Procurement Sustainability Lead, Essential Home

Essential Home
At Essential Home, we are striving to 'Create a Cleaner World' by bringing our innovative solutions to a billion more homes. Our entrepreneurial culture provides us with the opportunity to make a real difference. Our career possibilities are limitless because we're not defined by rigid career paths.

Sustainability At Essential Home
In March 2021, Reckitt announced their 2030 Sustainability ambitions, for a cleaner, healthier world. Essential Home 2030 ambitions will follow the Reckitt ambitions; by building on the progress we have already made and reflecting the areas where we can maximise our positive and enduring impact.

About The Role
You will be instrumental in driving our Sustainability procurement agenda, putting Essential Home at the forefront of sustainability in its sector and unlocking long term value growth.

Your Responsibilities
OVERALL: your role is responsible for leading and driving sustainability initiatives within the procurement process. This role ensures that the company's sourcing strategies align with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives while optimizing cost, quality, and efficiency. The lead will collaborate with various stakeholders to integrate sustainability into supplier relationships, procurement policies, and decision-making processes.

• Lead sustainable sourcing strategy with internal stakeholders, external partners and suppliers
• Develop supplier relationships (engagement & collaboration) that support sustainable practices and operate supply chain due diligence programmes: labour standards/human rights, responsible sourcing
• Identify sustainable alternatives by working closely with R&D and suppliers
• Monitor suppliers' performance, investigating corrective actions as needed
• Identify ways to minimize the carbon footprint of Procurement activities
• Embed Sustainable practices into Procurement policies (SOP)

The Experience We Are Looking For
The successful candidate will be a self-starter that is able to work independently and possess the ability to collaborate, motivate and work effectively with variety of different internal and external employees and stakeholders, to inspire a positive culture of respect for strong human rights and environmental standards within our entire value chain.

• Solid experience (7Y+) in procurement, supply chain management, or sustainability.
• Understanding of sustainable sourcing, green procurement practices, and corporate sustainability initiatives.
• Experience in supplier management, negotiation, and contract management with a focus on sustainability.
• Knowledge of sustainability frameworks, certifications (e.g., ISO 14001, Fair Trade), and ESG reporting.
• Excellent communication, and leadership skills.
• Strong ability to review and identify issues and opportunities in the business and get things done - Flexibility in thinking and pragmatic problem-solving skills
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail is critical

What We Offer
With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality
We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.