As the UK’s leading provider of environmental compliance, Valpak strives to work together towards a profitable, sustainable, waste-free world. 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.
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. 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
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
Optimise data automation practices
Advanced IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel (VBA or other coding knowledge desirable)
Excellent planning, scheduling, and organization skills
A knowledge of analysing and manipulating large volumes of data is desirable
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
~ 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.