Forest Risk and Monitoring Manager

• 11 juillet 2026 • 100% • Durée indéterminée • Zurich Forest Risk and Monitoring Manager Zurich, CH, 8005 About you Barry Callebaut's "Forever Chocolate" strategy includes strong commitments to climate change and forest protection. Corresponding objectives have been specifically formalized to reflect Barry Callebaut's ambition to prevent deforestation in the Group's raw material supply chains and to reduce carbon emissions: • By 2025, be forest positive • By 2030, we will have decarbonized our footprint in accordance with global efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius • By 2050, we will be a net-zero emission company Barry Callebaut's strategy to achieve the "Forest Positive" objectives mentioned above and to comply with the future European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) includes a set of tools to fulfill BC's due diligence obligations as well as forest protection objectives. These tools and programs will enable the Group to affirm that volumes imported into Europe from 2025 are "deforestation-free" and compliant with EUDR. This role ensures that Barry Callebaut has the best deforestation monitoring and geospatial intelligence capabilities to support compliant, deforestation-free, and legal sourcing as well as proactive risk management. In this context, the Forest Risk and Monitoring Manager will oversee the governance, performance, and continuous improvement of deforestation monitoring tools and procedures. Key responsibilities include • Due diligence on deforestation and legality at the farm level: • Be responsible for and continuously optimize the operational model and due diligence processes at the farm level, including deforestation monitoring and alert system management, remote and field verifications, as well as legality assessments regarding protected areas (PAs) • Manage relationships with service providers selected for deforestation risk assessment, legality verification, and continuous monitoring • Oversee and maintain global governance and local standard operating procedures including clear roles and responsibilities for deforestation monitoring and legality assessments • Collaborate with Digital, traceability, and MEL teams to ensure seamless integration and data flows between BC's deforestation and legality monitoring platform and relevant data collection tools • Be responsible for and continuously improve methodologies and systems to identify high-risk deforestation areas, provide proactive recommendations to sourcing teams, and implement necessary mitigation actions • Innovation and continuous improvement: • Monitor market developments in geospatial analysis, satellite monitoring, and deforestation risk modeling • Evaluate new tools, methodologies, and data sources to improve current solutions • Proactively identify and support the creation and development of innovations, including techniques, tools, and processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and overall business value • Maintain and develop an external network (e.g., suppliers, NGOs, platforms, start-ups) • Data analysis and business insights: • Provide technical advice and ensure accurate data sharing between teams, strengthening internal knowledge, capabilities, and action implementation. • Co-design and implement with MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning) a geospatial assessment agenda tailored to the needs of the Thriving nature team, including data on deforestation and land use to identify trends, risks, and actionable insights • Translate geospatial data into clear and actionable recommendations for sourcing and sustainability teams • Collaborate with Digital, MEL, and Traceability teams on data collection and management needs to support proactive risk management by identifying high-risk areas, emerging patterns, and threats • Strategy implementation and stakeholder mobilization: • Act as a reference expert on deforestation monitoring, providing advice to teams and functions • Support the development of dashboards, reporting frameworks, and decision-support tools to enable data-driven insights • Drive training, adoption, and standardized implementation of methodologies, tools, and processes across teams and geographies • Monitor performance and ensure alignment with strategic roadmaps, leading continuous improvement initiatives within global and local teams to meet business priorities (e.g., EUDR compliance, risk detection, sourcing decisions) About you • 7 to 10+ years of experience in a similar role • PhD or Master's in the relevant discipline • Strong knowledge of GIS, remote sensing, and geospatial analysis tools • Familiarity with data management (Databricks, SQL) is a plus • Excellent command of English. Proficiency in French and/or Spanish is a plus • Strong analytical mindset with experience in processing and interpreting geospatial data • Proven ability to translate complex technical results into actionable business insights • Experience in managing external suppliers, service providers