Key Account Manager

Location: United States (Houston and New York preferred)

 

Acre is proud to be supporting a global leader in ESG assurance and supply chain sustainability software in the search for a Business Development Manager to drive growth across the North American market for a leading ESG supply chain risk platform.

 

If you're a high-performing sales professional ready to bring ESG innovation to Fortune 500 supply chains, this is a unique opportunity to spearhead expansion for a best-in-class solution already trusted by global brands.

 

This role focuses on winning new business with complex enterprises in sectors including retail, manufacturing, food and beverage, and industrials.

 

The Role

Drive Growth

• Identify and secure new enterprise clients across North America
• Collaborate with internal teams to identify cross-sell opportunities within major accounts
• Develop strategies to differentiate the platform and displace legacy solutions

 

Engage with Purpose

• Build trusted relationships with senior decision-makers including CSOs, Heads of Procurement, and ESG leaders
• Understand regional market drivers, regulations (e.g. SEC, UFLPA), and industry-specific challenges
• Deliver compelling presentations around ESG data analytics, audit management, and supplier transparency

 

Own the Sales Cycle

• Manage the full sales journey from lead to close with accountability for revenue performance
• Maintain pipeline visibility and forecasting through CRM and data-led decision-making
• Relay client feedback to ensure the platform evolves with market needs

 

 

What They're Looking For

• Proven enterprise SaaS or technology sales experience, ideally within ESG, sustainability, or supply chain risk
• A driven and strategic hunter with a history of exceeding revenue targets
• Commercial and technical fluency to simplify complex solutions
• Skilled at navigating large, matrixed client organizations
• Familiarity with North American ESG regulations and buyer trends is highly desirable
• Fluency in English is required; Spanish or French is a plus

 

 

Why Join This Business?

This fast-scaling business is redefining ESG risk management in global supply chains. With proprietary data, a forward-looking product roadmap, and deep client engagement, the company is positioned as a category leader.

Operating as part of a global assurance group, it combines the pace of a digital innovator with the reach and credibility of an established multinational, serving as a trusted partner to the world’s most recognized brands.

 

 

Apply now or contact Richard Kent at richard.kent@acre.com to explore this opportunity further.

Acre is proud to be supporting a global leader in ESG assurance and supply chain sustainability software in the search for a Business Development Manager to drive European growth for an award-winning ESG supply chain risk platform.

 

If you're a high-performing sales professional who thrives in fast-paced, competitive environments and you're ready to make an impact, this is an outstanding opportunity to lead market expansion for one of the sector’s most respected and innovative platforms.

This role is focused on generating new business with large, complex organisations across industries such as retail, apparel, food, and heavy industry.

 

 

The Role

Drive Growth

• Identify, pursue, and secure new enterprise opportunities across Europe
• Collaborate with the broader commercial team to uncover cross-sell opportunities
• Develop and execute strategies to differentiate the platform and gain market share

 

 

Engage with Purpose

• Lead value-driven conversations with senior stakeholders including CSOs, Procurement Heads, and Risk Leaders
• Tailor your approach to align with sector-specific challenges and evolving compliance requirements
• Confidently present platform capabilities in ESG risk analytics, audit management, and supplier due diligence

 

 

Own the Sales Cycle

• Manage the entire sales process from lead generation to closing deals, with full accountability for results
• Leverage CRM tools to maintain pipeline visibility, forecast accurately, and make informed decisions
• Provide strategic feedback to product teams to ensure continuous improvement and relevance

 

 

What They're Looking For

• Experience in enterprise SaaS or technology sales, ideally with exposure to ESG, sustainability, or supply chain risk
• A motivated self-starter with a strong track record of new business development
• Commercially savvy, technically competent, and able to communicate complex ideas with clarity
• Skilled at engaging senior stakeholders across multinational businesses
• Knowledge of ESG-related regulations in Europe is highly desirable
• Fluency in English and ideally one additional European language

 

 

Why Join This Business?

This is a high-growth, high-impact organisation with ambitious plans to scale rapidly. The platform is built with a customer-first mindset and powered by proprietary data that sets it apart in the market.

 

With a strong client base of global brands and deep technical expertise across multiple regions, the business offers a unique combination of real-world insight and digital innovation. Ongoing investment in product development, emerging technologies, and regulatory intelligence ensures continued leadership in the space.

 

As part of a globally recognised group with operations in over 150 countries, the platform benefits from significant reach, credibility, and collaborative opportunities, combining the agility of a tech-forward business with the backing of a market-leading assurance provider.

 

 

Apply now or contact Tiana Thomas at tiana.thomas@acre.com to explore this opportunity further.

 

 

Acre is delighted to be partnering with a highly regarded and globally recognised consumer brand group with a diverse portfolio of companies. With an iconic reputation, this organisation champions innovation, purpose-driven leadership, and progressive sustainability goals. They are now seeking a Sustainability Manager – Carbon to join their London-based team and play a central role in advancing their carbon and environmental data strategy.

