Role Overview
The Responsible Sourcing & Compliance Manager is responsible for the day-to-day execution and control of GSA's supplier responsible-sourcing and compliance programmes. Reporting to the Director of Procurement Policy, Governance, Risk & Sustainability, with functional alignment to the Senior Manager, ESG, the role translates approved regulatory and ESG requirements into repeatable supplier campaigns, due-diligence workflows, evidence, remediation and reporting.
The role is the operational owner for supplier compliance activities such as modern slavery and forced-labour due diligence, conflict-minerals and responsible-materials data collection, supplier declarations, social and ethical screening, follow-up and audit-ready evidence. It works closely with Procurement, Legal, Sustainability, Quality and suppliers to ensure requirements are executed consistently and issues are escalated promptly.
Key Responsibilities
Responsible Sourcing & Compliance Execution
- Execute global supplier due-diligence and compliance programmes in accordance with approved policies, regulatory interpretations, risk methodologies and ESG priorities.
- Plan and run recurring supplier campaigns, declarations, questionnaires and evidence requests, with clear scope, timelines, completion tracking and escalation.
- Maintain operational procedures, templates, supplier communications and work instructions required for consistent execution across regions and categories.
- Ensure supplier compliance obligations are embedded into onboarding, sourcing, contracting and supplier-management processes where required.
Modern Slavery, Forced Labour & Human Rights
- Operate procurement due-diligence processes supporting modern slavery, forced-labour and broader supplier human-rights requirements, including supplier screening, information requests, risk assessment and evidence collection.
- Coordinate enhanced due diligence for higher-risk suppliers or supply chains and track required corrective or remediation actions to closure.
- Maintain supporting records and procurement inputs required for enterprise statements, disclosures, customer responses and audit or regulatory requests.
- Escalate potential breaches, credible allegations or high-risk findings promptly to the Senior Manager, ESG, Legal, Sustainability and other designated stakeholders.
Conflict Minerals & Responsible Materials
- Manage supplier data collection and due-diligence workflows supporting conflict-minerals and other responsible-materials requirements within GSA scope.
- Coordinate supplier declarations, smelter/refiner or source information, data validation, exception follow-up and escalation in partnership with relevant technical and compliance teams.
- Maintain traceable records, status reporting and audit evidence supporting regulatory, customer and internal requirements.
- Identify recurring supplier data gaps and work with Category Management and suppliers to improve response quality and timeliness.
Screening, Evidence & Remediation
- Operate approved supplier screening and monitoring workflows for social, ethical and responsible-sourcing compliance, using internal systems and approved third-party tools.
- Maintain a controlled evidence repository and clear audit trail of supplier responses, assessments, decisions, approvals and remediation actions.
- Track exceptions and corrective actions to closure, escalating overdue or material issues through defined governance channels.
- Support supplier offboarding, restriction or enhanced controls where directed following confirmed compliance findings.
Reporting, Audit & Continuous Improvement
- Produce recurring dashboards and reports covering supplier response rates, risk findings, remediation status, evidence completeness and programme performance.
- Prepare procurement evidence and support internal or external audits, customer enquiries and regulatory reporting activities within the role's scope.
- Identify opportunities to simplify campaigns, improve supplier response quality, automate evidence collection and strengthen data integrity.
- Support capability building for Procurement teams and suppliers through practical guidance, training and communications.
Role Interfaces & Boundaries
- The Senior Manager, ESG owns supplier ESG strategy, regulatory roadmap, performance framework and cross-functional leadership; this role executes the approved responsible-sourcing and compliance programmes and provides operational insight back into that strategy.
- The Senior Supplier Risk, Resilience & Mapping Manager owns broad supplier-risk methodology, multi-tier mapping, continuity risk, BCP, concentration analysis and crisis readiness; this role uses mapping and risk intelligence to target due diligence but does not own the mapping capability.
- Procurement Policy & Governance owns policy architecture, GPMS/QMS controls and policy exception governance; this role maintains compliant operating procedures and evidence within those frameworks.
- Legal, Ethics & Compliance, Regulatory and Sustainability retain interpretation and enterprise ownership for obligations within their remit; this role provides GSA execution and supplier evidence rather than independent legal interpretation.
Qualifications & Experience
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business, ESG, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sustainability, Law or a related discipline (desirable).
- Professional procurement, sustainability, compliance or responsible-sourcing qualifications (desirable).
Experience
- Relevant experience in procurement, supply chain, supplier compliance, responsible sourcing, sustainability, quality or risk within a complex organization.
- Practical experience running supplier due-diligence, compliance or data-collection programmes and following exceptions through to closure.
- Experience with modern slavery / forced-labour, conflict-minerals, responsible-materials or comparable supplier-compliance programmes is highly regarded.
- Experience maintaining audit-ready evidence, dashboards and recurring regulatory or customer reporting inputs.
- Experience operating in a global manufacturing, regulated or quality-driven environment is desirable.
Skills & Attributes
- Strong execution discipline and attention to detail, with the ability to manage high-volume supplier campaigns and follow-up consistently.
- Working knowledge of supplier due diligence, responsible sourcing, human-rights and materials-compliance concepts.
- Strong data-management and analytical skills, with confidence using supplier platforms, ERP tools and standard reporting applications.
- Clear written and verbal communication with the ability to engage suppliers and internal stakeholders across regions.
- Pragmatic, organized and comfortable escalating issues while maintaining constructive supplier relationships.
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