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Position Title:Senior Project Manager Sustainability

Position Type: Temporary - Full-Time ​

Requisition ID: 45318

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role.
McCain is seeking a Sustainability Project Manager to join our Sustainability team based in Villeneuve d’Ascq, France.
This is a temporary full-time position offered on an employment contract for an expected duration of approximately seven months to provide maternity leave coverage. Reporting to the Sustainability Director, this role plays a key part in advancing McCain’s sustainability ambitions by engaging customers, colleagues, and stakeholders around our sustainability commitments.
The Sustainability Project Manager will support customer sustainability initiatives, lead community engagement activities, drive internal sustainability communications, and help strengthen McCain’s sustainability performance through effective project management and cross-functional collaboration. This role is ideal for someone who combines strong sustainability expertise with the ability to influence, engage, and mobilize diverse stakeholders to achieve meaningful impact.
What you’ll be doing.
  • Manage and maintain sustainability reporting platforms, including EcoVadis and other sustainability assessment tools.
  • Respond to customer sustainability surveys, questionnaires, and information requests.
  • Lead and support customer engagement meetings focused on sustainability initiatives and performance.
  • Lead the Thriving Communities pillar and support delivery of associated sustainability targets.
  • Manage community engagement objectives, including food donation and volunteering metrics.
  • Manage meal donation tracking, reporting, and follow-up activities.
  • Coordinate employee engagement initiatives, including Chips In, Move & Give, Digital Clean Up, and other sustainability-related campaigns.
  • Coordinate internal sustainability communications through channels such as webcasts, Viva Engage, and other employee communication platforms.
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to advance sustainability projects and strategic objectives.
  • Drive structured project execution and continuous improvement across sustainability programs.
What you’ll need to be successful.
  • Passion for sustainability, with strong knowledge of sustainability, climate, and environmental topics.
  • Significant experience in sustainability-related roles combining technical expertise and business application.
  • Degree in Engineering, Business, Sustainability, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Policy, Environmental Planning, or a related discipline.
  • Experience working with EcoVadis is a preference.
  • Demonstrated experience implementing sustainability initiatives and solutions across multiple topic areas.
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.
  • Excellent communication, influencing, interpersonal, and relationship-building capabilities.
  • Strong business acumen and the ability to connect sustainability initiatives to business objectives.
  • Experience working effectively in cross-functional and international environments.
  • Excellent English and French language skills, both written and spoken.
  • Ability to drive engagement, build alignment, and influence without direct authority.
About the team.
The Sustainability Project Manager is part of McCain’s Sustainability team and reports to the Sustainability Director. The team is responsible for advancing McCain’s sustainability strategy across environmental, community, and stakeholder engagement priorities. Working closely with internal functions, customers, and external stakeholders, the team helps drive sustainability performance, reporting, engagement, communications, and community impact initiatives across the business.
About McCain.
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Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
AI & Digital Capabilities.
At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture.
The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person. It helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family: Communications; General & Administration

Location(s): FR - France : Nord : Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Company: McCain Alimentaire SAS

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