 

 

About the Role

This is a data-focused sustainability role, working within the strategic finance team and reporting to the Head of Finance for Strategic Finance Initiatives, with a dotted line to the Sustainability Director. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading on carbon data analytics, modelling, and reporting across the group and its affiliated companies. This work is pivotal in achieving the organisation’s net zero ambitions and providing insight into the future impact of today’s business decisions.

 

 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead data collection and analysis of scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions across the group, ensuring alignment with GHG Protocol.

• Build carbon models, support science-based targets (SBTs), and develop carbon budgets.

• Partner with business units to create scenario analyses, identify abatement opportunities, and influence strategy.

• Own and support the use of specialist carbon data software (e.g. Diligent), and champion its use across affiliated businesses.

• Provide insight into advanced carbon metrics including marginal abatement cost curves and shadow pricing.

• Support assurance and compliance activities, including SECR, ESOS, TPT, and upcoming ISSB-aligned disclosures.

• Contribute to lifecycle assessments and reporting on the environmental impact of key investment and operational decisions.

 

About You

• Proven experience in carbon accounting and data analytics, ideally within a corporate or consultancy environment.

• Strong technical understanding of GHG reporting frameworks and climate-related disclosures.

• Proficiency in scenario analysis, Excel modelling, and sustainability software tools.

• Adept at stakeholder engagement, working across multiple business units and functions.

• Professionally qualified or experienced in carbon accounting or sustainability data (e.g. qualified management accountant, sustainability analyst, carbon specialist).

• A collaborative, inquisitive mindset with a desire to drive systemic change.

 

 

Why Join?

This is an exceptional opportunity to shape a world-class sustainability data function within a forward-thinking organisation. You will be empowered to innovate, work alongside passionate experts, and contribute meaningfully to a bold climate strategy embedded at the heart of business decision-making.

 

Please contact Ruth.Smith@acre.com with any questions.

 

This role is London based on a hybrid working model. 

As the global political landscape becomes increasingly pro Carbon Capture, the opportunity for technology developers to innovate is at its peak, so the timing to work for an early-stage startup in this sector is ripe. Acre has partnered with a startup developing an FOAK CCUS solution set to be the single answer to decarbonizing world-scale logistics infrastructure. Their total addressable market is over $100B, and with virtually no competition, there’s a very high chance of success.

 

 

Our client is urgently looking for a Lead Instrumentation & Control Systems / Lead Process Controls Engineer to

• Lead all facets of control systems engineering across current pilot projects and future projects from concept and vendor selection, to Factory Acceptance testing, commissioning and troubleshooting.
• Design, troubleshoot and modify PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, etc.
• Be a champion of safety and increase our client's functional safety awareness
• Select and manage various OEMs, system integrators, consultancies, etc., who are involved in control systems and automation. You are the lead engineer accountable for safety and success in controls.
• Develop and maintain documentation controls and procedures for design, commissioning, testing and troubleshooting
• Strategically develop a longer-term roadmap for automation and process controls
• Eventually hire, manage and scale a team of I&C engineers (optional – managerial aspirations not required here)

 

 

To be qualified, you'll have

• A B.S. in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical) with proven experience leading the design and deployment of advanced automation and control systems in the Oil and Gas, Hydrogen, Carbon Capture, Specialty Chemicals, Industrial Gas, Power Generation or similar spaces. We need someone who understands how to design and instrument fluid and gas handling systems that one can imagine Carbon Capture systems have.
• Proven experience developing HMIs, electrical & control schematics, and control narratives
• Experience with Ignition for SCADA and HMI, and experience with industrial protocols such as EtherNet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, etc.
• Expertise with Allen-Bradley / Rockwell Automation systems, including but not limited to: Studio 5000 Logix Designer, FactoryTalk, RSLinx.
• To be intensely motivated to combat climate change.

 

 

Please note that this position requires participation in one international trip starting this June for a duration of 4 weeks. The successful candidate will be available to start working full-time by the end of May.

 

 

If you want an early days stake in a business that has developed a world-first technology with world-scale impact, look no further and apply today or email Quentin Klein at Quentin.Klein@acre.com

Acre has partnered with a world leader in the biofuels sector who is developing large, infrastructure-scale, multi-billion-dollar projects to produce fleet-level volumes of carbon-negative biofuels.

Through their proprietary fluidized bed gasification system, they produce a wide variety of renewable energy and chemical products, including syngas, hydrogen, renewable natural gas, methanol, sustainable aviation fuel, gasoline and diesel fuels.

 

 

With major projects underway and more to come, we are looking for a Principal Process Engineer to improve upon all aspects of the company’s gasification system.

 

There are few businesses in the world today that are executing projects of this scale, at this level of complexity, and this level of impact. If you want to leave a legacy and make history, please review the position requirements and apply.

