Director, Circularity carries that commitment forward, turning it into a strategy for material innovation, regulatory readiness, and customer trust, not just landfill diversion. This role owns four connected priorities: 1) advancing the strategy behind Tarkett’s ReStart® take-back and recycling program to align with today’s market and regulatory realities; 2) own and develop the relationships that support end-of-life recycling to be effective technically and economically; 3) monitoring and advising appropriate preparation and responses to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations reshaping how flooring producers operate across North America; and 4) enabling post-use recycled content across product lines.

The role is also a key Tarkett voice on circularity in front of customers — translating technical work into credible, sales-enabling presentations for architects, designers, specifiers, end-users, and internal sales teams.

This is an influence and execution-oriented leadership role. It requires someone who moves fluidly between regulatory detail, materials and supply chain strategy, and external stakeholder presentation; and who treats end-of-life utility as a design and business input, not a marketing topic.

ReStart® Program Strategy & Execution

• Lead the strategic advancement of Tarkett’s ReStart take-back and recycling program, updating its scope, logistics model, economics, and end-market outlets to reflect current market and regulatory conditions.
• Recommend and implement change in the program model and build the operational and financial case for reclamation capacity, including potential partnership or investment where needed.
• Establish and track program performance metrics: total collected by product type, volume diverted from landfill, cost details, recycling pathway, and other measurements as needed.
• Conduct a thorough feasibility and viability analysis of various recycling pathways.
• Own the customer- and field-facing mechanics of ReStart, ensuring sales and operations teams can leverage and execute the program consistently.
• Direct the overall execution of ReStart, from the management of reverse logistics to the end use of materials.

Recycling Pathways & Partnerships

• Identify and manage strategic relationships with recyclers, reclaimers, and materials-recovery partners to expand viable end-of-life pathways across Tarkett’s product categories.
• Work with R&D and product design to address technical barriers to closed-loop recycling, such as material separability at end of life.
• Represent Tarkett in industry coalitions, producer-responsibility organizations, and multi-stakeholder circularity initiatives shaping emerging collection and recycling infrastructure.

EPR Monitoring & Regulatory Strategy

• Own Tarkett North America’s monitoring of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and related producer-responsibility legislation affecting flooring products across U.S. states and Canadian provinces.
• Translate regulatory requirements 6 registration, reporting, recycled-content mandates, collection-program obligations 6 into operational compliance plans, in partnership with Legal and Regulatory Affairs partners.
• Serve as Tarkett’s primary point of contact with Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) and represent the company in regulatory comment periods and trade-association working groups.
• Maintain a regulatory risk register and brief leadership regularly on upcoming compliance deadlines and legislative developments, given how frequently these timelines shift.

Customer & Stakeholder Engagement & Execution

• Serve as Tarkett’s subject-matter expert and primary presenter on circularity and ReStart for customers, architects, designers, distributors, and internal sales teams.
• Develop and maintain customer-facing materials 6 presentations, case studies, diversion certificates 6 that translate technical circularity work into credible, sales-enabling content.
• Support responses to customer and specifier sustainability inquiries related to circularity and end-of-life performance.
• Direct the coordination of reclamation and logistics resources to satisfy customer needs.
• Partner with Marketing to ensure external communications about circularity claims are accurate and defensible.

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, materials science, sustainability, business, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in sustainability, circular economy, materials/recycling program management, or environmental regulatory compliance 6 ideally within manufacturing, building products, or flooring/textiles.
• Demonstrated experience navigating Extended Producer Responsibility or other producer-responsibility regulatory frameworks.
• Experience designing, launching, or managing take-back, reclamation, or recycling partnership programs.
• Working knowledge of sustainability concepts and tools, like Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), and related sustainability transparency tools.
• Strong executive presence and a proven ability to present technical sustainability content to customers, senior leadership, and external audiences.
• Ability to travel for customer, partner, and industry engagements.

• Thinks business: seeks the opportunity and connection with business strategy
• Accountable: seeks ownership and is a driving force behind initiatives.
• Risk for results: handles uncertainty well and is comfortable with measured risks.
• Kind to customers (external and internal): will go the extra mile to make Tarkett the nicest company to do business with.
• Empowers collaboration: shares responsibility and engages others to be stronger together.
• Talent developer: respects diversity, attracts, develops own and other talents at their best; ensures continuous learning.
• Thorough: peels back the onion, understands the details as well as the big picture. Asks why, is curious to understand and explore new ways of doing things.

Other Compensation

• This role is eligible for an annual performance-based bonus.

What We Offer

• A commitment that Safety is #1
• Competitive benefits including:
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid time off and paid holidays
  • Life and disability insurance
• Career growth, stability, and flexible work arrangements.

Responsible Manufacturing 6 Protecting Our Planet for the Future

• We utilize renewable energy and a closed loop recycled water process.
• We are committed to reducing greenhouse emissions and water consumption.
• We are the only flooring company recognized by the Asthma and Allergy foundation.