Sustainability Business Partner

Role Purpose

The Regional Sustainability Coordinator APAC is responsible fortranslating global sustainability strategy and targets into effective regional execution in APAC. The role ensures consistency with group standards while enabling region‑specific prioritization, project delivery, and value creation.

Acting as the key link betweenGlobal Sustainability andregional APAC business functions, the role coordinates sustainability governance, drives impact projects, and oversees high‑quality ESG reporting and assurance readiness.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy Translation & Governance

• Translateglobal sustainability strategy, targets, and policies into clearregional objectives, roadmaps, and KPIs
• Ensure regional alignment with Group sustainability commitments, frameworks, and governance requirements
• Act as the regional sustainability reference point within the Company Sustainability team

Coordination & Execution

• Coordinate regionalSustainaBizz andSustainOps teams, ensuring effective collaboration across functions (e.g. PDMs, procurement, operations, SC, innovation, HR, sales, MSDs)
• Drive and coordinate theexecution of regional sustainability and impact projects, including climate, sustainable procurement and PSA / Sustainable Products
• Monitor project progress, risks, and outcomes, ensuring timely delivery and measurable impact

ESG Reporting & Assurance (in close collaboration with the APAC Sustainability Audit & Reporting Specialist)

• Oversee regionalESG data collection, validation, and analysis
• Provide insights and quality checks for sustainability disclosures (e.g. CSRD/ESRS, CDP, EcoVadis, internal management reporting)
• Supportinternal and external audits, including preparation of evidence, documentation, and follow‑up actions

Value creation, Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Serve as the primary regional interface toGlobal Sustainability
• Engage regional leadership and functional heads to embed sustainability into market segment strategies, business processes and decision‑making across upstream, own operations and downstream / sales
• Train and upskill regional teams on sustainability, including strategy, targets, tools, and relevant business implications, to support consistent implementation and ownership
• Contribute to internal and external sustainability communication, ensuring consistency, credibility, and business relevance
• Represent Azelis in the Asia TfS team

Optional Responsibilities (depending on scope)

• Act asSubject Matter Expert (SME) for selected sustainability topics (e.g. climate, SHEQ, product stewardship, circularity)
• Lead or coordinate aregional sustainability team where applicable

Qualifications & Experience

Must‑Have Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Sustainability, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Natural Sciences
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in consultancy and/or a corporate environment
• Proven track record insustainability and/or SHEQ‑related activities
• Proven expertise insustainability / ESG reporting
• Strongproject management experience, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives in parallel

Preferred / Plus Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience leading multinational, cross‑functional teams
• Demonstrated experience inbusiness functions (e.g. sales, marketing, operations), enabling effective business integration of sustainability
• Experience working inglobal matrix organizations

Skills & Competencies

• Fast learner with astrong delivery track record
• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate ambition intopractical execution
• Strong stakeholder management skills across functions and hierarchical levels, includingsenior management and C‑level
• Excellentcommunication and influencing skills, with the ability to position sustainability credibly and pragmatically both internally and externally
• Ability to lead without formal authority and navigatecomplex global / regional interfaces
• Structured, solution‑oriented, and resilient in a dynamic business environment