GM Sustainable Procurement /Development

Title: Work Sustainable Procurement Expert

Description - External

Description

We are currently seeking a self-driven professional for leading the execution of Decent Work Program with a passion for upholding human rights and facilitate inclusive workplaces to join our Sustainable Procurement team.

This position is based out of Bangalore or Shanghai.

What will you do:


* Understand the sustainable procurement framework of Schneider Electric and gain subject matter knowledge on ESG-environmental, social and governance topics including current and emerging decent work and human rights issues in supply chain.


* Manage and lead global implementation of designated sustainability initiatives with suppliers, as mentioned below, but not limited to:



* Decent Work Program (SSI#6)



* Coordinate and co-manage global execution of the decent work program with all internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to Global Procurement Services, regional/category procurement teams, SE digital teams, suppliers, expert 3rd party agencies


* Engage, onboard and manage working relationship with all relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth functioning of the program, including



* relevant contractual obligations, as and when required


* agreeing on working model, plan and timely execution


* timely responding to any queries/clarifications associated with the program

Manage the annual onboarding of eligible strategic suppliers in the program


* Co-lead annual update exercise with global procurement effectiveness team


* Review and validate the strategic supplier list (data quality-duplication, inconsistency and others)


* Validating the supplier nomination with regional/category procurement teams


* Supplier engagement via procurement teams to ensure all strategic suppliers are onboarded

Manage (create, engage and monitor) implementation of working plan for timely review of the supplier responses and feedback by the 3rd party expert agency (current or future)

Manage (create, monitor) the tasks to be executed by the Global Procurement Services and ensure the quality review

Manage creation (co-ordinate, validate and execute user acceptance) and launch of survey in the SSPSRM

Develop innovative solutions and implementation model for challenges related to decent work topics, including but not limited to living wage, responsible recruitment


* Co-lead the end to end initiative with all stakeholders


* Engage and lead the pilot execution with suppliers

Co-lead initiative for quantification of tangible/intangible benefits of decent work program to a company


* Develop pilot to document the success stories, quantify and validate the impact

Monitor and report SSI#6/Decent Work KPI for internal and external reporting

Develop and coordinate implementation of a plan for internal and external training and awareness sessions (face-to-face and virtual, live ...