Assistant Manager ESG Reporting Strategy (All genders welcome)

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We have an exciting opportunity as:

Assistant Manager ESG Reporting Strategy (All genders welcome)

at the Kia Europe Headquarters in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

Job mission:
As the Assistant Manager for ESG Reporting Strategy at Kia Europe, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our sustainability journey. This position combines leadership, strategic planning, and technical expertise to ensure our ESG reporting aligns with legislative, compliance, and strategic goals. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage senior stakeholders, and drive innovative initiatives that enhance Kia’s ESG impact across Europe. monitoring and research.

Your responsibilities:

The following are main tasks and main responsibilities, but not limited:

• Drive the creation and execution of mandatory and voluntary ESG reporting strategies, ensuring full compliance with evolving regulations such as CSRD, EU Taxonomy, and others on the horizon.

• Manage the ESRS Gap Closure process for Kia Europe, its subsidiaries, and the European manufacturing plant, culminating in the production and publication of the Annual Sustainability Report.

• Serve as the key driver of the ESRS and EU Taxonomy gap closure project plan, ensuring timely, high-quality, and auditable deliverables from all cross-functional stakeholders. Provide clear guidance, templates, and best practices to internal teams and headquarters in Korea.

• Act as the primary liaison for all departments, subsidiaries, the European manufacturing site, HQ, and external consultants to maintain alignment and ensure progress toward deliverables.

• Oversee the accurate and timely collection, analysis, and management of sustainability data using ESG software. Facilitate user onboarding and training for the platform.

• Work closely with internal departments, manufacturing sites, HQ, and National Sales Companies (NSCs) to align targets and activities, ensuring ongoing compliance and consistency.

• Oversee ESG auditing processes, ensuring compliance with global standards and a commitment to best practices.

• Lead the development of the Annual Sustainability Report, in collaboration with an external partner, for publication in Q1 2026.

• Collaborate with internal and external expert stakeholders to align the sustainability report with ESRS requirements, legal standards, brand values, and auditing criteria.

• Lead all ESG auditing activities and ensure clear adherence to process and standards.

Your talents:

Education:

• University degree in Business or Economics, Engineering, Environmental Sciences or a technical degree in Science or Engineering.

  
  

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in related position or specialization

• Prior hands-on experience in corporate sustainability disclosures and due diligence, including in consulting or financial services.

• Experience managing complex, cross-functional projects with little oversight.

• Prior experience in automotive industry (preferred).
  

Skills:

• Knowledge of ESG reporting frameworks, including CSRD/ESRS/ EU Taxonomy/ ISSB / GRI/ TCFD.

• Subject-matter expertise in sustainability matters (preferable: GHG emissions, circular economy, human rights, supply chain ESG), including related EU regulations.

• Proficient with the Microsoft Office products.

• Fluent in English (written and spoken). Additional European languages are a plus.

Who are we?

Kia is a global mobility brand with a vision to create sustainable mobility solutions for consumers, communities, and societies around the world. Founded in 1944, Kia has been building motorcycles, cars and trucks for more than 75 years.

Kia is now spearheading the popularization of electrified and battery electric vehicles, developing a growing range of mobility services while encouraging millions of people to explore the best ways of getting around. Our brand slogan – ‘Movement that inspires’ – reflects our commitment to inspire consumers through our products and services.

Kia Europe is the European sales and manufacturing arm of Kia Corporation. From our headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, we lead 39 markets across Europe and the Caucasus, employing more than 5,500 persons, including about 3,500 blue collar workers in our state of the art car plant in Zilina, Slovakia.

Our headquarter is home to 37 different nationalities and this diversity is truly inspiring! This means that every day at Kia is an opportunity to learn something new and to grow personally and professionally. The mix of ambitious and dynamic employees from all over the world is the fuel to our success. Do you have what it takes to join our team? We are looking forward to getting to know you!

You will enjoy working with us if you like these things:

• A pulsating international environment. Our workforce is composed of people from 37 nations

• Playing an active and important part in the development of Kia in Europe.

• Developing new frameworks and solutions

• Demanding challenges to which you can creatively contribute

• A competitive compensation package; private leasing offer; systematic off and on-the-job training, free staff restaurant, support as concerns Health Management and more

If you’re interested to become part of our Kia team, please apply via our online portal. We are looking forward to getting to know you.