Senior Consultant - Digital Services (Mid-Level)

ERM Digital Services is seeking a Senior Consultant to join our global sustainability company. This role is within our APAC business unit and will be based in Japan, preferably in Tokyo. At ERM, we offer a robust combination of deep Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S) experience together with broad digital expertise. Our digital services span the entire life cycle, from assisting clients with digital strategies and roadmaps, portfolio assessment, technology evaluation and planning, to designing, testing, and implementing enterprise-wide business systems and innovative technologies.

ERM has enduring values, which are fundamental to our business conduct. We are passionate about our people, their safety, well-being, and development. ERMers take accountability, are client focused, and collaborate with colleagues across geographies. If you share our values, believe in sustainability, and are motivated by opportunities to shape, build, and contribute to a team that makes a real impact to our clients’ businesses, ERM is the right place for you. We offer a flexible working environment.

As a senior consultant, on our team, you will be an asset amongst a diverse team of professionals striving to manage business growth, maintain sustainable business operations and address environmental impacts. You will work within an environment that promotes diversity, equality and inclusiveness and encourages cooperation and motivates individuals to maintain a positive attitude to consistently deliver quality services and technical solutions.

POSITION SUMMARY:

In this client-facing role, you will support business leaders in the successful development of digital strategies, roadmaps, technical architecture and design for Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S) solutions. As a Digital Consultant, you will provide objective, independent advice on digital strategies and solution design including the use of off-the-shelf or custom-built technologies. Your knowledge of the market presence of these technologies is important to support the solution and business architecture proposals and designs. You will demonstrate strong business and technology architecture skills along with a deep understanding of global EHS&S business capabilities, regulatory requirements, and best practices. (Training will be provided.)

The successful candidate will have effective client communication skills and a passion for sustainability and technology, with an educational background in Engineering, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or Theoretical Business. Ideally, you will have successfully completed university courses that provided exposure to some or all the following:

• Presenting the solutions to clients
• Business and technology architecture
• Business analysis
• Ability to train, mentor and lead others in the digital team as a senior leader.
• EHS and Sustainability (EHS&S) software or environmental studies to further develop a deep understanding of global EHS&S business capabilities, regulatory requirements, and best practices.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Learn and present software solutions for ESG Reporting and Health & Safety.
• Evaluate and recommend digital strategies for EHS&S business functions including delivery roadmaps, blueprints, solution design and detailed design.
• Contribute to design and delivery of information technology systems, in particular ESG Reporting solutions aligned to business and strategic objectives.
• Conduct stakeholder engagement, discovery, and solution design workshops.
• Gather requirements and represent them as business architecture and in business process model formats.
• Provide analysis of blueprints to assist with project planning and task creation, Risk, and Information Security assessments, return on investment and impact analysis.
• Provide mentoring, training, and leadership to other team members as a senior leader.
• Provide technical assurance and guidance to the functional and technical consultant teams who perform the implementation and delivery project phases of EHS&S solutions.
• Introduce new and innovative approaches in technological advancements.
• Serve as a power user of collaborative technology, and champion new and innovative business solutions within established and emerging technical architectures (i.e. Sphera, Enablon, SAP, Cority, Intelex, etc.)

REQUIREMENTS:

• MBA or Bachelor’s degree in science or in a technical subject such as Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Natural or Biological Sciences or Management Information Systems
• Consulting industry preferred.
• Entry level university graduate through 4-8 years of relevant work experience in an EHS&S or technology related field.
• Experience in developing digital strategies, developing architecture, and delivering digital transformations.
• Experience in training, mentoring and leading other team members.
• Cloud and platforms experience
• EHS and operational excellence initiative exposure
• Business process modeling and user journey documentation
• Design thinking, complex problem solving and analytical reasoning abilities.
• Microsoft Office proficiency
• Strong and structured communication skills
• Cross-industry experience
• EHS&S software experience including, but not limited to: EHS & S Sphera, Enablon, SAP or similar experience, a plus but not required.
• Diversified information technology experience and sound knowledge of EHS software, methodologies, domains, and technology a plus but not required. (ESG Reporting and Sustainability, Incident Management & Risk Assessment, Audit Management, Environmental Compliance.
• Legally authorised to work in Japan and proficient in native Japanese language speaking and writing.
• Able to communicate in English.

Who We Are:

As the world’s leading sustainability consulting firm, ERM is uniquely positioned to contribute to the environment and society through the expertise and energy of our employees worldwide. Sustainability is what we do, and is at the heart of both our service offerings and how we operate our business. For our people, our vision means attracting, inspiring, developing and rewarding our people to work with the best clients and on the biggest challenges, thus creating valuable careers. We achieve our vision in a sustainable manner by maintaining and living our ERM values that include Accountability, Caring for our People, Client Focus, Collaboration, Empowerment, and Transparency.

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ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status or disability status.

Thank you for your interest in ERM.