Ethical Specialist - Leicester, United Kingdom - Dunelm

Dunelm

Verified Company

Leicester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Overview:

Home. There's no place like it. And there's no feeling like helping people create the joy of feeling truly at home.

At Dunelm, that's what we do. We're the UK's number one choice for homewares because we make home life lovelier for our customers. And the caring and supportive culture we've created makes this a place you'll feel right at home too.

Caring for the people who manufacture our products is at the centre of our business principal.

Join us as the Ethical Specialist and you will contribute to the development and delivery of our ethical strategy through supporting suppliers and engagement with internal teams.

You will play a key role in ensuring that all our own brand products are sourced ethically as part of our wider responsible sourcing strategy.

This role will sit within the team responsible for managing our ethical service providers and working with our suppliers to drive continuous improvement and greater transparency.

You will be an ambassador for Dunelm's values and brand standards and represent Dunelm on external groups.

Quality & Sourcing Team

Quality & Sourcing manages the technical development of our product ranges, ensuring we are offering the best possible quality and value for the customer.

To ensure products meet ethical, quality, legal and safety standards that exceed customer expectations.

Ethical Department
The ethical department is embedded within the Quality Team.

Managing the ethical compliance of our supply chain to our own ethical policy to ensure the rights of the workers in our supply chain are respected and our brand protected.

This role is a hybrid opportunity.
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What you'll be doing:

Manage ethical policy breach workstreams.
Attend weekly branded call and manage NC's.
Review spot check reports as they come in and feedback/escalate
Attend monthly high risk factory review meetings and manage follow up actions.
Manage NHM / Disney factory list, approvals, renewal.
Provide response and corrective action plans to supplier issues, findings
Ethical training at monthly Housewarming / carry out CSR training with new starters
Support buyers and suppliers with new supplier onboarding process
Review new DTC suppliers and manage onboarding process

What we'll look for in you:

Experience of involvement in managing ethical programmes for retailers / brands
Ability to develop strong and meaningful relationships with stakeholders including internal teams, suppliers, and any other 3rd party organisations in order to drive change.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and able to communicate at all levels.
Familiar with ETI, Sedex, SMETA systems and processes
Passionate about making a difference and having a positive impact on our future.