Manager, Recycling Operations - Alberta

at  Circular Materials

OVERVIEW

Reporting to the Managing Director – AB/YT the Manager, Recycling Operations - Alberta helps implement and continuously improve the collection of Single-Use Products, Packaging and Paper Product (PPP) materials under the Extended Producer Responsibility Regulation 194/2022 for PPP for Alberta. Providing leadership, staff oversight, and support to ensure the success and timelines of Alberta registered community transitions, while also helping develop and implement strategic plans to meet post transition regulatory requirements. Finally, in collaboration with other internal CM teams, this role participates in key management responsibilities, including ongoing process development, particularly as it relates to procurement and data management, and supports relationship management with external stakeholders.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree, college diploma or equivalent management experience in a related field is required.
• Continuing education and professional development in project management or procurement is an asset

EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years progressive experience leading recycling collection systems including contracts, operating standards, performance metrics and performance outcomes.
• Knowledge of procurement processes gained through demonstrated hands on experience.
• Experience and/or knowledge of First Nations consulting and contracting practices and processes would be considered an asset.

Knowledge/Competencies/Skills

• Proven experience in managing competing priorities with multiple stakeholders.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365, Visio, SharePoint, Teams, Excel and Monday.com.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic environment where change, growth and innovation are a constant.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills, with strength in tactfulness and diplomacy.
• Experience working with a variety of distinct stakeholders including senior executives, service providers and municipal representatives of all levels.
• Builds relationships and teams thanks to collaborative and respectful interpersonal skills.
• Displays unquestionable integrity, ethics, standards, and business practices aligned to the Values of CM, while holding others to the same.
• Uses professional and effective judgment and decision-making skills rooted in logic and sound reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternate approaches, solutions, or conclusions.
• A creative thinker on routine or unique topics or situations, able to creatively solve problems.
• Able to translate technical information into factual and understandable fact-based messages.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including negotiation, persuasion, and collaboration.
• A quick-thinker, flexible and adaptive when dealing with complex and challenging situations; manages stress or the unexpected without defensiveness or irritation and is a settling influence during crisis.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the development and implementation of a comprehensive operations strategy to deliver the overall objective of a cost-efficient residential PPP system that meets the obligations of the provincial regulation.
• Develops subject matter expertise on the regulatory requirements associated with Alberta Regulation 194/2022.
• Develops and maintains productive relationships with contract partners to deliver service excellence that results from collaborative and commercially respectful interactions.
• Collaborating with partners to refine the processes that enable commercial contract terms to translate into executable operational plans.
• Collaborating with partners to define and implement the oversight processes that minimize operational disruption while maximizing value to CM’s Producers.
• Collaborating with partners to ensure PPP materials are processed to optimize commodity revenue and environmental outcomes.
• Collaborating with partners to resolve issues.
• Negotiating with partners on contract change.
• Interfaces with other departments in the organization responsible for the administrative and financial aspects of the relationship such as reporting and payment.
• Collaborates with other CM teams to develop and document procedures associated with contract delivery.