Project Manager CSR & Sustainability - Stakeholder Engagement

As part of Lidl's CSR and sustainability team, you develop measures to improve Lidl's ecological and social footprint and communicate the sustainability goals internally and externally. The mission: to become the most sustainable fresh discounter. In this role, you independently drive the strategic and operational exchange with relevant sustainability stakeholder groups for Lidl in Germany.

• Develop the strategy further: Continuously developing and sharpening our CSR stakeholder engagement strategy (including stakeholder mapping)
• Steer and develop dialogue and event formats: Independent design, organization and development of our formats (e.g. Lidl im Dialog, roundtables, stakeholder forums) – from the idea through the program to operational implementation
• Exchange & relationship management: Building and intensively maintaining resilient contacts with NGOs, environmental and sustainable nutrition associations, and academia
• Coordinate stakeholder inquiries: Responsibility for answering NGO and stakeholder inquiries in a structured, timely way, in close coordination with internal departments (e.g. purchasing, corporate communications)

• Successfully completed degree (e.g. sustainability management, communication studies, political science, economics) or a comparable qualification
• Several years of experience in sustainability, public affairs or association and NGO work, and an existing network of relevant players (especially in sustainable nutrition, agriculture and environment)
• Sound prior knowledge of sustainable nutrition and environmental topics, and the ability to quickly and independently get up to speed on new, complex sustainability issues
• Proven experience in independently designing, running and strategically developing dialogue and event formats
• Confident management of complex coordination processes and tact in dealing with critical stakeholder inquiries
• Strong communication and teamwork skills, combined with pronounced assertiveness
• Quick comprehension and an independent, responsible way of working