International Data Consultant

How will I make a difference?

As the UK’s leading provider of environmental compliance, Valpak strives to work together towards a profitable, sustainable, waste-free world. To date, our teams work in partnership with more than 400 customers, in nearly every corner of the globe.

You will assist in driving this goal by supporting the delivery of accurate and timely data declarations as specified by environmental legislation and voluntary commitments. You will help support our customers to comply with environmental legislation and give insights to the packaging they handle, allowing them to make meaningful changes with confidence.

What will I be doing?

The International Data Consultant will work alongside our International Compliance Advisors/Consultants who act as the customer facing touchpoint, to ensure all international data submissions are submitted to a high standard. The successful candidate will be responsible for manipulating and collating final data submissions under a variety of different country regulations, including but not limited to, waste packaging, waste electrical and electronics (WEEE), waste batteries and textiles. With support from International Compliance Advisors/Consultants, they will quickly develop a good knowledge of the relevant environmental waste compliance regulations, ensuring that all international data obligations are met for accounts.

The candidate will work closely with the International Compliance Advisors/Consultants and will maintain a good knowledge of the relevant account in order to ensure data submitted to the relevant authorities complies with legal requirements and regulations. They will also work together to ensure that the customer is receiving a high level of service overall.

The ideal candidate will be confident working in both a busy team environment and on their own initiative. As a newly developed team, this will be an exciting opportunity to develop and contribute towards a rapidly growing Valpak service.

Key Accountabilities

Management Of Data for Allocated Accounts

• Work alongside the customer facing account manager to ensure that international compliance data is accurate and submitted on time
• Work with the UK data team to ensure all data submissions are completed to a high standard
• Ensure that all required environmental data (including but not limited to weights information) is collated appropriately
• Ensure data received from customer contains necessary information
• May involve some telephone/email support to suppliers

Data Cleansing and Maintenance

• Become an export in utilising in house software system (EPIC) which inputs and analyses weights information
• Manipulate data into relevant format for each country/regulation
• Use various tools to consistently check and improve on the accuracy of international data
• Use data skills to provide useful information for accounts such as swings analysis and trends

Maintain a strong knowledge of the international environmental regulations across a variety of countries

• Work alongside the International Compliance Advisors/Consultants to understand and maintain a strong knowledge of data requirements and scoping in relevant countries
• Develop and maintain a good knowledge of activities and obligations for relevant accounts
• Perform data checks for all accounts, to ensure all submissions are as accurate as possible and consistently improved

Contribute to consistently improving and innovating the International Data Service

• Proactively seek out opportunities to make efficiencies and further develop the service
• Inspect and advance current procedures
• Optimise data automation practices

About you

You will have:

• Advanced IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel (VBA or other coding knowledge desirable)
• Ability to quickly take on large quantities of technical information
• Excellent planning, scheduling, and organization skills
• A customer focused approach
• Collaborative working style
• Solution orientated problem-solving ability
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• A knowledge of analysing and manipulating large volumes of data is desirable
• An interest in environmental issues is desirable
• Educated to Degree Level

Benefits & Rewards

• Dual Location / Hybrid worker Status
• Participation in our annual Incentive Plan (VIP) - up to 10% bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Option to buy and sell up to 10 days annual leave
• Access to voluntary benefits including private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, subsidised gym membership
• Automatic inclusion in Life Assurance, Critical Illness and Disability Income protection schemes
• Pension scheme up to 8% employer contribution
• Access to reward & discount platform
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Volunteering day

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of our job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of high-quality applications from which to make a shortlist. We recommend that you apply for our roles as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.