Bracco is an international Group active in the healthcare sector and a leader in diagnostic imaging. The Group’s main products are contrast agents sold in over 100 countries, both directly and indirectly through branches, joint ventures and license and distribution agreements.
The Product & Environmental Sustainability Senior Specialist will oversee compliance and sustainability for the Group’s products, materials and packaging (PFAS, PPWR, regulated substances, environmental declarations), translating regulatory requirements and customer and tender requests into structured, reusable processes, data and responses.
The role works independently and coordinates cross-functionally with Regulatory, Quality, Procurement, R&D, Packaging Engineering, Technical Operations and IT, supporting manufacturing sites and subsidiaries.
Two complementary principles guide this role: stewardship of products, substances and partners, and sustainability, from understanding the environmental footprint through to design.
Activities and Responsibilities
1. Product and emerging substance stewardship
- Monitor evolving requirements for emerging substances and materials, starting with PFAS, and translate them into shared guidelines and processes so that information on products and components is complete, consistent and available when needed. Responsibility for REACH, CLP and SVHC remains with the dedicated function, with which the role coordinates.
- Monitor evolving regulations on PFAS and emerging substances (at US state level and in the EU) and assess their impact on products, components and suppliers.
- Maintain the material composition process and database, with a single checklist and questionnaire for suppliers; coordinate assessments and the submission of required declarations with Regulatory and Quality.
2. Sustainable product and packaging design
- Incorporate safety and sustainability criteria into product and packaging development processes and technology transfers, leading the Group’s response to the PPWR and the roadmap for recyclability and recycled content.
- Collect and consolidate SKU-level packaging data in a single repository and support the declaration of conformity process.
- Oversee market-specific requirements for extended producer responsibility (EPR) and labelling.
- Collaborate with R&D and Packaging Engineering from the earliest stages of development and change management, integrating ecodesign, circularity, resource efficiency and environmental footprint assessment criteria into product, formulation, material, packaging and process choices.
3. Partners and the value chain
- Work with Procurement to integrate minimum compliance and sustainability expectations into purchasing and qualification decisions, and engage suppliers and strategic partners in collecting the necessary data.
- Define supplier data collection campaigns with Procurement and monitor their progress.
- Prepare responses to tenders and customer questionnaires on materials, sustainability and ecodesign.
4. Environmental footprint and sustainability goals
- Contribute to understanding and measuring the environmental footprint of products and packaging across the value chain and to defining multi-year improvement goals (energy, waste, resources). Ensure that environmental declarations made to customers, in tenders and to the market are substantiated and consistent with sustainability reporting.
- Review environmental declarations against regulations on commercial practices and green claims, together with Legal and Marketing.
- Contribute to life cycle and circularity assessments and to sustainability reporting on pollution, resources and the circular economy.
5. Governance, skills and culture
- Build a shared framework of roles, processes and tools across functions, supported by a global procedure and indicators, and develop skills across sites and functions. Report periodically to management.
- Design data flows and systems (master data, Gensuite, ERP) with IT and the functions involved, and ensure data quality; manage external consultants on frameworks and methodologies.
- Train and support site and functional contacts on new requirements; participate in working groups and industry associations.
Requirements
Education and Professional Experience
- Master’s degree in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Chemical, Environmental or Materials Engineering, Environmental Sciences or equivalent.
- At least 5 years of experience in product stewardship, regulatory or material compliance, product sustainability or EHS, in chemical, pharmaceutical, medical device or regulated manufacturing companies.
- Experience in multi-site and international environments, managing cross-functional projects.
Professional and Technical Knowledge
- PFAS and other emerging regulations on substances and materials, PPWR and extended producer responsibility, green claims regulations, ecodesign principles.
- ISO 14001, 14021 and 14040/14044 standards; basic knowledge of sustainability reporting (ESRS).
Interpersonal Skills and Languages
- Independence, a results-oriented approach and the ability to prioritise under tight deadlines.
- Ability to engage different functions without hierarchical authority and translate technical topics for management.
- Structured data management and analysis; good familiarity with digital tools and Excel.
- Excellent command of Italian and English, both written and spoken.
Preferred Qualifications
- Direct experience with PFAS declarations in the United States or the EU.
- Experience with material compliance platforms and managing external consultants.
- Training in LCA and as an ISO 14001 auditor.
Key Interfaces
Internal: REACH, CLP and SVHC contact, Regulatory, Quality, Procurement, R&D, Packaging Engineering, Technical Operations, Marketing, Legal, IT and site HSE Managers.
External: suppliers, customers and contracting authorities, consultants, industry associations and authorities.
Employment Terms
The role is classified at Level B under the Italian National Collective Agreement for the Chemical-Pharmaceutical Industry (CCNL Chimico-Farmaceutico). The guaranteed minimum annual gross salary established by the CCNL for the applicable level is €41,575.24.
The overall compensation will be defined on the basis of objective, gender-neutral criteria, such as relevant professional experience and the skills required for the role.
Contract type:
Permanent
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