Responsible Sourcing Specialist

**Overview**

It’s a great time to join Screwfix. Thanks to the hard work of our team and record-breaking sales, we’re proud to be one of the fastest-growing retailers in the UK. And we want to pass that growth onto you.

We are excited to announce a fantastic opportunity for a passionate Responsible Sourcing Specialist to join the Screwfix sustainability team. Screwfix is an ambitious and growing retailer with a bold sustainability plan and this role will be instrumental in ensuring that we meet industry-leading supply chain ethical and transparency standards. Reporting to and in collaboration with the Responsible Sourcing Manager & Sustainability Manager. You will support in the delivery of all Responsible Sourcing Policies, including Human Rights, Wood & Paper, Animal Welfare and Sustainable Chemicals. You will be knowledgeable, committed and proactive, acting as the business advisor in matters relating to responsible sourcing. You will work alongside a team of responsible sourcing specialists, together acting as a centre of expertise and coordinating responsible sourcing communications to engage our colleagues, customers, vendors, and Kingfisher.

We believe that a hybrid, flexible working approach offers you - and your colleagues - the best of both worlds. Face-to-face collaboration is an integral part of our warm, friendly culture, so you’ll work from our head office three days a week, working flexibly around our core working hours of 10am-3pm. Beyond that, how, when and where you work is up to you. With a subsidised canteen, free parking and a comfortable, relaxed environment, we’ve worked hard to build an office you’ll want to work in. We also know that, when it comes to school pick-ups and home deliveries, it’s nice to have the flexibility to do both.

**Key responsibilities**
- In collaboration with Responsible Sourcing Manager, support the ongoing delivery of our responsible sourcing strategy
- Track and monitor delivery of responsible sourcing targets (Kingfisher and Screwfix) including ethical sourcing, wood and paper, animal welfare, and chemicals
- Support and act as the Screwfix key contact for responsible sourcing activities, being a source of advice and guidance to teams where needed
- Engender a responsible sourcing focus across Screwfix teams and our Vendors to deliver and support our responsible sourcing objectives
- Actively engage, feed in into and support the implementation of new policies that drive the responsible sourcing strategy
- Support the management of business-critical ethical audits with Vendors, working with 3rd parties to implement key actions and next steps - escalating issues and risks to Responsible Sourcing Manager
- Engage with Kingfisher regarding responsible sourcing - sharing successes, challenges and approaches to support the wider Kingfisher sourcing strategies
- Work with the QA team to ensure that new Vendors and new products onboarded are compliant to the relevant responsible sourcing policies
- Provide technical support to QA, Commercial and other Screwfix functions involved in responsible sourcing activities and delivery of targets
- Proactively engage and educate teams involved and respond to technical queries
- Ownership of range of Vendors & factories within our supply chain, support the Vendors and factories to gain compliance to the Ethical Sourcing Policy
- Proactively review and analyse what other organisations are doing, using this insight and analysis to support our own internal benchmarking
- Review ethical audits across several platforms, grade them against the Kingfisher risk matrix, and support vendors in gaining compliance where necessary

**Required skills & experience**
- Relevant experience within an appropriate field
- Strong knowledge of human rights and responsible sourcing, ideally in a large business or retail environment
- A passion for sustainability
- Commercial and retail experience/knowledge beneficial
- Data gathering, analysis and communication experience
- A team player with the ability to work cross functionally, delivering complex business wide projects
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate at all management levels, in particular verbal and written communication must be clear, detailed, and accurate

**What’s in it for You?**
We’ve built a workplace that works for you. Here’s how we support your success:

- ** Flexible Working**: Enjoy a hybrid model—spend three days a week in our welcoming Head Office with flexible hours to fit your life.
- ** Belonging & Inclusivity**: Join a team that values diversity, equity, and inclusion, where leaders listen and colleagues have your back.
- ** Career Progression & Learning**: Access award-winning apprenticeships, development programs, and the tools to ‘Make More of Yourself.’
- ** Health & Wellbeing**: Enjoy subsidized meals, gym discounts, and counselling services through the Retail Trust.
- ** Family-First Policies**: Inclusive parental leave, enhanced pa