Senior Manager, Packaging Sustainability | Kraft Heinz | Chicago, IL, US

You will be a part of the Global Sustainability organization and lead packaging sustainability and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) work with a primary focus on the North American zone (U.S. and Canada). You will translate global sustainability priorities into regional plans, programs, and partnerships that advance Kraft Heinz’s packaging commitments, regulatory readiness, and long-term value creation.

What’s on the menu?

• Lead packaging sustainability and EPR work for the North American zone in alignment with Kraft Heinz’s global sustainability strategy, commitments, and governance.
• Translate global packaging sustainability priorities into actionable regional plans, roadmaps, and cross-functional execution, and partner with NAZ Packaging Procurement, R&D, and Sustainability teams to refine goals and convert ambition into practical delivery plans that support packaging commitments and net-zero objectives.
• Identify, prioritize, and advance packaging-related initiatives with key North American suppliers, including scope, timing, deliverables, cost implications, and expected impact.
• Strengthen supplier collaboration models and ways of working to accelerate progress across packaging sustainability and procurement priorities.
• Support management and improvement of North America carbon data foundations in partnership with the Global Sustainability team, including supplier data collection and reporting tools.
• Build and maintain tools, processes, and tracking mechanisms to provide visibility to milestones, decisions, risks, and accountabilities across the North America sustainability roadmap.
• Lead EPR readiness and compliance activities for packaging across relevant North American jurisdictions, including policy monitoring, applicability assessments, registration support, reporting requirements, fee forecasting, and coordination with producer responsibility organizations, as applicable.
• Partner with Legal, Regulatory, Government Affairs, Finance, R&D, Operations, Procurement, and Sustainability teams to translate evolving EPR requirements into packaging strategies, supplier expectations, commercial decisions, and governance processes.

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