climate action commitments across the business world are rapidly increasing, with a strong focus on achieving carbon neutrality. At Climate Impact Partners, we offer a leading carbon neutrality framework that has earned the trust of prominent organizations like Microsoft, KPMG, Sky and Logitech. To further advance our efforts, we are looking for a skilled professional with experience in relationship management, commercial negotiations, closing deals and deal delivery management, with exposure to carbon markets
Depending on the location, working hours may need to be adjusted to align with the assigned region. For example, if based in Nairobi and managing sourcing for the APAC region, the working hours might need to be adapted accordingly
Responsibilities. Sourcing and Commercial. Seek and identify demand signals, through effective collaboration with Sales team and monitoring of market trends
Manage and build project pipeline to qualify leads through quality assurance process and meet current and future demand targets
Perform preliminary due diligence checks and coordinate with technical colleagues, effectively communicating project pipeline priority and highlighting known risks
Cultivate new project partnerships through proactive outreach strategies and networking
Liaise with Finance team to carry out new partner KYCs and monitor progress
Negotiate with project partners to secure desired tonnage availability and pricing, safeguarding Climate Impact Partners business interests
Ensure competitive pricing with support from Commercial teams input and determine optimal pricing strategy
Collaborate with Supply Chain leadership and Commercial team where terms deviate from established commercial models or to address ad hoc operational concerns, particularly focusing on risk management
Prepare and issue commercial contracts, seeking internal legal and commercial advice as required
Utilise and maintain deal tracking and inventory systems for data visibility
Fulfil Sales team requests and manage tickets using CRM system
Proactively collaborate with cross functional teams to continually improve and standardise scalable workflows and processes ensuring these are in line with company guidelines
Attend conferences and workshops to represent Climate Impact Partners and seek out new partnership opportunities
Portfolio Management. Manage and update data entries into inventory system including accurate project data, cost and volume availability
Track project deliveries, flag any delivery risks and ensure action plans are in place to close and/or reduce any delays
Manage project partner relationships to ensure project delivery at the agreed times, communicating delivery risk and delays as appropriate
Manage exclusive partnerships on an ongoing basis, including ensuring timely payment, monitoring and reporting
Collaborate with Supply Chain leadership and Commercial teams to verify inventory availability, internal project performance and determine optimal pricing strategy
Directly liaise with project partners and Marketing team, to ensure provision of accurate project information for marketing materials to enhance project performance
Essential. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. Several years of relevant commercial experience in carbon markets, preferably in business development independently conducting commercial negotiations, securing preferred supply terms and seeing deals through to completion
Experience and network in agriculture, forestry, conservation and/or natural resource management
Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clients and team members
Knowledge of legal and contract management aspects
Excellent written and oral command of English
National, or holder of a valid required work visa in the host country
Desirable. Proven track record of effective relationship and partnership management
Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
Project management capabilities to track project partners through onboarding phases
Strong team-player who thrives in a high-pressure environment
Proven experience within a fast-paced and dynamic business environment experiencing rapid growth and change
Solution-oriented with a structured approach to problem-solving
PERKS. We partner with Velocity Global to offer you the best benefits and employment practices in your home location. Some of our global benefits include:. Remote working. Generous annual leave. Summer Fridays. Working from Abroad Policy. Mental Health First Aiders. Bonus scheme, subject to company and individual performance. LinkedIn Learning Licence and Training Budgets. Climate Impact Partners is an equal opportunities employer. Our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce, that embraces our differences, and so all aspects of employment including the decision to hire and promote, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business need. We do not discriminate on the basis of characteristics protected under federal, state, or local law. To support this, all applications are anonymised until the interview stage which means that regardless of who has applied, your characteristics are totally anonymous
Contact Sarah Barke Senior Manager, Recruitment & Talent Strategy. About Climate Impact Partners. Climate Impact Partners delivers solutions for action on climate. We believe that carbon markets have a critical role to play in delivering action by putting a price on carbon and funding carbon reduction activities to meet our global climate goals
Together with the worlds leading companies and quality project partners we will cut 1 billion tonnes of CO2 to transform the global economy, improve health and livelihoods and restore a thriving planet
We do this by delivering the highest quality carbon financed projects, from which we create carbon credit and energy attribute certificate portfolios. This enables organisations to offset the emissions they cant reduce, put a price on carbon to incentivise change, and meet their ambitious climate goals
Climate Impact Partners builds on the expertise, integrity, and innovation of two companies that have led the voluntary carbon market Natural Capital Partners and ClimateCare. Fuelled by a relentless drive for rapid action and results, our global team continues to pioneer the markets growth, and set the standards for quality that will maximise its impact
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