Supply Chain Sustainability Manager - EMEA

Job ID: 0000KM9Y

Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom | Sheffield, United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom

Area of interest: Procurement

Job type: Permanent - Full Time

Work style: Hybrid Working

Opening date: 07-Oct-2024

Closing date: 14-Oct-2024

Job description

Supply Chain Sustainability Manager - EMEA, Procurement

Some careers grow faster than others.

If you're looking for a career that will give you plenty of opportunities to develop, join HSBC and your future will be rich with potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

Our Digital Business Services teams are the foundation of HSBC, providing essential support across technology, operations and key central business services for our global businesses and functions. This includes running customer operations, delivering innovative digital solutions for customers and colleagues, managing bank-wide change, and central services such as procurement and real estate management. The teams play a vital role in driving great experiences for customers and colleagues, and enabling the bank's strategy.

Dynamic and proactive, Global Procurement delivers tangible commercial value for HSBC. A varied remit spans all aspects of the procurement lifecycle worldwide - from leading relationships with suppliers, to ensuring alignment across spending plans. Highly engaged with the business, Procurement specialists develop deep strategic understanding. This leads to stronger approaches to measuring success, and ultimately ensures the Group operates ever more effectively.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Supply Chain Sustainability Manager – EMEA.

In this role, you will:

· Strategy Development: Drive the development of regional sustainability strategies for EMEA aligned with HSBC's business objectives and commitments.

· Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with stakeholders to effectively execute sustainability strategies at both regional and local levels.

· Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert on ESG providing guidance on industry standards and best practises.

· ESG Engagement: Engage with Global Procurement team as well as local ESG teams and suppliers to ensure adherence to ESG frameworks and practises.

· Performance Monitoring: Monitor and report on sustainability performance metrics ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with regional and global goals.

Requirements

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

· ESG Experienced: Extensive experience in ESG, particularly within the European market.

· Relationship Management: Strong relationship management skills to collaborate with diverse stakeholders. Senior leaders engagement.

· Procurement Knowledge: Knowledge of sustainability practises within procurement processes.

· ESG Knowledge: Knowledge of EU regulations such as CSRD, CSDDD.

· Change Leadership: Proven ability to influence and drive change within cross-functional teams.

· Analytical Skills: Strong analytical skills to assess sustainability initiatives and their impact on business performance.

You'll achieve more when you join HSBC.

At HSBC we look to enable our employees to better balance their work / life priorities and have the flexibility required to meet challenging needs as they progress through different life stages. Where possible we will consider the following flexible working options: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, and working from home and staggered hours. If in considering a role with HSBC you have a need for some flexibility in your working arrangements please discuss this with the recruitment team in the early stages of the application process.

We believe that being open to a range of perspectives and cultures is vital for our business. We work hard to ensure our diverse and inclusive workplace reflects the communities we serve. We want everyone to achieve their potential – regardless of their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age. If you have a different way of seeing the world, we are interested in hearing from you.

HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme, and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com

Telephone: +44 2078328500.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has processes in place to avoid nepotism. This means we will avoid circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.