Sustainable performance. Profound company impact. Seamless Management Sustainability Supply Chain Manager £55,000 - £60,000 plus benefits Reports to: Senior Category Manager Directorate: Chief Operating Office Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract Hours: Full time 35 hours per week Location: Stratford, London Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office) Closing date: 21 April 2024 23:55 This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact [email protected] as soon as possible. Recruitment process: Competency based interview + Task Interview date: W/C 29th April 2024 At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer. Are you passionate about all thing’s environment and sustainability? Do you have experience in supply chain auditing or come from a procurement background and are looking for your next step? Cancer Research UK are looking for a Sustainability Supply Chain Manager to help support our ‘ Sustain ’ strategy The Sustainability Supply Chain Manager role sits within our procurement team and will fully assess our supplier’s ability to meet CRUK’s sustainability requirements and identify potential risks that could impact our reputation, financial performance, or legal compliance. With a good understanding of ethical standards, and legislation, you will evaluate our supplier’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices, including their energy use, waste management, labor practices, human rights policies, and compliance with relevant laws and regulations. This is a great opportunity to work across multiple sectors (Manufacturing, Construction, Waste, Textiles, Warehousing and Distribution, and Events) and have a real impact in terms of how we work with our suppliers. Sustainability and social inequality are critical challenges of our time. We must play our part in tackling them, particularly where they intersect with our mission of beating cancer. What will I be doing? Accountable for setting, maintaining and monitoring compliance to ESG-supply chain policy and procedures. Drive the continuous improvement of CRUK supply chain due diligence process. Work collaboratively across Procurement and Contract Management teams to identify carbon hot spots across CRUK supply chain, ensuring plans in place to ensure reduction of carbon is in line with organisational net zero targets. Support Sourcing and Supplier Management teams to develop effective plans to improve sustainable, ethical and diverse supply chain. Enable appropriate governance is in place to measure and report upon initiatives including, but not limited to; supplier code of conduct, usage of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), modern slavery & human rights on high-risk areas, carbon emission reduction, biodiversity impacts and supply chain diversity. Actively engaging & upskilling the Procurement team, Supplier relationship managers and the wider business to deliver the aims of the programme. Develop and execute a communications programme, targeting a wide audience, internally and externally, to support the successful deployment of the programme aims. What are you looking for? Experience of Ethical/MSA audit reports – such as SMETA, BSCI or other Sustainability programs with an ability to understand and provide insights with recommendations to stakeholders Highly knowledgeable in the principles and practices of Supplier Management schemes and their operation. This includes CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), Technical Audits. Experience in understanding Audit reports based on Supplier Management Sustainability Principles. Experience in technical delivery of Supplier Management scheme audits Uses fact-based decision making. Ability to liaise cross functionally, ensuring the technical compliance requirements and standards are clear and included as and when required. Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do. Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism Human : Act to have a positive impact on people Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer. What will I gain? We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals. How do I apply? We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively. For more information on this career opportunity please visit our website or contact us at [email protected] . . There’s a place for everyone at Cancer Research UK. Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented, and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner. If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you. We don’t expect everyone to meet all of the criteria listed. We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen by emailing us at [email protected] . Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.