Sustainability & Public Affairs Coordinator

**Company**:
**Lutosa, a Belgian success story for more than 40 years**

With more than 1,200 employees at 2 production sites, we produce frozen and chilled French fries, potato specialties and dehydrated flakes that delight the world.
We are present in 136 countries through 24 subsidiaries and sales offices, and we proudly export 94 % of our production.

At Lutosa, you are joining a family-owned company with a global reach where team spirit, innovation and passion for the product are at the heart of everything we do.
Working with us is an opportunity to develop your skills, take on big challenges and collaborate with colleagues with diverse and exciting profiles.

**Join the Lutosa adventure and be part of our story**

**Function**:
**Main Mission**:
The Sustainability & Public Affairs Coordinator plays a pivotal role in translating Lutosa's sustainability ambitions into concrete actions, aligned with the group-level vision and adapted to the company's local business context. This function bridges strategy and implementation, and acts as a key spokesperson for sustainability—both within the organization and externally with stakeholders.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**1. Strategic Alignment & Roadmap Execution**
- Collaborate closely with McCain's global sustainability teams to **translate group-wide sustainability strategies** into relevant local actions.
- Co-develop and maintain the **local**sustainability** roadmap**, in partnership with functional leaders (Production, Environment, Packaging, HR, Finance...).
- Support and adapt **group**sustainability** guidelines** to the realities of Lutosa's operations and local regulatory framework.
- Contribute to **double materiality assessments** to help prioritize topics based on impact and business relevance.
- Define and monitor **KPIs and SMART objectives** to track sustainability progress across all sustainability pillars.

**2.**Operational Coordination & Internal Governance**:

- Animate the **5 sustainability pillars**, each driven by a dedicated department lead.
- Foster **cross-functional collaboration** around transversal topics and harmonize initiatives across teams.
- Ensure consistency and visibility of progress through **internal updates**, dashboards, and project tracking.
- Coordinate with internal leaders to **set roadmaps**, align reporting needs, and follow up on local implementations (without leading execution directly).
- Drive **internal awareness and ownership** of sustainability efforts through workshops, updates, and communities of practice.

**3.**External Representation & Stakeholder Engagement**:

- Act as **the external voice of Lutosa's sustainability commitments**—in customer conversations, public events, forums, coalitions, and regulatory discussions.
- Represent Lutosa in **external sustainability dialogues**, working groups, and sustainability networks (e.g., Climate Coalitions, CSR Belgium).
- Support the commercial team by developing **sustainability narratives and customer reporting tools** that reinforce brand positioning.
- Ensure **regulatory monitoring** (e.g. CSRD, ESG legislation) and proactively assess their impact on business activities.
- Coordinate the **publication of non-financial disclosures** (e.g. CSRD / DPEF) in alignment with group standards.
- Act as the external voice of Lutosa's for Public Affairs.

**4. Collaboration with the Parent Company**:

- Maintain strong operational and strategic collaboration with **McCain's global**sustainability & public affairs** team**.
- Align reporting practices, performance tracking, and communication with **group expectations** and tools.
- Share insights from the field to **influence group-wide approaches**, and ensure local implementation reflects both strategic coherence and practical relevance.

**Profile**:
**Personal qualities**:

- Strategic thinker
- Team player
- Highly collaborative
- Comfortable representing the company externally
- Sensitive to both corporate standards and local realities

**Education and experience**:

- Master's degree (Business, Engineering, Political Science, Sustainability, Environmental Studies, Social Sciences)
- Experience: 7+ years in sustainability roles- Excellent cross-functional project management, storytelling and influence- Ability to operate within complex matrix organizations

**Offer**:

- A varied and rewarding position within a leading company in its market, integrated into an international group (**McCain**)
- A **pleasant** working environment in a dynamic team focused on **innovation**
- Opportunities for **training** and **development**:

- An **attractive salary package** with **extra-legal benefits**, such as meal vouchers (€8/day), eco-vouchers (€250/year), group insurance and hospitalisation insurance;
- The payment of **CLA 90** (annual bonus linked to the company's objectives)

**Languages**:
Fluent in French, Dutch and English.