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London, England, Gb

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Working with the senior leaders and their teams, to develop and implement an ESG strategy that spans all aspects of the business: Operational, Financial, Commercial and People.- To create and implement the company’s social responsibility strategy and supporting objectives- To set goals for environmental, sustainability, marketplace, workplace and community ambition that align with the Biocair business strategy and values.- To develop targets and establish performance indicators that bring Biocair into line with industry best-practice- To work with the functional leads and senior leaders to create and implement policies and procedures- To lead internal communications to raise awareness of initiatives, goals and successes and to engage employees- To partner with the Marketing and Communications team on all external communications.- To establish robust internal governance structures and procedures

The Reuse Network is the umbrella organisation for local charities, social enterprises and organisations around the UK involved in the relief of poverty through the re-use of household items. The Network exists to increase the amount of quality goods available; raise the number of beneficiaries across the UK and support grassroots organisations to develop and thrive. We lobby government at all levels to ensure that legislation and funding benefits and supports the sector.

London, United Kingdom

As part of my job responsibilities, I provided strategic oversight whilst directing product and supply chain sustainability programmes with a keen focus on sourcing, product and packaging sustainability, circularity and community engagement. One of my key tasks was to develop strategic action plans while working in close collaboration with C-suite CSR committee. Furthermore, I devised and implemented a robust sustainability strategy to improve brand image, achieve competitive advantage, and increase overall productivity Also, I delivered consultative support to all internal teams and key suppliers with regards to improving sustainability performance.I was involved in drafting and publishing annual CSR reports for external and internal stakeholders . Lastly, I ensured complete integration of sustainability agenda with the wider commercial agenda.The Results: » Built and led a team of eleven highly competent individuals with sole responsibility for overseeing business sustainability, sourcing targets and external commitments. » Successfully managed an annual budget of £500k in support of CSR ambitions and plans. » Hired, mentored, trained, and supported a new CSR team. » Increased sustainable cotton sourcing from 0% to 20% in 3 years, and forecasting to 50% by 2020. » Commended by UK Enforcement Body on EUTR timber due diligence process. » Achieved leadership status in ETI rankings for JLP within 4 years of joining the ETI (human rights, labour standards etc.). » Actively participated in various industry collaborations, including Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA), Industry Acting on Microfibres (IAM), Textile Exchange. » Oversaw mapping of complete JL factory supply base and designed factory compliance programme and strategy for continuous improvement. » Acted as regular spokesperson for JL on sustainability and sourcing related issues with the media.

London, United Kingdom

In this role, my key task was to manage overall product development, quality, and delivery whilst leading a team of more than 20 Product Technologists. Other responsibilities included, initiating and leading a continuous improvement programme to investigate and remediate all quality failures. Liaising with the supply chain and key strategic suppliers to ensure the development of John Lewis brand through its own-brand product portfolio. I introduced a product quality benchmarking process to identify positives and negatives of certain products. I successfully built and restructured a larger team in order to meet the growing demands of business. I am also known for creating new ways of working and integrating the individual team members within the buying/commercial teams. Below are few of my top contributions that I would like to share with you:» Streamlined entire product development operations by overhauling ways of working.» Introduced full regime of product testing and benchmarking» Reduced spend on testing and fitting by re-negotiation of better value contracts.» Outsourced all testing, which resulted in reducing costs by 10%.» Improved productivity by 10% and reduced product development time by 5% by establishing new ways of working.» Rationalised operations and renegotiated contracts to deliver costs savings and improved service.» Initiated a programme of up-skilling individuals and supporting some who were unable to make the transition to find roles elsewhere, and recruiting new team members able to embrace the new ways of working.

London, United Kingdom

During my tenure, built £100m annual turnover business (from £60m) and improved margin. Main tasks - product selection, product development and innovation; supplier relationship management and negotiations, range planning; stock and sales forecasting and price setting for a top five turnover Buying Office. Collaborated with retail, merchandising, online, marketing, and logistics teams to achieve sales targets and to meet forecast demand. Researched market and industry trends to accordingly devise long-term own brand product strategy. Below is a key contribution that I would like to share with you:Cultivated and maintained relationships with key suppliers, conducting full supplier reviews, negotiating mutually favourable prices and trading terms

London, United Kingdom

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