National Community and Partner Manager

Join a growing company and leader in recycling and waste management
- Flexible work arrangements + car and phone allowance
- Take the next step in your career and make your mark

**About the Company**:
Return-It is a wholly owned Australian company and a subsidiary of Re.Group. Re.Group is an Australian company that specialises in recycling and resource recovery. We hate landfill and litter, and are passionate about helping our environment and our communities by eliminating waste. Our Return-It business is focused on making recycling simple, accessible and rewarding.

Return-It is the consumer facing entity of the Group and its core business is to provide a modern and convenient way to collect eligible beverage containers via Container Deposit Schemes, accurately paying back refund amounts to consumers. Return-It is a national business and operates across QLD, ACT, NSW and WA and comprises of more than 100 collection refund points, including over 40 permanent depots

**About the Role**:
The position of
**National Community and Partner Manager** will function as a brand ambassador for Return-It and a voice of the Partner, you will build meaningful relationships with both internal and external stakeholders resulting in positive actions and continued growth.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop robust joint business plans with partners to deliver growth and service outcomes.
- Proactively manage safety and legislative requirements at partner sites.
- Deliver the performance management framework including agreed annual business plan, and perform monthly and quarterly business reviews.
- Establish processes to monitor agreed KPI results and develop short, mid, and long terms for improving volume growth, KPI statistics including Community engagement activities, new customers acquired to drive volumes.
- Supports the partners to put customers at the heart of what they do through demonstrating the appropriate leadership behaviours, championing the roll-out of training programmes and recognition tools that celebrate success.
- Be actively involved in the community to build strong relationships to increase CDS participation.
- Develop mutually beneficial relationships with charity partners to grow scheme participation.
- Drive on site depot events for deeper engage with the local community.
- Implement school programs and tours to drive greater involvement and education across primary and secondary educational institutions.
- Act as an ambassador of the brand, maintain external professional networks beneficial to facilitate business growth.
- Proven experience working within account management and partnerships.
- Strong people skills, understanding the drivers and constraints of the not-for-profit and for-profit sectors alike.
- Ideally be degree qualified in a relevant or aligned discipline however, not essential.
- Strong influencing skills
- Understanding of local cultural nuance across Perth, regional WA towns and QLD (desired but not essential)
- Experience in planning and delivering strategies.
- Possess strategic thinking, creative solutions orientation, and planning skills and experience - able to see the ‘big picture’ whilst also possessing an eye for detail.
- Experience advising senior managers on complex internal and external issues and challenges.
- Capacity for travel inter-state and within WA.

**About the Benefits**:

- Work for a growing company and leader within the recycling and waste management industry
- Flexible work arrangements available
- Car and phone allowance
- Join the company is a major growth period, take the next step in your career and make your mark

Sounds like something you could be enthusiastic about? We would love to hear from you. Please send your resume to our team
**ASAP