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Sustainable Supply Chain Manager
Location: Remote
Salary: £50,000 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Home Based (with an expectation to travel to Coventry and/or Reading once a month)
Join Them in Creating a Greener Future
Are you passionate about reducing environmental impact and driving meaningful change across supply chains? They’re looking for a Sustainable Supply Chain Manager to play a key role in shaping and delivering their sustainability ambitions.
As part of their forward-thinking Environment & Sustainability team, you’ll work alongside specialists in carbon, nature recovery, and sustainability reporting—all united by the goal of delivering long-term, positive environmental outcomes.
What You’ll Be Doing
In this influential role, you will:
- Support the delivery of their organisation-wide sustainability strategy and ensure key targets are met.
- Lead sustainability engagement across their supply chain, acting as the main point of contact for partners.
- Be responsible for carbon reduction of Scope 3 emissions; working with their partners to understand and reduce their impact on the environment.
- Help drive their transition toward a more circular economy.
- Support the management and continual improvement of their Environmental Management System and associated accreditations.
- Undertake whole lifecycle carbon assessments to inform design and maintenance specifications.
- Work closely with procurement colleagues to embed sustainability into all relevant activities.
- Reduce single-use plastics across construction and maintenance.
- Analyse waste data, set reduction targets, and champion responsible waste management.
- Conduct research, trial new approaches, and contribute to their organisational thought leadership.
- Stay on top of sector trends, legislation, and emerging best practice.
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What You’ll Bring
- Experience in a sustainability, supply chain, or construction-related role.
- Strong understanding of environmental legislation and regulation.
- Experience carrying out lifecycle assessments and knowledge of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
- Familiarity with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and Scope 3 emissions reporting.
- Understanding of the environmental impacts of building and construction.
- Proven ability to work across departments and influence a wide range of stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills and confidence engaging with suppliers.
- Strong IT skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
- Skilled at managing multiple priorities and working independently.
- High standard of verbal, written, and numerical skills.
- Ability to chair meetings and present information clearly.
- Relevant environmental qualification (or working towards one) is desirable.
Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check, satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.
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Discover The Organisation
The organisation is a leading housing provider. They manage around 40,000 homes, serving 93,000 customers across their portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.
Their mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.
They’re looking for like-minded people to join their team of over 900 talented colleagues who embody their values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people’s lives.
They are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows them to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support their colleagues. They have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. They are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation their Menopause Friendly accreditation.
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If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the organisation, please do not hesitate to apply.
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