Supply Chain Circularity

3 weeks ago

Reading, United Kingdom Primark Full time
Job Description

Supply Chain Circularity & Materials Manager
Location: Reading, UK or Dublin, ROI
 
At Primark, we’re here to create maximum joy at minimum cost – less money and less impact on the planet. Our strong values run through everything we do – we are Caring and always strive to put people first. We’re Dynamic and bravely push the boundaries. We succeed Together knowing that we learn more, laugh more and achieve more as a team.
 
Our Environmental Sustainability teams are an integral part of what we do. Surrounded by some of the best technical sustainability specialists in the industry, you’ll bring your own unique ideas to the business - helping to shape the experience of our colleagues and customers as part of a forward-thinking team.
 
In this role, you will develop and deliver a supply chain circularity programme that will support our public commitments under Primark Cares, elevate waste management practices across our supply base and help to establish scalable solutions for textile-to-textile recycling.

What You’ll Get

The world is changing and it’s important we support our colleagues to be dynamic. People are at the heart of what we do at Primark, so it’s essential we provide the right environment for you to feel that you belong and to perform at your best. That’s why we offer benefits that put you first…
 
Some of our benefits are:

  1. days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more.
  2. Flexible Working, opportunity for an 2pm early Friday finish, and a subsidised cafeteria.
  3. Primark Perks – Discounts with some local partner business to our offices
 
What You’ll Do:
In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of departments, markets and skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:
 
  1. Strategy Development & Deployment : Collaborate with stakeholders to create and implement a circularity strategy centred upon our global manufacturing base, with a clear focus on post-industrial waste.
  2. Waste Management Programme : To support the broader circularity programme, develop and deploy a best-in-class waste management programme across the supply base, ensuring alignment with regulatory due diligence requirements.
  3. Textile-to-Textile Recycling : Using your understanding of materials, work collaboratively to define and activate a scalable textile-to-textile/waste-to-fibre strategy.
  4. Integration and Target Delivery : Seamlessly integrate new strategies into enterprise-wide sourcing and sustainability programmes by developing robust and measurable targets.
  5. Innovation & Capacity Building : Explore technical solutions needed to deliver against programme goals, elevating skills and capabilities where required to aid global deployment.
  6. Materials Expertise : With a strong technical understanding of synthetic materials, co-lead the evolution of Primark’s Microfibre strategy, in addition to developing and maintaining relevant materials policies.
  7. Key Interactions and Engagement as part of this role:
  • As a subject matter expert, work with our government affairs team to provide input and guidance in relation to legislative developments.
  • Identify synergies between this programme and the broader scope of sustainability work within Primark.
  • Embody collaboration by working cross-functionally across key teams, including Primark Cares, ethical trade, sourcing, product sustainability, quality, and compliance.
  • Engagement with programme partners and industry associations in relation to this work will be essential.

 
What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel that they belong and they can bring their best selves to work – so please bring your authentic self, and other key experiences and abilities for this role in particular:
 
  • Minimum of 8 years relevant professional experience in Materials
  • Technical expertise relating to textiles, synthetic materials, manufacturing, chemistry, engineering.
  • Relevant professional certification (i.e. CEnv or CEng) preferred, but can be worked towards in role if not yet achieved.
  • Extensive, proven experience establishing sustainability programmes within a global business.
  • A collaborative enterprise-wide thinker accustomed to designing and embedding change in large-scale organisations.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop a culture that embraces innovation and challenges existing paradigms without compromising business performance.
 
 
Ready? Great - because we can’t wait to see what you can offer. You’ll be joining a team of diverse, passionate, and talented individuals, collaborating on projects that will shape the future of our industry. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet all the criteria, we still encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or another one, and our recruitment team can determine where your skills may fit in at Primark.
 

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