Principal Consultant - Team Lead

DNV is the independent expert in assurance and risk management, operating in more than 100 countries. Through our broad experience and deep expertise we advance safety and sustainable performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions.
We are one of the world’s leading certification, assurance and risk management providers. Whether certifying a company’s management system or products, providing training, or assessing supply chains, and digital assets, we enable customers and stakeholders to make critical decisions with confidence. We are committed to support our customers to transition and realize their long-term strategic goals sustainably, and collectively contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Are you looking to lead the growth of Sustainability services in an innovative, digitally enabled, purpose-driven business? Are you motivated to support customers to achieve business success and sustainability in their businesses and their extended supply chains?
We’re recruiting for a dynamic, growth-focused Principal Consultant with proven experience in the domain of Sustainability, Supply Chain, Assurance and other risk management services to join our Supply Chain & Sustainability Services team in Sweden/Denmark.
This is an exciting opportunity to take a leadership role driving growth by taking to market our exciting and innovative portfolio of Sustainability, Digital Assurance and Supply Chain services, leading project teams in Sweden, Denmark and the wider Nordics region. You will also be responsible for building a high-performing team of Consultants and work diligently to integrate them into the Nordic hub.
You will get the opportunity to win, lead and develop projects with key customers and new customers on a wide range of Supply Chain, Digital Assurance and Sustainable supply chain services. By solving real-world customer and industry issues you will further develop our value propositions drawing on your impressive array of technical, digital and expert capabilities.
When doing this, you will get the opportunity to engage with many of the leading companies and brands across a wide range of sectors and to leverage a suite of services and digital technologies to scope sell and deliver innovative solutions.


Key Accountabilities:
You will be expected to lead the growth of our sales and delivery for a range of Sustainability and Supply Chain services and may already have specialism and expertise in several of them, including:
ESG and Sustainability services, including Green Finance services and relations
Supply Chain Risk Management (Strategy, Sustainable sourcing, Supplier engagement…)
Supplier Assessment and Audit (Social Audits, Environmental Audits, Process and Quality Audits…)
Supply Chain Traceability with our Digital Assurance solution (Track & Trace, Blockchain…)
Experience in solving supply chain sustainability challenges in specific industries such as food and beverage, FMCG or general industrial sectors

You will be expected to make proposals, win projects and lead project teams as well as helping to grow our business through the following activities:
Proactively seeking to identify customer needs, developing tailored solutions and selling these to new and existing clients
Directing projects, ensuring they are executed to meet or exceed clients’ expectations, on time, on budget and to DNV quality standards
Leading and communicating effectively with your project teams and clients
Introducing services from your own/ existing discipline(s) to new clients and new services to existing clients

Position Qualifications
The successful candidate will have the following experience and attributes:
Experienced Principal Consultant / Manager level ideally, with at least-5 years of experience in a market-facing sustainability role
Proven track record in sales and business development in Sustainability services and covering sustainable Supply Chains
Proven track record of leading & delivering professional services as a trusted advisor and thought leader in the domain of sustainability
Academic qualifications relevant to sustainability subject areas
Proven project and/or team leader, delivering service excellence
Able to clearly delegate tasks and provide sufficient guidance, support and feedback on performance to teams of experts and Consultants, building a high performing team and contributing to the performance across borders in the Nordics
Willingness to travel and work around Sweden and the wider Nordic area and on occasions overseas
Fluency in English and Swedish is a prerequisite. Knowledge of Danish would be beneficial


Our offer:
We are offering an exciting entrepreneurial and innovative opportunity to accelerate your career in a leadership role as part of a rapidly growing multi-disciplinary, dynamic and international team. You will have an abundance of opportunities for professional and personal growth in the role and formal professional development with unique exposure to the cutting edge of digital supply chain traceability solutions. Naturally, the position is rewarded appropriately, including an attractive benefits package and an incentive scheme.

For more information, please contact Markus Zeitzen, Area Manager Nordics - Nordic Head of Sustainability & Finance at +45 3945 7068.
Interviews will be held on an ongoing basis.
If you're interested in applying, please submit your CV and cover letter in English.
Please be informed you may be requested to provide DNV with additional documents for a background check.
You will be hired on local conditions.
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Unionen: Maria.Bylund@dnv.com