Job TitleResponsible Sourcing & Human Rights Manager LocationAsda House Employment TypeFull time Contract TypeFixed Term (Fixed Term) Hours Per Week37.5 SalaryCompetitive salary plus benefits
CategoryCompliance/Audit Closing Date12 September 2024Everything about Asda We are a values-led organisation. As such we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone's input.
We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.
"Find your role" Asda is focused on ensuring the dignity of the people who make the products we sell. Through clear ambitions and commitments under ESG, we are looking for an innovative, driven and engaging individual to deliver our Responsible Sourcing and Human Rights ambitions.
This role is a maternity cover position on a 12-month fixed term basis. This role will engage with Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives, Non-Government Organisations, and the Asda business to ensure that our leverage and objectives are delivered. Successful candidates will:
Have a detailed understanding of how businesses should operate in line with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.Enable our business and colleagues to understand the human rights risks associated with our supply chains and operations.Be innovative, curious, and driven to deliver different options and challenge existing ways of working in a constructive and collaborative way.Spot risks, horizon scan, and diagnose root causes alongside colleagues and external parties.Operate as an established, capable, and engaging stakeholder manager both internally and externally who can represent risks, challenges and steer Asda, our work, and objectives effectively in partnership with others.Drive our roadmap for Human Rights, unlocking key workstreams and delivering upon commitments.Have the ability to engage, manage, and action a social compliance programme to drive continuous improvement, enable simplification, and focus on remediation and impact.Experience of working with suppliers and developing relationships that enhance worker experience and ensure compliance with our Standards for Suppliers.We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda.
Work Where it Works Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works. This enables you to choose where you'll be the most effective, offering a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team.
We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.
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