Due Diligence Lead in Slough

This job is with Reckitt, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. We are Reckitt, home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Reckitt is a global health, hygiene and nutrition company driven by its purpose to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. Everyday Reckitt's brands - such as Dettol, Lysol, Durex, Vanish, and Finish - are working across the globe to support people to lead cleaner, healthier lives.

About the role: In 2021, we announced our 2030 Sustainability ambitions, for a cleaner, healthier world, backed by more than £1bn in investment over the next decade. Our 2030 ambitions build on the progress we have already made and have been chosen to reflect the areas where we can maximise our positive and enduring impact. Our strategy is focused on:

• Purpose-led brands - every one of our brands is directing its focus to where it can make most impact in accelerating progress to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
• Healthier planet - recognising the increasing connection between people's health, halting climate change, and protecting biodiversity.
• Fairer Society - enabling a fair diverse and inclusive society as an employer and in our value chain.

Reckitt's Due Diligence Lead will support our Responsible Workplace and Environmental Performance programme, focusing on the delivery of improved social, health & safety and environmental performance across our supply chain. Key responsibilities will include reviewing performance at strategic supplier sites with applicable legislation and Reckitt standards, overseeing the social and environmental audits and assessments, identifying risks and issues, and monitoring corrective action implementation. This will involve proactive engagement with a range of cross-functional stakeholders from our Supply, Human Resources, Procurement and Legal teams, in addition to external stakeholders including peer companies and industry associations.

The successful candidate requires strong analytical skills, influencing ability, exceptional project and stakeholder management skills, excellent communication capability and resilience to cope with competing priorities among internal and external stakeholders.

Your responsibilities:

• Create and lead the Reckitt approach to engage suppliers around Environmental Due Diligence in line with CS3D.
• Engage key suppliers around building environmental capability and enhancing Environmental Due Diligence.
• Oversee the Human Rights Outsourcing Programme conducting site audits to ensure consistent compliance with applicable Health & Safety, Environment and Labour legislation and Reckitt's Sourcing for Sustainable Growth Policy and supporting standards.
• Prepare comprehensive reports outlining findings that need to be addressed, trends, patterns, improvement areas and good practices.
• Communicate internally key findings for suppliers, Reckitt sites to the procurement teams and oversee robust corrective actions that will drive long term performance improvements.
• Create and deliver appropriate social and environmental capability building initiatives / communications, guidance material, workshops, conferences, etc., to improve awareness and understanding of relevant topics to drive sustained performance improvements.
• Establish and monitor KPIs and provide regular reports/updates to key business stakeholders on performance status.
• Ensure effective integration of Reckitt's Sustainability policies and procedures into Reckitt's purchasing practices to support supply chain due diligence and performance enhancement.
• Regularly review programme performance, kept abreast of changing legislation and best practice, identify challenges, and propose new solutions / approaches that Reckitt can implement.
• Collaborate with peers and multi-stakeholder initiatives to address systemic supply chain challenges effectively (e.g. AIM-Progress, Consumer Goods Forum).
• Support and develop internal and external communications, together with relevant training and capability building mechanism to build awareness of and support for programme goals, progress, and impacts.
• Contribute to external Sustainability reporting requirements such as Reckitt's annual Sustainability Report, Modern Slavery Act statement and investor disclosures (FTSE4Good, CDP and DJSI).
• Support the development, coordination, and delivery of external sustainability reporting and transparency requirements. This includes contributing data, narrative inputs, and governance processes for disclosures under frameworks such as CSRD, Reckitt's Sustainability Report and, Modern Slavery Statement reporting, and other relevant ESG transparency initiatives.

The experience we're looking for:

• Good knowledge of environmental issues relevant to air emissions, water, wastewater, waste, and hazardous chemicals.
• Good knowledge of labour issues covering working hours, remuneration, child / forced labour, etc.
• Good understanding of manufacturing operations and key EHS and labour legislation in one or more countries.
• Relevant degree or postgraduate qualification in H&S, Environment or Sustainability disciplines.
• Ability to travel, including a valid passport and driver's license.
• Experience auditing against OHSAS19001, ISO14001 and SA 8000 or SMETA preferable but not essential.
• Knowledge of Power BI beneficial.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES: The successful candidate will possess the ability to collaborate, motivate and work effectively with a variety of different internal and external employees and stakeholders, to inspire a positive culture of respect for human rights, strong labour and environmental standards within our supply chain. Ability to influence and negotiate, results-driven, collaborative and a 'can-do' attitude. Ability to identify issues and work to find agreeable solutions. Clear understanding of business needs and impact of role upon those needs. Good understanding of the FMCG / consumer healthcare industry. Ability to work with multiple stakeholders, managing the relationship and building trust. Strong quality and compliance orientation - has a clear understanding of regulatory compliance issues and the potential impact of compliance related issues on meeting key deliverables. Be a self-starter, self-motivated, proactive, and self-sufficient and comfortable working independently and remotely. Able to build effective working relationships and deliver results in a wide range of environments and cultures. Have clear and concise communications skills, both written and verbal, requiring a good level of English language, with the ability to adapt communications to various audiences. Be highly organised, in terms of both personal approach and reporting, to ensure all actions are suitable, practical, compliant, and achievable. Be willing to travel up to 25%.

The skills for success: Strategic Thinking, Environmental Knowledge, Stakeholder Engagement, Project Management, Data Analysis, Regulatory Compliance, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Reporting and Communication, Environmental Management Systems, Auditing, Risk Management, Sustainable Sourcing, Training and Education, Life Cycle Assessment, Regulatory Knowledge, Human Rights, Due Diligence, International Standards, Stakeholder Collaboration, Training and Capacity Building, Policy Development, Legal Understanding.

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.