Location
London, United Kingdom

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary plus bonus where applicable

About the Role
The Senior Manager, Sustainable Procurement within Liberty Blume Procurement Services (LBPS) will play a pivotal role in driving sustainable procurement practices across our suppliers and customers. This role requires collaboration with LBPS teams, suppliers, and customers to embed sustainability throughout the supply chain, building a culture of resilience and ensuring compliance with relevant sustainability standards. The successful candidate will be motivated, passionate about sustainable procurement, and experienced in sustainability and risk management. An understanding of the evolving procure-tech landscape and its potential to enable a resilient and sustainable supply chain is highly valued.

Key Accountabilities:
- Deliver market intelligence and best-in-class examples to embed sustainable practices in sourcing strategies, supplier evaluation, monitoring, and contractual negotiations.
- Design, manage, and update procurement documentation supporting source-to-contract processes and sustainability goals, including policies, training materials, and contractual clauses.
- Support sustainability impact assessments of suppliers, including reviewing and scoring supplier screening and RFP responses.
- Lead and coordinate the annual EcoVadis sustainability assessment campaign to drive supplier insight, maintain or improve company-wide ratings, and support strategic procurement objectives.
- Collaborate with suppliers to enhance sustainability performance through audits, carbon reduction, and engagement programs, while tracking KPIs and delivering performance reporting.
- Engage with industry networks and forums to share best practices, build LBPS’s profile, and stay abreast of trends and innovations.
- Integrate social responsibility into supplier evaluations, ensuring adherence to labour standards, human rights, and ethical business practices.
- Use and develop data management tools to ensure accurate data processing, analysis, and reporting to support decision-making and monitor environmental impact across the supply chain.

Experience
- Proven experience in sustainability within procurement and supply chain, ideally from a blue-chip in-house procurement team or consulting/professional services.
- Strong knowledge of sustainable procurement principles, environmental standards, and social responsibility frameworks including EU regulations and certifications such as ISO 20400, GRI, CIPS Sustainability Index, CSRD, CSDDD, and CBAM.
- Experience using sustainability risk assessment tools like Moody's, EcoVadis, and Dun & Bradstreet.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams, including training, mentoring, and coaching junior staff.
- Skilled in cross-functional collaboration with customer leads, functional teams, and senior leadership.
- Proficient in software tools such as PowerPoint, Visio, PowerBI, and Excel for data analysis and reporting.

About you
- A proactive self-starter with strong initiative and curiosity to challenge conventional approaches.
- Comfortable working independently and driving projects from ambiguous or loosely defined briefs.
- Passionate about sustainability and motivated to embed it within procurement practices.
- Excellent communication and reporting skills with the ability to prepare governance documents and presentations.
- Interest and understanding of emerging procure-tech solutions relevant to sustainable supply chains.

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