Sustainable Procurement Manager

Understand the Strategic aims of Sustainable Procurement, and the inter-dependencies between other activities happening across Procurement UK (PUK)

Lead on initiatives to engage with the supply chain, facilitating exploratory discussions around Sustainable Procurement and their ESG activities

Project manage the successful use of our ESG supplier assessment tool/s, including stakeholder comms, acting as a subject matter expert on the use of the portal, training PUK colleagues, providing regular reporting and proactively managing risks highlighted by the tool.

Undertake learning & develop of your skills and knowledge across ESG and Procurement topics in order to lead initiatives with supply chain partners with the aim to reduce Scope 3 emissions.

Proactively manage suppliers identified as high risk / high emissions and ensure that all data/KPI/reports are reviewed and feedback provided.

Provide data led evidence where performance is below that expected and work with the Supplier to agree an improvement plan and how this will be managed.

Introduce and maintain simplified SP reporting which reduces the quantity of reports produced whilst improving consistency and quality.

Contribute to designing and creating training materials for the PUK community and the supply chain, ensuring all resources are informative, accurate and accessible. Gather feedback on each resource to demonstrate suitability and measure usage stats.

Support initiatives and opportunities to engage and educate on the full range of Sustainable Procurement topics across PUK and the wider business

Project manage engagement events to support our procurement community with opportunities to engage with existing and new suppliers and promote sustainable procurement and social value ethics at all times. This will include both internal events and external conferences / networking opportunities.

Ensure any risks, opportunities and issues are reported at team meetings and provide options for mitigation of risks.

Ensure that objectives are achieved in the timescales set, and that work allocated is effectively and efficiently managed with progress being clearly shown via a Project Plan in an agreed format.

This is an opportunity to join a small but highly motivated team and influence MBDA to continue on its ambitious Sustainable Procurement journey.