Compliance, Sustainability and Supplier Manager (Maternity Cover) (Hiring Immediately)

This 12 month maternity cover role will lead our supplier management, sustainability requirements and supply chain process development across the business. The Supply Chain Manager will oversee supplier lifecycle processes, strengthen compliance and transparency, improve reporting visibility and support cross-functional teams to drive supplier performance, operational efficiency and responsible sourcing standards.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Supplier lifecycle management: Manage the end-to-end supplier lifecycle, including onboarding, supplier set-up, approvals, information management and ongoing record maintenance.
• Supplier requirements: Define, communicate and maintain supplier requirements across operational standards, ethical trading, sustainability, product compliance and ways of working.
• Process, reporting and visibility: Improve supplier operations processes, reporting tools and dashboards to increase visibility of supplier status, compliance progress, sustainability activity, risks and key performance measures.
• Cross-functional support: Partner with Buying, Merchandising, Product Development, Technical, Quality, Finance and Logistics teams to provide supplier guidance, resolve operational queries and support decision-making.
• Risk and efficiency: Identify supplier and supply chain risks, recommend practical solutions and drive efficiencies that support stronger supplier performance and improved ways of working.
• Packaging, labels and trims: Manage supplier-facing requirements for packaging, labels and trims, supporting consistency, compliance, sustainability goals, cost awareness and operational efficiency.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Supplier management and compliance: Confidence managing supplier relationships, onboarding, operational queries and performance expectations.
• Sustainability: Strong understanding of supplier standards, ethical trading, responsible sourcing and compliance documentation.
• Process improvement: Ability to simplify ways of working, improve processes and create tools that increase visibility and efficiency.
• Reporting and analysis: Comfortable working with excel and other data sources to monitor KPIs and dashboards to identify risks, priorities and opportunities.
• Stakeholder management: Strong communicator who can work effectively with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Commercial awareness: Understanding of how supplier performance, lead times, cost, compliance and process efficiency affect business performance.
• Problem solving: Ability to work independently, manage priorities and resolve supplier or process challenges.
• Organisation: You are organised, detail-focused and confident managing multiple supplier, process and sustainability priorities at pace.
• Problem solving: You are proactive, solutions-focused and comfortable making practical recommendations that support responsible and efficient supply chain operations..

Desirable Experience

• Fashion, retail or lifestyle experience: Experience in a product-led, multi-category retail environment.
• Sustainability and ethical trading: Familiarity with supplier codes of conduct, audits, certifications or responsible sourcing initiatives.
• Systems and data management: Experience using supplier portals, PLM, ERP, compliance trackers or reporting dashboards.
• Packaging, trims or labelling: Understanding of packaging, care labels, trims or branded components.
• Project or change management: Experience supporting process change, supplier onboarding, system implementation or operational improvements.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary, subject to skills and experience
• Annual leave base starting at 25 days per year (+ bank holidays)
• Free Parking
• 2 Corporate Social Responsibility days per year
• Generous staff allowance and discount
• Free fresh fruit, snacks and drinks in office
• Individual social fund
• Bi-Annual Paid team outings