Job Summary

Supply Chain Sustainability Manager is responsible for supporting the development, implementation, and management of sustainability reporting and supporting the delivery of sustainability targets within our supply chain. This role involves supporting and delivering on new strategies to improve the sustainability performance of our supply chain and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to gather, analyse, and report on existing sustainability metrics.

Key Responsibilities

• The Sustainability Manager will work closely with the Supply Chain Management Head of Sustainability and Training Manager to develop and successfully implement SCB Global Supplier Sustainability programme.
• Key responsibilities of this role are to support the Sustainability programme management and sustainability strategy and objectives and to drive continuous improvement of SCB supplier sustainability processes.
• Oversee the methodology and reporting requirements to enable the publishing of SCB supplier sustainability metrics. This includes:
  •    Scope 3 emissions calculations (baselining) and reporting including CDP submission
  •    D&I validation, reporting and metrics
  •    Working with internal stakeholders and external partners, such as internal disclosure and communication team, external consultants and CDP, to confirm metrics, produce, verify and publish reports/relevant documentation 
  •    Work closely and consult with SCM colleagues and key stakeholders to embed sustainability practices into the supplier life cycle including Environment Social and Governance pre-scoring, vendor selection, onboarding, contracting and vendor management.
  •    Programmes manage the delivery of SCM-Net Zero programme in alignment with net zero commitments
  •    Advise on sustainability continuous improvement practices
  •    Support the delivery of SCM sustainability training programs internally for colleagues and externally for suppliers. This will include development and delivery of Net-Zero Scope 3 emissions training and supplier diversity training
  •    Work with vendors to ensure alignment of vendor sustainability practices to SCB sustainability aspirations
  •    Collaborates with internal Sustainability, Risk, D&I and Legal functions to ensure compliance to SCB sustainability requirements.
  •    Engage with internal and external stakeholders to promote sustainability initiatives within the supply chain.
  •    Work closely with suppliers to enhance their sustainability practices and reporting capabilities.
  •    Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement in supply chain sustainability strategy

• Support on initiatives to enhance the sustainability performance of the supply chain.
• Support the development and delivery of training programs to build sustainability awareness and capabilities within the supply chain management teams and across the Bank
• Support embedding sustainability across the entire Supply Chain Management function. 
• Managing the process to confirm and report SCM supply chain scope 3 emissions and design and roll out the scope 3 net-zero reduction programme.
• Supporting the identification, onboarding and reporting of build diverse suppliers (and diverse spend) within our supply chain.  
• Supporting the implementation of any new processes and will lead/support process automation initiatives that are aligned to the Banks sustainability strategy with respect to further embedding sustainability into the Banks sourcing practices.

Key Stakeholders

• SCM Executive Sustainability Lead
• SCM Management Team
• SCM Sustainability and D&I Team
• SCM Category Managers
• SCM Regional Managers and Supply Chain Heads
• SCM Process Management Leads
• SCM Reporting and Analytics Teams

Qualifications

• Qualification in sustainability/sustainability management (desirable)
• Experience in managing projects across multiple global markets (desirable)
• Supply Chain Management/Procurement Qualification, such as CIPS (desirable) 

Skills and Experience

• Sustainability practices (applied to supply chains)
• Strong data analysis and reporting skills
• Superior multi-tasking skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, often deadline-oriented and dynamic environment
• Excel, PowerPoint
• Project Management

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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