Responsible Sourcing Manager

As a Responsible Sourcing Lead you will support our global sourcing strategy delivering best in class suppliers and maximising data enabling the buying and merchandising teams to improve their KPI's. What you'll do:

• Supporting the head of responsible sourcing to deliver the sourcing strategy
• Understand current global markets and explore new opportunities ensuring sustainability is at the heart of all process.
• Develop and maintain supplier relationships globally.
• Coordinate with new suppliers on business processes, price of products and ensure smooth onboarding
• Manage a central database and a suite of reports to track supplier performance including scorecards covering critical path management, BIM to NAM, lead times.
• Ensure that the supplier management process is implemented and embedded successfully across the business, reporting progress and working cross functionally.
• Work closely with the product teams to deliver key initiatives ensuring service is maximised and margins are met
• Support and communicate our sustainability strategy with buying teams and supply base alongside sustainability team
  
  Degree level or equivalent work experience.
• Strong excel and data management skills
• Good understanding of global sourcing/procurement.
• Good understanding of fabric and sustainability
• Contacts and extensive experience with international suppliers and manufacturers; and good negotiation skills to get the best price and delivery schedule.
  
  Working here you'll explore everything the world of digital retail has to offer - asking questions, trying new things and chasing new opportunities. Combine this curiosity with the freedom to make your own decisions, take charge of projects and work flexibly, and you've got the perfect place to show your skills and learn new ones. So, if you collaborate, think on your feet, embrace innovation and love rising to a challenge, your work with us will have a serious impact on the business, your career and our customers' lives. We are proud to be N Brown.
  
  24 days holiday (+ 8 bank holidays) with the option to buy an additional 10 days
• Annual bonus scheme
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Access to Apricity, a self-funding IVF benefit at a reduced rate
• Company pension with up to 8% N Brown contribution
• Mental Health support both internally and externally, including access to our wellbeing champions and counselling services
• A range of financial wellbeing support
• Colleague discount across all N Brown brands
• Onsite café with subsidised rates and local restaurant discounts!
• Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance
• Paid volunteer time - all our colleagues can take a full day paid to volunteer for a charity of their choice
Ways of Working
• We offer hybrid working which varies across the business depending on the role you're in. Our Head Office is located in the Northern Quarter in Manchester City Centre. So if you are travelling by train, tram or bus we're perfectly located, plus we're surrounded by cool cafes, trendy bars and the best places to eat!
• Our full-time working hours are 36.17 per week over 5-days. We don't have strict working hours therefore there is some flexibility around start and finish times as long as you are meeting the needs of the business.
• Our promise to you:
• We're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.