Senior Manager, Procurement Sustainability

The Sustainable Procurement Senior Manager, within Liberty Blume Procurement Services (LBPS), will play a pivotal role in the delivery of sustainable procurement across our suppliers within LBPS and for our customers. This position is suited to an individual who can collaborate with LBPS teams, suppliers, and customers to embed sustainability practices throughout the supply chain. The successful candidate will help build a culture of resilience and sustainability, ensuring compliance with relevant sustainability standards.

The ideal candidate will be hard-working, motivated, and have a clear passion for sustainable procurement. Prior experience in sustainability and the risk landscape is desired. We are looking for someone who also has an interest in and understanding of the evolving procure-tech landscape and its potential to further enable the resilient and sustainable supply chain agenda.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Sustainable Procurement Practices: Deliver market intelligence and showcase best-in-class examples to identify opportunities for embedding sustainable practices across LBPS sourcing strategies, supplier evaluation, supplier monitoring and contractual negotiations.

Sustainable Procurement Documentation: Design, manage, and continuously update procurement documentation to support source-to-contract processes, sustainability goals, and best practices, including strategies, policies, and training materials. For example, Due Diligence Policy; Responsible Supplier Code of Conduct; Sustainability Schedule; Sustainability RFP Questionnaire; Category Management Handbooks; Contract Clause Library.

Sustainability Impact Assessments: Support sustainability impact assessments of suppliers, including, reviewing and scoring of supplier screening and RFP responses and scoring against a set criterion.

Lead and coordinate the annual EcoVadis sustainability assessment campaign, ensuring timely supplier engagement, accurate data submission, and regular progress reporting to customer stakeholders to drive supplier insight, maintain or improve company-wide ratings and support strategic procurement objectives. This includes leading supplier engagement via the Corrective Action Plan functionality.

Supplier Engagement and Ongoing Monitoring: Collaborate with suppliers to enhance sustainability performance through targeted initiatives-including audits, carbon reduction and engagement programmes-while leading stakeholder engagement, tracking KPIs, and delivering regular performance reporting.

Industry Engagement & Profile Management: Connect with key industry networks to gather and share best practices, build the LBPS network and increase our profile within the sector. Active participation in industry forums, conferences, and working groups to keep abreast of the latest trends and innovations, including managing LBPS membership in JAC. Compile and report on our achievements, ensuring that our successes are communicated effectively both internally and externally.

Social Responsibility Integration: Collaborate with LPS category leads to integrate social responsibility considerations into supplier evaluations and selection processes. Ensure suppliers follow labour standards, human rights, and ethical business practices in collaboration with risk management colleagues. Deploy the Supply Chain human right action plan as per UN Compact guidelines

Data, Analytics & Reporting: Use, develop and maintain data management tools and systems to ensure accurate and efficient data processing. Manage the quality of data and conduct data analysis to generate actionable insights and prepare detailed reports or visualisations to support decision-making. Monitor measures to improve LBPS overall environmental impact across the supply chain and report on progress and themes.

PREFERRED EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in procurement, supply chain management, sustainability, risk management or a related field is preferred.
• Advanced degree in sustainability (and/or risk management) or relevant certifications is desirable.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Experience working in sustainability, preferably within the procurement and supply chain domain and from either a blue-chip in-house procurement team or a consulting / professional services organisation.
• Strong understanding of sustainable procurement principles, environmental standards, and social responsibility frameworks, including EU regulations and relevant certification schemes (e.g., ISO 20400, GRI, CIPS Sustainability Index, CSRD, CSDDD, & CBAM).
• Excellent reporting skills including timely preparation of meeting materials, managing a suite of governance documents and preparation of key presentations.
• Ability to operate software such as PowerPoint, Visio, PowerBI and Excel to support data analysis and reporting.
• Ability to collect and analyse data, identify key indicators and sustainability metrics, and use them to make data-driven decisions.
• A proactive self-starter with a strong sense of initiative and natural curiosity to challenge conventional approaches. Comfortable working independently and capable of driving projects forward from ambiguous or loosely defined briefs.
• Demonstrated experience in leading teams, including training, mentoring, and coaching junior staff to build capability, enhance performance, and support career development.
• Knowledge of current and emerging technology solutions relevant to supply chain management and sustainable procurement.
• Utilise sustainability risk assessment tools (e.g. Moody's, EcoVadis, and Dun & Bradstreet (D&B)) to monitor suppliers and provide informative reporting.
• Experience of cross-functional working with customer leads, functional teams, and senior leadership to ensure alignment, credibility, and momentum.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary + Bonus **where applicable**
• 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more
• Access to wellbeing and mental health benefits such as the Calm app, personal medical, critical illness cover and dental insurance
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%
• Access to our car benefit scheme
• Access to our online learning platform to continue to develop and grow your career with us
• The chance to join an innovative, fast-paced and passionate team

Who we are:

Liberty Blume, a Liberty Global company, is a rapidly growing business services provider, specialising in tech-enabled back-office solutions. Our mission is to deliver efficiency, scale and value to our customers through Business, Procurement and Financial Solutions. If you're curious, customer centric and enjoy being one step ahead, join us on our scale up journey and unlock your freedom to grow!

Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer, committed to an inclusive environment and accommodating all candidates. We're eager to hear from you, no matter your background.