Responsible Sourcing Manager

Principal Responsibilities:

• The RSM manages responsible manufacturing expectations with strategic suppliers and their manufacturing facilities, coaching their capabilities through data driven engagement, and integrating progress and performance KPIs with internal and external sourcing and production management.
• Partner with Director of Responsible Sourcing (RS) to timely measure and report supplier and facility performance against basic social compliance expectations, as well as worker well-being and environmental impact goals.
• Partner with Director RS and International Buying Office (IBO) leadership to engage sourcing, fabric, and merchandise teams on sourcing and allocation plans as well as performance review of strategic suppliers and facilities.
• Engage strategic suppliers to review supplier and facility performance and to address areas of opportunity within basic social compliance expectations, and worker well-being and environmental ambitions.
• Leverage existing data platforms, internally and externally (SAC Higg; FEM and FSLM), to drive supplier and facility engagement focused upon measurable impact driving demonstrable improvement.
• Partner with regional and country RSMs to align and deliver process improvements that ensure consistent implementation aligned with the intentions and capabilities of global program.
• Partner with the Environmental Sustainability team to develop facility engagement program.
• Serve as a worker well-being and environmental management champion locally, and effectively advocate the program with internal and external stakeholders regionally.
• Support engagement with industry associations, multi-stakeholder initiatives, peer companies, civil society, and other stakeholders, as necessary.

Scope Data:

Reports To: Director Responsible Sourcing

Supervises: Responsible Sourcing Specialist (where applicable)

Other: Collaborate effectively across multiple functions that manage factory worker well-being and environmental impact.  These include sourcing operations and order allocation, as well as factory management of production planning, human resources, occupational health and safety systems, and environmental impact.

Knowledge & Skills:

Education:

• Undergraduate degree in a topic that informs a passion or capability related to minimizing manufacturing impact to people, local communities, and planet.
• Graduate degree desirable, in a topic that informs a passion or capability related to minimizing manufacturing impact to people, local communities, and planet.

Specialized:

• 7+ years of experience in responsible sourcing, worker well-being and/or environmental impact management, with a focus in consumer goods manufacturing.
• 5+ years of experience working across multiple business functions to deliver sourcing solutions that support manufacturing excellence towards worker well-being and environmental impact management.
• Well informed knowledge of current global and regional, industry and governmental, conversations related to human rights, worker rights, forced labor, supply chain traceability, and environmental impact.

Other:

• Experience with the collection, analysis, and reporting of social and environmental impact data using company systems and industry standard tools, such as the Higg FEM and FSLM.
• Appreciates diverse perspectives and is committed to fostering inclusive working environments.
• Able to version engagement appropriately across levels of organizational hierarchies, from leadership to individual contributor.
• Fully informed knowledge of local regulatory landscape covering occupational health and safety, human resource management, environmental impact.
• Ability and willingness to travel locally, regionally, and globally.
• Full professional proficiency in appropriate languages of country/region.
• Full professional proficiency in English.