LCA Consultant

at  Sphera Solutions

Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.
Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.
We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.
You will help our clients create more sustainable products and operate more sustainably! The focus of your work will be to assist clients with product and corporate sustainability measurement and reporting. This may take the form of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) using our GaBi software, preparing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) based results, and assisting with other sustainability-oriented projects. Activities will also involve direct project management interaction with clients. Your day-to-day activities may include:

Consulting Responsibilities:

• Managing multiple concurrent consulting projects addressing Life Cycle Assessment, feasibility studies, Total Cost of Ownership evaluations, as well as product sustainability strategy, and/or corporate sustainability strategy.
• Creating LCA models of a product or service in our GaBi software,
• Writing ISO 14040/44 conform reports documenting your project work
• Working with Excel (or other data formats) to manipulate data and data structures
• Performing analysis on energy, water, waste, air emissions as well as costs,
• Preparing and presenting project results in PowerPoint or other formats
• Ensuring your projects adhere to scope, schedule, budget, and quality, and
• Working together with Sphera team members across different specialties and regions, e.g. on energy transitions topics, alternative fuels and powertrains, incl. hydrogen as well as green chemistry
• Develop and maintain solid, lasting relationships with existing clients
• Travel will be required as necessary on a project-by-project basis (up to 20% of time)

Business Development Responsibilities:

• Support the offering phase of global consulting and business development organization
• Manage your own lead generation and sales pipeline
• Use and maintain Sphera’s sales tools (e.g. SalesForce, LCR, CBFs, etc.) and follow the sales process in a timely and accurate manner
• Support to identify sales opportunities in your daily work
• Support all colleagues in achieving overall Sustainability Consulting sales targets

Your profile

• A positive “can-do” attitude
• Undergraduate or Master’s degree in engineering, science, or related field
• Knowledge and passion for sustainability, environmental systems, life cycle thinking, product sustainability, and/or climate change
• Experience managing small to medium team projects
• Strong quantitative or technical background with an excellent aptitude for analytical thinking. Natural curiosity to investigate issues, conduct research, design solutions and translate results into business practices
• Aptitude for learning new software—ideally will have some basic programming experience
• Good oral and written communication skills; ability to articulate issues, give presentations, and prepare formal written reports
• Self-motivated and organized; able to simultaneously work on multiple assignments and to work both independently as well as on teams
• Proficiency with MS Office, particularly Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• Desire to help companies succeed in an environmentally sustainable manner

Sphera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position

Consulting Responsibilities:

• Managing multiple concurrent consulting projects addressing Life Cycle Assessment, feasibility studies, Total Cost of Ownership evaluations, as well as product sustainability strategy, and/or corporate sustainability strategy.
• Creating LCA models of a product or service in our GaBi software,
• Writing ISO 14040/44 conform reports documenting your project work
• Working with Excel (or other data formats) to manipulate data and data structures
• Performing analysis on energy, water, waste, air emissions as well as costs,
• Preparing and presenting project results in PowerPoint or other formats
• Ensuring your projects adhere to scope, schedule, budget, and quality, and
• Working together with Sphera team members across different specialties and regions, e.g. on energy transitions topics, alternative fuels and powertrains, incl. hydrogen as well as green chemistry
• Develop and maintain solid, lasting relationships with existing clients
• Travel will be required as necessary on a project-by-project basis (up to 20% of time

Business Development Responsibilities:

• Support the offering phase of global consulting and business development organization
• Manage your own lead generation and sales pipeline
• Use and maintain Sphera’s sales tools (e.g. SalesForce, LCR, CBFs, etc.) and follow the sales process in a timely and accurate manner
• Support to identify sales opportunities in your daily work
• Support all colleagues in achieving overall Sustainability Consulting sales target