The Recycling Specialist is responsible for coordinating and implementing recycling/waste reduction programs and developing and implementing AutoZone’s strategies and initiatives to promote environmental sustainability while providing cost savings to the company.
Key Responsibilities
• Oversees and facilitates recycling bins, ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and local ordinances and guidelines.
• Identifies and investigates violations of recycling or solid waste ordinances.
• Completes paperwork, recordkeeping, or monitoring required for filing for and getting approval of recycling exemptions.
• Interact directly and maintain effective working relationships with business owners,
management companies, customers, recycling program directors
• Review and analyze company generated waste materials recycled
• Develops monthly/quarterly/yearly detailed reports on recycling activities
• Monitor compliance of state mandates
• Research municipality regulations and interpret independent mandates
• Work with Community Relations for special events/projects when appropriate
• Oversee vendor onboarding using the OneTrust program
• Account manager for emergency response program, identify trends and design training to assist AutoZoners in spill management
• Ability to travel up to 60% of the time
Education and/or Experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required, preferably in recycle coordination, environmental management, business administration or project management
• One to three years’ experience
Functional Competencies
• Experience in communication, business/economic or professional outreach activities
• Ability to organize, manage and control workflow of concurrent projects
• Strong time management skills and the ability to adhere to and meet deadlines
• Strong presentation, networking, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills to effectively communicate to all levels of management, both internally and externally
• Ability to work cross functional with other functional areas
• A general understanding of applicable federal, state and local legislation and regulations
related to materials management; general terminology regarding waste, recycling, resource
management, and zero waste; product characterization and materials identification;
extended producer responsibility
• Exceptional written and verbal presentation skills
• Excellent self-motivation skills; strong work ethic