Vacancy Senior LCA Consultant

As sustainability becomes more important to companies and organizations, PRé Consultants’ 20 years of success in this area has put it in a unique position. We face increasing demands for our services and seek to expand the consultancy team in The Netherlands with a fulltime Senior Consultant.

Scope of the Consultancy department:
The Consultancy Group consists of a Consulting Director and a team of consultants who are dedicated experts in the fields of LCA and corporate social responsibility.

The work domain of the Consultancy Group is twofold:

Projects for customers

• Workshops
• LCAs
• Training
• Advice
• Implementing competence centers;

Support product innovation to meet the (future) client's needs

Your role:

• As a Senior consultant you will work as a project manager on external assignments and contribute to product development.
• You guide LCAs and help the customer to create maximum value with the results. You have a good understanding of the main challenges companies are facing, while working on sustainability.
• You can put sustainability in the wider organizational context and you have an understanding of the dynamics of large organizations. You are able to act as business partner and trusted advisor for the client. You are comfortable acting as a sparring partner at board level and senior management level.
• You are able to guide clients in turning sustainability into business value.
• You have proven experience acting as a project leader in large projects. You cooperate easily with third parties.
• You are able to build a relevant network and know how to maintain this. In complex settings you remain able to look after the interests of PRé Consultants. You recognize business opportunities.
• You represent PRé Consultants at seminars and consortia.
• You are a sparring partner for your colleagues. You lead large projects and collaborate with your colleagues on these projects.
• You contribute to the substantive and methodical development of the PRé instruments. You are informed of the developments in the market and on your field.
• You are methodical and well grounded in statistics.

Travelling is part of your job and a flexible attitude towards working hours is required.
This position will report to the Consulting Director.

We ask:

• Finished Master (or post-doc) education, preferably in the field of environment
• At least 7 years relevant work experience as (LCA) consultant
• Extensive and indepth knowledge of and experience with LCA software and data processing
• Fluent in English and Dutch both verbally and written
• Skilled in business writing
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills
• The ability to translate concepts to business solutions
• Proven project management experience with large, multiple stakeholder
• Experience with working successfully with groups as coach and facilitator
• Experience as key note speaker
• A flexible, result-oriented team player
   

We offer:

• A creative, inspiring work surrounding with room for initiative
• A very competitive salary with good secondary labour agreements
• Possibilities for personal development by means of training, education and coaching

This position for employment will be located in our office in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. For more information regarding this position, you can contact Ms. Karen van der Valk, Consulting Director, tel: +31 33 4504300. Your motivation letter and CV can be sent to Margreet Riedstra, riedstra@pre-sustainability.com