 

 

Based in Houston, the Principal Process Engineer will be responsible for

• Leading process engineering projects and interfacing with clients and client engineers
• Utilizing and furthering the design methodologies for the technology system
• Modeling process simulations in AspenPlus/HYSYS or similar software and developing specialized modeling tools
• Implementing process design, equipment sizing and selection, equipment data sheets, systems engineering, PFD/P&ID development, control valve sizing, line list generation, flare and relief valve calculations, and others
• Collaborating with process controls specialists to develop DCS control narratives and system logic narratives.
• Leading hazard analysis, operability, and constructability reviews
• Contributing to third-party engineering service provider selection and engineering reviews with clients and suppliers
• Providing technical support for detailed engineering, pre-commissioning, commissioning, startup, and plant operations. On-site support will result in some amount of travel and extended stay at project sites.
• Developing and maintaining design procedures and tools
• Reviewing and contributing to proposals
• Other duties as assigned

 

 

Ideal Background consists of

• PFD, PID development
• Systems design/Advanced & regulatory controls
• Process control fluency
• Safety system fluency
• Hydraulic calculation
• Control valve size
• Flare system relief scenario and relief valve sizing
• Outgoing and energized by bringing the best out of everyone on the team
• Well-versed in engineering workflows and project delivery from both client and vendor perspectives
• Well-established process engineering skills including generation of heat and material balance, PFD, and PID, process design criteria, equipment sizing, process modeling, plant integration, and technical design and oversight
• Working knowledge of Hazard Analysis methodologies, safety systems and SIL level application
• Skilled in revision control and methods
• Ability to exercise sound judgement in prioritizing tasks and solving problems, chasing issues through resolution
• Familiarity with fluidized beds, solids handling systems, biomass conversion, steam methane reforming, oxycombustion, carbon capture, fuels/methanation synthesis and reactions
• Knowledge of new and novel chemical processes is a plus
• Some experience with thermal integration of varied process technologies
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proposal/report writing
• Experience with plant operation, ideally including startup and commissioning
• Client-facing/interaction experience 

 

 

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering with 15-25 years of related experience
• Highly experienced with process simulation using AspenTech programs such as Aspen Plus and HYSYS, and other process simulators
• Experience with AutoCAD, Bluebeam, or similar software for drafting and editing P&IDs preferred
• Fluent in chemical manufacturing facilities' process design
• A strong background working in EPC and systems engineering is a plus.
• Fluidized bed, syngas system and gasification experience a plus.
• Other relevant formal training, including HAZOP, HAZID, Project Management is a plus.

 

 

Additional details

• This is a full-time position located near North Houston and will require occasional travel up to 10-15% of the time.
• Competitive salary and benefits package based on appropriate experience. Benefits include health, dental, vision, life, LTD, STD, 401K, PTO, employee assistance program and opportunities for career development.

 

To be considered for this position, please apply here, or email Richard Kent at richard.kent@acre.com

Acre has partnered with a world leader in the biofuels sector who's developing large infrastructure scale multi-billion-dollar projects to produce fleet-level volumes of carbon-negative biofuels. Through their proprietary fluidized bed gasification system, they produce a wide variety of renewable energy and chemicals products, including syngas, hydrogen, renewable natural gas, methanol, sustainable aviation fuel, gasoline and diesel fuels.

 

 

With more projects to come, we are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to work on all aspects of mechanical systems designs related to the company’s gasification system.  If you are skilled at modelling and design, but also hands-on and passionate about working on the technology in real-time, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

 

 

Based in Houston, the Senior Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for

• Providing engineering support on S1000 mechanical equipment design
• Supporting new product design, improvements, and innovations
• Preparing company standards and mechanical specifications
• Developing and reviewing: mechanical datasheets, vendor bidding and selection, and detail drawings
• Collaborating with multi-disciplinary engineering teams, and working with vendors and contractors
• Supporting the growth of the company’s intellectual property portfolio related to its technology
• Performing other work-related tasks as assigned

 

 

Your background consists of

• Experience in the design of complex mechanical equipment
• High-temperature design
• Pipe stress analysis/Refractory design a plus
• Solids handling experience a plus
• Heat transfer design/Pumping Systems/Compression systems
• 3D model development and 3D design tools
• Familiarity with design codes and standards such as API, PIP and ASME
• Excellent computer skills, with experience in CAD
• Previous EPC industry experience and/or fabrication is desired
• Experience with the design or handling of rotating equipment is a plus
• Professional Engineering (PE) certification is preferred

 

 

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in mechanical engineering
• 10-15 Years of relevant project experience

 

 

Additional details

• This is a full-time position located near North Houston, and will require occasional travel up to 10-15% of the time
• Competitive salary and benefits package based on appropriate experience. Benefits include health, dental, vision, life, LTD, STD, 401K, PTO, employee assistance program and opportunities for career development.

 

 

There are few businesses in the world today that are executing projects of this scale, at this level of complexity and this level of impact. If you would like to be considered, please apply here or email Richard Kent at richard.kent@acre.com