Compliance, Sustainability and Supplier Manager (Maternity Cover)

Department: Buying

Employment Type: Contract / Temp

Location: Northumberland, ENG, Cramlington, Hybrid

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.. 

• 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