Sustainability Analyst - Madrid, España - CRH Americas Inc.

Descripción

Country:
Spain


City:
Madrid


Req ID: 476647


About CRH
We are CRH, and we are committed to contributing to a more resilient and sustainable built environment. We understand the wider impact our businesses can make in supporting human activity.

We continue to do this through the delivery of unique, superior building materials and products for use in road and critical utility infrastructure, commercial building projects and outdoor living solutions.

CRH is the leading provider of building materials solutions that build, connect and improve our world.

Employing c.75,800 people at c.3,160 locations in 29 countries, CRH has market leadership positions in both North America and in Europe.

Without you noticing our products, we are everywhere you live, work, and relax.

Our
_project portfolio_ includes some of the most sustainable and cutting-edge building projects around the world.

Think of the asphalt on the
_Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit, the Paris Metro Rail project, but also the Louis Vuitton Museum in Paris, parts of the Burj Khalifa, and the Kennedy Space Centre_.

Learn more about us through the following Link.


Position Overview
CRH is looking for a Sustainability Analyst to join the Strategy, Sustainability and Innovation (SS&I) team.

The SS&I team provides future-focused insight on the trends impacting the construction industry to complement CRH's existing strategic expertise and local market know-how.

The team's aim is to support the development of a strategy with sufficient flexibility to enable CRH to adapt ahead of time to shifts in the external environment and to continue to deliver sustained value-creating growth - growth that is based around the provision of innovative solutions for our customers' needs and that is consistent with a sustainable built environment.

Innovation is a key enabler of CRH ́s growth and sustainability ambition and working in the SS&I team you will support the acceleration of internal innovation at CRH.

Reporting to the VP of Strategy, Sustainability, and Innovation this role can be based at one of four corporate offices in the USA or Europe (New York or Atlanta, Dublin, Ireland, Madrid).

As an SSI analyst you will play a role in advancing the critical agendas of Enterprise Strategy, Sustainability, and Innovation at CRH.

You will help to develop the capability to systematically explore and understand future market and industry trends that will impact the construction industry and so support CRH's ability to create value


Key Tasks and Responsibilities
In this role, you will work on project-type activities across the areas of Enterprise Strategy, Sustainability, and Innovation with recurring tasks including:

• Monitoring macroeconomic, technological, sustainability and social news and trends
• Conducting analysis of trends, industry data and competition
• Identifying and understanding implications of construction trends and competitive dynamics to articulate potential scenarios
• Quantitatively assess the implications of findings, including financial analysis where relevant
• Rolling out of Sustainability initiatives and support the delivery of CRH ́s sustainability ambitions, helping to shape a more sustainable built environment.
• Supporting Sustainability reporting
• Supporting internal and external innovation activities
• Completing research on target technology, ventures or businesses

Key Functional Competencies and Relevant Experience

• To be successful in this role you will need to be educated to degree level ideally with relevant postgraduate or technical qualifications or equivalent in business, finance, engineering, science, or economics.
• It's envisaged that you will have around 2 to 3 years' experience of working in a similar role, perhaps in a consulting organisation as a business analyst or equity analyst, both of which would be considered advantageous.
• If you have good systems capabilities and/or an interest in technology that would also prove useful in this role.
• Of course, you will be a proficient user of Office365 with BI tool experience an added advantage.
• As stated, the role can be based out of one of four CRH corporate offices in New York and Atlanta (USA), Dublin (Ireland), or Madrid (Spain) but there will be ad hoc international travel from time to time according to the demands of the role.
• Fluency in English written, and oral communication is required, but multilingual fluency is a plus.
• You'll be an experienced, ambitious, and strategically minded professional who is always looking towards the big picture with a clear focus on the future, specifically regarding trends, challenges, and opportunities.
• As a driven team player, you'll possess the ability to contribute both individually and as part of the wider team to achieve objectives
• You'll be selfmotivated with a high degree of initiative and be comfortable working in a challenging, fastpaced but rewarding environment.

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