Job Description - Sustainability and Third-Party Governance Manager
Are you ready to shape the future of supply chain resilience? Reporting to the Head of Procurement and Supply Chain Enabling, you?ll be at the forefront of developing Risk Frameworks that ensure continuity and reliability. Can you spot risks before they become problems? Do you thrive on creating robust strategies to safeguard supply chains? In this role, you?ll identify, assess, and mitigate risks through critical supplier lists, supply chain mapping, risk assessments, mitigation planning, performance monitoring, and relationship management. If you?re up for the challenge, we want to hear from you! We deliver safety, warmth, and comfort to homes and businesses across the community. Whether you?re supporting from the office or working on the front line, every role plays a part. How you?ll support us on our mission to keep people safe and warm? Strategy development Informing and supporting the deployment of strategies as they apply to Sustainability and Third-Party Governance of relevant supplier partners Lead cross functional risk mitigation activities Create and maintain a live critical supplier list and identify the possibility for an automated solution Overall design, implementation and continuous improvement of the supplier risk approach and associated processes within SGN Supply Chain (Process Ownership) Monitor the effectiveness of mitigating actions and on-going process adherence Overall design, implementation and continuous improvement of the supplier relationship & performance management (SRM) activities and associated processes within SGN Supply Chain (Process Ownership) Business strategy integration and execution Defining and managing relationships with suppliers, aligning internal and external stakeholders Monitor the effectiveness of SRM & performance approach in adding value, mitigating actions and on-going process effectiveness Work in collaboration with the central Business Continuity Planning team to develop a formal process, to regularly review and test supplier plans What you?ll need We?re looking for a blend of skills and attributes that make you a great fit for this role. If you don?t tick every box, don?t worry - we provide tailored learning and development programs to help you grow and succeed with us. Project management Approaches the completion of assignments with focus and initiative Applying relevant methods to see projects successfully through to completion. Emotional intelligence Recognises the existence and impact of their emotions and knows how to interpret and regulate them. Manages other people?s emotions. Leading others Fosters a healthy team culture and inspires and motivates colleagues to achieve high performance Business alignment Takes a consultative approach to enhancing critical relationships with internal stakeholders Generating mutual value for procurement and the organisation Negotiation Prepares for and applies a range of negotiating tactics to achieve win-win commercial and non-commercial outcomes. Supplier collaboration, performance and management Develops close relationships with select suppliers, generating trust, maximising mutual value and mitigating risk. Personal Attributes / Competencies Minimum an initial technical, financial or commercial degree. Minimum 3-5 years? experience Third-Party Risk Management, sustainability, together with detailed knowledge of procurement methods and techniques
