Medline · 1 month ago
Sustainability Specialist
Northfield, Illinois
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$69K/yr - $99K/yr
2+ years expMedline Industries, LP is a global leader in healthcare products and services, and they are seeking a Sustainability Specialist to enhance their data infrastructure for environmental and social impact reporting. This role involves data collection, organization, analysis, and collaboration with various stakeholders to support sustainability metrics and reporting processes.
Consumer GoodsHealth CareHospitalityManufacturingMedical
Responsibilities
Serving as project lead for assignments and communicating status updates on active projects, trending issues and response efforts to Sustainability Leadership
Supporting Sustainability’s software suite, including business liaison, workspace hygiene, sophistication, backlog and configuration
Quarterbacking the growth of Sustainability’s data inventory, including the enablement of system data collection and onboarding new data owners on technology and process
Maturing and delivering Sustainability’s data governance education, including software training and best practices for data generation and control
Leading and driving effective requirements gathering sessions with multiple stakeholders or business partners to facilitate discussions or conduct analysis
Support the Sustainability Program Manager, Climate to maintain and update the company’s greenhouse gas inventory, ensuring auditable, accurate tracking and reporting of emissions
Support the development and documentation of consistent governance procedures, roles and responsibilities for preparing, controlling and retaining carbon accounting data, working closely with the Controller, Sustainability
Acting as a thought partner to continue developing data infrastructure to support Medline’s Sustainability program
Conduct comprehensive due diligence reviews of sustainability-related materials, including marketing materials, customer presentations, public reports and disclosures
Verify accuracy and completeness of data provided by internal teams and external partners to ensure alignment with company standards and regulatory requirements
Maintain and update due diligence checklists and protocols to reflect evolving standards, regulations, and best practices
Support the Program Manager, Sustainability and Sustainability Controller to prepare for audit readiness by ensuring documentation is properly organized and accessible for internal and external reviews
Provide general project and program management support, as required
Liaise with cross-functional teams (e.g., legal, compliance, operations) to obtain timely input for sustainability inquiries
Provide reporting support, as required
Support team activities, coordination, and events, as required
Provide and present data and information for external communication, as required
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in sustainability, business, marketing, communications, non-profit organization management or related field
+2 years of work experience
Experience in analyzing and reporting data to identify issues, trends or exceptions to drive improvement and find solutions
Experience developing ways of accomplishing goals with little or no supervision, depending on oneself to complete objectives and determining when escalation of issues is necessary
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling)
Strong interpersonal and relationship management
Benefits
Health insurance
Life and disability
401(k) contributions
Paid time off
Company
Medline
Medline is the largest provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions serving all points of care.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$0.5MKey Investors
North Carolina Department of Commerce
2025-12-17IPO
2021-06-05Private Equity
2019-09-12Grant· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Steve Miller
Chief Operating Officer
Amanda Laabs
Chief Product Officer
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