Product & Zero Waste Specialist - Eco-Products

Company Overview Why Choose Us? Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs. Our Sustainability Commitment The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

At Eco-Products, we believe business can be a powerful force for positive environmental change. We are committed to advancing zero-waste systems through innovative, sustainable foodservice packaging solutions. Our mission is to grow a high-performing, values-driven business that leads our industry forward while helping customers be better stewards of the planet.

We are a leading provider of sustainable foodservice packaging solutions and a strategic business unit within the Novolex portfolio, North America’s leader in packaging choice, innovation, and sustainability.

As part of Novolex, Eco-Products benefits from the scale, manufacturing footprint, and operational capabilities of a multi-brand enterprise while maintaining a focused mission to advance zero-waste systems and compostable packaging solutions. This role requires the ability to operate with both brand-level ownership and enterprise-level collaboration. Job Description Summary of Position

The Product and Zero Waste Specialist is responsible for driving waste diversion sales for Eco-Products customers by utilizing relationships with haulers, composters, and our sustainability-minded customers. This position will serve as a “consultant” to our team and our customer base with a focus on Waste Diverting operators and direct-sales accounts (i.e., stadiums, corporate campuses, and universities, etc.).

Job Specifications

Work alongside Sales Managers, Sustainability Manager, brokers, distributor representatives and Boulder corporate team to target and assist to close high-volume accounts in the adoption of waste diversion practices using Eco-Products foodservice packaging. Develop a working knowledge of local and state policy related to foodservice packaging and waste diversion infrastructure to assist customers with compliance and to collaborate with the corporate team about advocacy opportunities. Work together with the broader Product and Zero Waste Specialist team, composters and haulers, a variety of prominent industry groups, local advocacy efforts, and the Sustainability Manager, to advance composter acceptance of compostable packaging and increase commercial composting infrastructure across the Eco-Products sales footprint. Willingness to travel up to 35%-40%, including overnight trips. This position supports the markets of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Vegas, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. The ideal candidate must live within their market, ideally closer to Colorado.

Drive waste diverting operator sales in coordination with the RSM and brokers. Serve as a consultant to both prospects and clients looking to strengthen their commitment to sustainable packaging and waste diversion. Develop and expand relationships with compost manufacturers and food waste haulers in the region and drive forward increased acceptance of compostable foodservice packaging at compost operations. Develop a deep understanding of how various compostable products perform in real world food service and compost