Global Head of Sustainable Products & Packaging -Circularity & Value Chain Transformation

Global Head of Sustainable Products & Packaging -Circularity & Value Chain Transformation

Department: Circ. & Value Chain Trans. : Advisory

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Germany - Frankfurt

Description

Lead one of the defining transitions of the decade.

Were looking for a leader who understands where circular systems are heading and wants the platform to shape what comes next.

This isnt a role focused on producing strategies alone. Youll help clients design pilots, prove commercial value, build infrastructure, unlock investment and scale solutions that work.

Youll set the direction for a global practice, grow a significant business, and help some of the worlds leading organisations turn circularity into a value system.

Anthesis is a platform to multiply your impact.

Were looking for a builder. Someone whos spent years deep in sustainable products and packaging — EPR, PPWR, eco-design, chemistry, reuse and refill — and is ready to build a global practice around it.

Youll inherit a strong client portfolio, an experienced technical team, and a market moving faster than most firms can keep up with. Your job is to set the vision, grow the business, and make Anthesis the leader in this space.

If youre the kind of person who reads a new regulation — or a shift in trade flows, raw-material costs, or consumer behavior — and immediately sees the commercial opportunity inside it; who can build the strategy, marshal the team to model the ROI, and help a client pilot and scale it, not just hand them a deck — keep reading.

Why This Role Exists

Sustainable products and packaging is one of the fastest-moving areas in the circular economy. EPR regimes are expanding and fragmenting across jurisdictions. Digital Product Passports are coming. Green claims rules are tightening. Brands are under pressure to rethink everything from design to end-of-life — faster than most can track on their own. But the real opportunity isnt compliance. Its for the early movers who innovate ahead of the rules and turn that into lasting competitive advantage.

Our clients — global brands across consumer goods, retail, tech, beauty, food and beverage, pharma, and fashion — need different things at different moments. Sometimes a clear strategy; sometimes a partner wholl go all the way through to execution. We meet them where they are at and increasingly combining deep sustainability expertise with AI, digital tools, and emerging technology to deliver faster and better.

Weve built strong foundations. Now we need the leader to take it further — someone who pairs real technical credibility with commercial instinct, a builders mentality, and the drive to turn that into lasting value for clients.

Key Responsibilities

This role spans several dimensions. Youll be stronger in some than others, but you should have the appetite and the capability to lead across all of them:

Set the vision, own the strategy. Craft a compelling, forward-looking vision for where this portfolio goes next — grounded in client need, market reality, and Anthesiss ambition to 2030 and beyond. Define what winning looks like: which solutions to accelerate, which to incubate, which to sunset — and rally the organisation behind it. Translate that into a multi-year growth plan with clear milestones, investment priorities, and measurable outcomes.

Know the landscape cold. Maintain a deep, continuously updated read on regulatory and market shifts across jurisdictions — EPR evolution, DPP timelines, green claims enforcement, chemical and packaging mandates. Translate that complexity into clear strategic options, bring in the right teams to quantify the impact, and lay out the path forward — whether thats meeting whats required or getting ahead of it for advantage.