About Wiebke Flach:
Dynamic and resourceful consultant with 15+ years of experience driving sustainable transformation for global organisations across social and environmental challenges. Innovative, and client-centric problem solver with a collaborative and inclusive attitude. Comprehensive background in social and environmental supply chain sustainability of retail, hospitality, and food and agriculture sectors. Keen ability to simplify highly complicated sustainability issues. Expert at partnering with C-suite executives to align strategic plans and drive change. Thought leader with a genuine passion for future-proofing sustainability strategies to effectively facilitate commercial priorities in alignment with international standards, market trends, and operational realities.
Experience
Lidl Asia, Hong Kong SAR, China 11/2020 – 11/2022
Senior Sustainability Manager
Spearheaded sustainability strategy development, material and supply chain analysis, and internal reporting. Mentored team to undertake scalable improvements in products and packaging towards net zero, circularity and new regulatory requirements.
- Transitioned from reactive to proactive by driving governance transformation in alignment with new regulations.
- Lead >1,000 supplier segmentation for social & environmental performance measurement alongside: price, quality, and speed with subsequent communication and trainings for all tier 1 suppliers (mainly Chinese) across >10 Asian countries.
- Obtained Cradle to Cradle and Fair-Trade Certification to leverage circular and carbon neutral product development.
- Revamped producer guidelines, and policies for SEA manufacturers boosting capacity and compliance rates.
- Managed projects with key suppliers for SBT setting & data capturing for measurable supply chain decarbonization.
- Equipped staff from PD, sourcing, merchandise, QA, to drive implementation of SBTi through goals, simple processes and roadmaps, and data driven KPIs and reporting.
- Implemented packaging material usage dashboard and slashed plastic packaging by 40% across all HG ranges.
Education
Post-Graduate Certificate in Sustainability Management
German Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong and University of Applied Sciences Saarland
Post-Graduate Diploma in Responsible Business Management Tourism/Hospitality, Leeds-Beckett University
B.A. in Politics, International Studies and Policy Economics, Murdoch University, Western Australia
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