Carbon Accounting Expert

About us

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances and flavors, cosmetic active ingredients, and functional ingredients. Our clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, the pharmaceutical industry, as well as producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.

With annual sales of approximately €5.0 billion in 2025, the company is among the world leaders in its sector. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the group operates more than 100 sites across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the United States, and Latin America.

In collaboration with its customers, Symrise develops new ideas and market‑ready concepts for essential everyday products. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inseparable.

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Your role

As part of Symrise's newly established One Sustainability global function and its Center of Excellence Climate, the Carbon Accounting Expert plays a key role in embedding sustainability and ESG performance across the organization and value chain.

The role contributes directly to Symrise's low-carbon transition, circularity strategy, and ESG reporting by delivering robust carbon and life cycle assessments at product, portfolio, and customer levels.

Core activities include:

• Define, calculate, analyze, and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at product, portfolio, and customer levels
• Perform detailed carbon footprint and material flow calculations using internal tools and external sources, including LCA literature and consultant studies
• Deliver Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) to support circularity and eco-design strategies, assessing impacts such as carbon, water, land use, biodegradability, and circularity
• Support low-carbon transition plans by evaluating alternative formulations, processes, or sourcing options
• Partner closely with R&D, R&T, formulation and engineering teams to provide carbon and LCA insights for product development and innovation
• Embed sustainability and eco-design principles into product design, development, and innovation initiatives
• Monitor and report progress toward carbon reduction targets at customer portfolio level
• Ensure compliance with environmental and carbon-related regulations and standards
• Contribute to corporate sustainability reporting and disclosures (e.g. GRI, CDP, CSRD) and to target setting initiatives (e.g. SBTi, Net Zero pathways)
• Calculate and manage emission factors and support their deployment (e.g. for Houston roll-out)
• Engage with suppliers to review and validate Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) methodologies, results, and cost impacts
• Contribute to internal decarbonization projects (e.g. CO₂ reduction initiatives on products or processes)
• Participate in external sustainability and industry initiatives (e.g. emissions factor databases, sector working groups such as IOFI)
• Support sustainability strategy development through data, analysis, and contribution to strategic presentations
• Continuously monitor, benchmark, and apply best practices and methodological developments in carbon accounting, LCA, and sustainability

About you

• Engineering degree in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Chemistry, or a related field
• Proven experience in carbon accounting and/or environmental data analysis
• Strong analytical skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Solid knowledge of greenhouse gas accounting methodologies and emission factors
• Good understanding of environmental regulations and sustainability frameworks
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional environments
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong passion for Sustainability, with the ability to engage, convince, and inspire diverse audiences
• Minimum 3 years of experience in an industrial or corporate environment or consulting
• Fluent in English; German and French are considered an asset

Our offer

• Fixed‑term contract of 9 months, from July 2026 to March 2027
• Location: Rennes
• Home office: up to 2 days per week
• Salary range: €45,000 - €48,000 gross per year