Responsible Sourcing Manager

Responsible Sourcing Manager

LEGO Singapore Pte Ltd

Central

SGD7,000 - SGD9,000

Job Description

Are you passionate about social, ethical and environmental responsibilities of companies and brands?

Then bring your strong communication and negotiation skills to drive compliance initiatives engaging with indirect suppliers and internal partners!

Core responsibilities

• Under the guidance of Responsible Sourcing (RS) PEM Category Lead to manage the dialogues with electronic suppliers on RS requirements.
• In collaboration with Procurement and other global function team to support on-boarding of new electronic suppliers.
• Ongoing compliance work in the Responsible Sourcing team including engaging with suppliers and licensing partners on RBP implementation, identifying root causes of non-compliances and encouraging continuous improvement including training.
• Ongoing compliance work includes scheduling and following up on audits, specifically for electronic suppliers. This will mostly require annual audits (depending on risk profile) and potentially more high risk non compliances to manage.
• Manage Conflict Mineral work on electronic suppliers, including identify and mitigate conflict mineral risk, and communicate with key stakeholders internally and externally.

Play your part in our team succeeding

The Responsible Sourcing team aims to ensure that the LEGO Group’s ethical, social and environmental requirements are met by suppliers, licensing partners and LEGO production sites.

• These requirements are set out in the LEGO Group Responsible Business Principles (RBP) that all strategic suppliers and license partners must adhere to.
• The RBP has a key focus ensuring, that anyone involved in producing LEGO products have fair and decent working conditions, as well as safeguarding children and minimizing environmental impacts.

Do you have what it takes?

Bachelor’s degree or above, in related field will be preferred.

• You have relevant experience (5+ years) in managing social compliance within retail or supply chains in Southeast Asia
• You have experience with the Responsible Business Alliance Code of Conduct compliance and have ideally been working within a global Consumer Electronics brand or within the Electronics industry
• You have knowledge on conflict minerals requirements and way of managing conflict mineral risk
• You will be confident in mapping and assessing social compliance risk and presenting this to key stakeholders, and driving corrective and prevention action plan
• You have experience of training suppliers on social compliance requirements
• You're experienced in reading and analysing social audits, with expertise across a range of audit types (SMETA, ICTI/IETP, SA8000, BSCI etc.)
• You possess solid knowledge and deep interest in international human and labor rights and CSR standards
• You are experienced in working within global teams, understanding the cultural diversity
• You will be flexible to travel regularly within Asia, and with some long haul trips possible (e.g. Europe 1-2 times per year)
• You have a collaborative approach, where you leverage your knowledge while focusing on understanding root causes and driving results and push for constant improvements
• You have the bravery to bring bold, differentiated and interesting ideas to the table
• You have curiosity on social compliance trends and overall risk, could transform new insights and ideas into solutions
• You’re resilient and prepared to work in an agile environment
• English advanced – Level 13 – 16 (required)
• Language of Southeast Asia Counties, e.g. Indonesia, Vietnam (nice to have)

Join the LEGO family

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued, and they belong.

The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are. Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.”

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Build your career brick by brick at the LEGO Group.

You will be part of a value driven team for a much-loved brand where your focused efforts will contribute to taking our responsible sourcing program to the next level. A great opportunity to use your collaboration skills while finding brave win-win solutions and making a difference to the lives of workers.

Additional Information

Career Level

Manager

Qualification

Bachelor's Degree, Post Graduate Diploma, Professional Degree

Years of Experience

5 years

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Specializations

Services, Logistics/Supply Chain, Engineering, Electronics

Company Overview

The LEGO Group offers unique and challenging career opportunities in a global organisation founded on fun, creativity and innovation. The name 'LEGO' is an abbreviation of the two Danish words leg godt, meaning play well. And that has been our guideline since 1932. Today, LEGO Group is the world’s largest manufacturer in construction toys and LEGO products are sold in more than 130 countries. Our head office is in Billund, Denmark, and we have subsidiaries and branches throughout the world.

The LEGO Group is an inspiring and rewarding place to work. Our culture is characterised by an informal atmosphere, an open dialogue, and respect for each other. So if you are a dedicated professional with an imaginative mind who wants to take play seriously, we can offer you the building bricks for a great career.

To learn about how you can build your LEGO future please visit www.jobs.lego.com

Additional Company Information

Registration No.

197902191W

Company Size

More than 5000 Employees

Industry

Consumer Products / FMCG

Benefits & Others

Dental, Miscellaneous allowance, Medical, Sports (e.g. Gym), Vision, Regular hours, Mondays - Fridays, Casual (e.g. T-shirts), Flexible benefits