Job Description

Job Summary

The Sustainability Manager will lead a small team of Sustainability Vendor Managers and will work closely with the Supply Chain Management Head of Sustainability and Training to develop and successfully implement and imbed the 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Programme manage the delivery of SCM-NZ programme in alignment with SBTi 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.
• 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.
• Leading a small team (2 individuals) and sets objectives and targets to drive the SCM sustainability agenda.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Minimum of 5 years of sustainability, senior analytical role or equivalent professional experiences.
• Analytical and independent thinker.
• People management skills and experience.
• Ability to understand and present data to senior stakeholders.
• Superior communication, facilitation and consensus-building skills.
• Demonstrated relationship-building skills, with a superior ability to make things happen through the use of positive influence.
• Organizational awareness with an understanding of how to engage the organization to get things done.
• Strong problem-solving skills; comfortable tackling complex problems and breaking these downs into manageable pieces.
• Superior multi-tasking skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, often deadline-oriented and dynamic environment.
• Conceptual and practical thinking and implementation skills.
• Strong Excel skills and intermediate PowerPoint skills.
• Qualification in sustainability/sustainability management (desirable).
• Experience in managing projects across multiple global markets (desirable).
• Supply Chain Management/Procurement Qualification, such as CIPS (desirable).

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• 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

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