Human Rights Project Manager

A day in the life
The Global Sustainability sourcing team is looking for an experienced lead to support and deploy the global Human Rights sourcing strategy fully aligned with the Human Rights L’Oréal frame and to be applied across all our procurement categories. This will include orchestrating relevant actions, developing critical partnerships and accelerate positive impact for communities involved in L’Oréal upstream value chain.
The Human Rights Project Manager reporting directly to the Sustainable Sourcing Director will undertake the main following strategic responsibilities, in line with the Group frame and roadmap:

- lead continuous strategic watch with external stakeholders (NGOs, industry coalitions, external experts, etc.), together with the Global Human Rights team
- support and deploy a global and scalable strategy for a transparent upstream chain of custody
- ensuring alignment with UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the public targets set across L’Oréal full value chain
- build priority roadmap, based on relevant criteria for each category, covering all our procurement categories, both direct and indirect
- coordinate governance to ensure effective improvements, road map delivery and reporting
- ensure that the overall Human Rights sustainable sourcing approach is streamlined and comprehensive to educate our internal and external ecosystem
- develop communication, training materials and pragmatic implementation tools for internal sourcing teams and suppliers
- manage implementation of relevant policies, ongoing Human Rights due diligence, grievance mechanisms, remediation.
- engage our suppliers and contribute to coalition building when necessary and in coordination with the global Human Rights Team.

The position is based in Paris with ad hoc travels across our zones.
About the Team
Our multicultural sustainable sourcing team is fully integrated within our global sourcing organization, partnering with all procurement domains, zones and divisions as well as Corporate Responsibility team and other Operations métiers.
We aim to fundamentally transform procurement and our ecosystem by implementing our Corporate Responsibility strategy, achieving our L’Oréal for the Future program commitments, and strengthening the resilience of our upstream supply chain.
**Our strategy is based on four pillars**: Human Rights protection; environmental preservation; business integrity; diversity, equity and inclusion.
To find out more on our L’Oreal for the Future program and understand our environmental and social set of commitments:
We are looking for
- Higher education qualified in relevant field (Human Rights, responsible supply chain, responsible sourcing, sustainability, etc.)
- Extensive relevant experience in responsible sourcing, either in consulting or in-house roles in an international environment
- Solid understanding of supply chain traceability, sustainability topics and Human Rights standards, extensive experience with supplier relationship management.
- Robust experience working with international teams and leading complex projects and transformations.
- Exposure to the cosmetic / fast-moving consumer products industries is highly desirable
- Ability to speak both English and French is essential

Organizational and communication skills
- Excellent ability to multi-task and consolidate an expansive array of topics and stakeholders
- High level of accountability in work quality and excellent attention to detail
- Strong communication, being able to make complex topics accessible
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to develop collaborative working relationships
- Successful experiences in team management

Impact and agility
- Ability to see the big picture with an open mind and an ability to pivot and bounce back as needed
- Ability to challenge the status-quo, value driven with the willingness to collaborate with business
- A hands-on, can-do attitude combined with an ability to work strategically and seize opportunities
- Ability to work at pace and deliver key milestones

Who We Are
At L’Oréal, our goal is to offer each and every person around the world the best of beauty in terms of quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity and responsibility to satisfy all beauty needs and desires in their infinite diversity.
And because we are the global leader in beauty, we are aware that everything we do can have a meaningful impact.
**Therefore**:

- We strive to be exemplary with a long-term vision, anchoring our actions in our strong values and demanding ethical principles.
- We act to protect the beauty of the planet by fighting climate change, respecting biodiversity and preserving natural resources.
- We act to build a sustainable business through a transparent, innovative and inclusive value chain, strengthening the communities with which we engage.
- We act to nurture lasting partnerships with our clients and suppliers based on m