Technical Administrator Sustainability

Marks and Spencer; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in the City of London is seeking a Sustainability Assistant to support traceability projects and sustainability reporting. The candidate will manage raw material processes and communication with stakeholders. The ideal applicant is proficient in MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and has a strong understanding of the circular economy. This role offers a hybrid work environment, 20% colleague discount, and generous employee benefits including a pension scheme, holiday entitlement, and wellbeing support.

Benefits

20% colleague discount

Competitive holiday entitlement

Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Wellbeing support

Charity volunteer day

Qualifications

• Good understanding of raw materials traceability and sustainability strategy.
• Proficient in MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and PLM.
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support suppliers' mappings across supply chain traceability projects.
• Manage raw material reporting and due diligence processes.
• Clear communication with third parties for data sharing.

Skills

Raw materials traceability

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Effective communication

Meeting facilitation

Tools

PLM

Job description

All the details

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Fashion, Home and Beauty Sustainability team. You'll work closely with a cross-functional group including Product Owners, IT, Raw Materials, Sustainability and our Sourcing Offices. We're looking for someone passionate about sustainability, sourcing, data management and reporting.

In this role, you will provide essential support to the Raw Material Sustainability team, with a particular focus on traceability projects and sustainability reporting. You will deliver technical administration support across raw material reporting and due-diligence processes, while also contributing to a range of projects across the wider raw materials and circularity agenda.

To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

What's in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that - playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We're an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special

• 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

What you'll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Actively support the mapping of suppliers' connections across the supply chain through different raw materials traceability projects and tools.
• Manage and deliver the different raw material reporting and due diligence processes.
• Clear and proactive communications with all stakeholders, including third parties, to gather and share relevant data.
• Adhoc support for raw materials and circularity projects.
• Manage set critical path of project plans.

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Good understanding of raw materials traceability requirements and their connection to the sustainability strategy.
• Proficient with MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and PLM.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders of all levels.
• Good at meeting facilitation and minutes taking.
• Understanding of the circular economy including circular business models and circular design

Everyone's welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We're disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We're transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

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