This analyst turns technical sustainability data into information teams can use across Haworth’s products, suppliers and operations. The work connects product assessments and environmental declarations with sourcing decisions, corporate disclosures and customer requests, helping global colleagues make sense of detailed standards and performance data.
For a furniture manufacturer, sustainability spans the materials in each product, the way factories and supply chains operate, and the information customers need to assess environmental impacts. This role touches those connected questions, from carbon accounting and life cycle assessment to supplier transparency, waste, energy and circular services. Its contribution is practical: clearer evidence can support better decisions and more credible reporting across a global business.
This suits someone with sustainability or environmental management experience who enjoys technical analysis, understands manufacturing contexts, and can explain complex requirements to colleagues and external partners across different functions and regions.
Job FAQs
What are the main missions and responsibilities of this role?
The analyst gathers and interprets technical sustainability information for product assessments, environmental declarations, corporate evaluations and customer requests. This includes carbon and life cycle data, certifications, supplier transparency, and relevant legal or market requirements.
The role also supports sourcing and operational initiatives covering materials, chemicals, energy, waste, packaging and circular services. It contributes to global sustainability policies and performance objectives, while helping teams use reliable evidence for decisions and continuous improvement.
Key learning opportunities for this job
The role could deepen practical expertise in carbon accounting, life cycle assessment, environmental product declarations and frameworks such as EcoVadis, GRI, CDP and ESRS. Exposure to LEED, WELL and product sustainability certifications may also build knowledge of how standards apply to furniture and building projects.
Working across sourcing, engineering, manufacturing and logistics could broaden understanding of industrial supply chains and operational impacts. Coordination with global colleagues, customers, suppliers and certification bodies may also develop project management and cross-cultural communication skills.
How does the ideal candidate look like (experience, skills)?
The posting calls for at least four years of sustainability or environmental management experience, a relevant bachelor's or master's degree, and prior work experience in India. Practical knowledge of LEED and WELL, carbon accounting, life cycle assessment tools and environmental product declarations is particularly relevant.
A strong candidate would also understand ESG frameworks and regulations, responsible sourcing, sustainable materials and industrial processes. Haworth's cross-functional setting calls for careful analysis, clear written and verbal communication, project coordination and the ability to work with stakeholders across regions and disciplines.
Advice to stand out and make a successful application
Make the application concrete by describing a sustainability assessment or reporting project you personally supported, the framework or tool used, and how the resulting data informed a decision. Give specific examples involving carbon accounting, life cycle assessment, environmental product declarations, LEED or WELL where applicable.
Show how you have worked with suppliers or manufacturing teams, including any experience with material transparency, audits, environmental management systems or sustainable wood standards. Be ready to explain how you would translate technical evidence for a customer, a sourcing colleague and a corporate assessment, since the role serves all three audiences.
What aspects of the company's sustainability is this role likely to focus on?
The position is likely to connect Haworth's sustainability strategy with the evidence needed to assess products, suppliers and operations. Product-related work includes life cycle assessment, environmental declarations, sustainable materials and certifications, while supply chain work includes transparency, audits and chemical requirements.
Operational themes include energy reduction, renewable energy, waste, packaging, sustainable wood and circular services. ESG disclosures and regulatory monitoring may also feature, given the stated work with corporate assessments, client information requests and frameworks such as CSRD, ESRS, GRI, CDP and EcoVadis.
What are the main challenges someone in this role might face?
A likely challenge is reconciling technical information from many functions, suppliers and regions into consistent, usable evidence. Product, sourcing and operational data may differ in format or completeness, while assessments and customer requests can apply different standards and timelines.
The analyst will also need to interpret changing regulations and certification requirements without losing sight of practical manufacturing constraints. Communicating technical findings clearly to audiences ranging from engineers and suppliers to sales and customers could require careful judgment.
How could a typical day look like for someone in this position?
A typical day could involve reviewing product or supplier data, checking it against an assessment or reporting framework, and clarifying gaps with colleagues in engineering, sourcing or manufacturing. The analyst might also prepare material for a client request, corporate assessment or environmental product declaration.
Time may shift between detailed analysis and coordination with global sustainability teams, certification bodies, laboratories, suppliers or customer-facing groups. Emerging regulations and certifications could also prompt research or discussion about how requirements apply to Haworth's products and operations.
What are the opportunities for professional growth and development in this role?
The role could build specialist depth in product environmental assessment, carbon accounting, ESG disclosures, certifications and responsible sourcing. Because it spans manufacturing and corporate sustainability, it may also develop a broader view of how sustainability evidence supports operational and commercial decisions.
Experience coordinating global initiatives and working with multiple functions could prepare someone to take on larger projects or regional responsibilities. Depending on organizational needs and performance, future paths might include sustainability program leadership, product sustainability, environmental compliance or ESG reporting.
The main stakeholders you might be interacting with
Internal partners include global sustainability colleagues and teams in product line management, engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, environment, health and safety, customer operations, sales, marketing communications and human resources. Their input may be needed to gather data, check technical details and apply sustainability requirements.
External contacts could include suppliers, customers, dealers, consultants, certification companies, laboratories, government agencies and NGOs. The analyst may coordinate evidence requests, discuss standards or certifications, and communicate technical findings in ways each group can use.
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