Senior Consultant - Sustainable Supply Chain Specialist & Supplier Engagement

Department: Circ. & Value Chain Trans. : Circ & Value Chain Trans.

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: United States

Compensation: $74,000 - $106,000 / year

Description

About Anthesis:

Anthesis is the sustainability activator. Proud to be a B Corp, we seek to make a significant contribution to a world which is more resilient and productive. We do this by working with cities, corporates, investors and other organisations to drive sustainable performance. We develop financially driven sustainability strategies, underpinned by technical expertise and delivered by innovative collaborative teams across the world.   

At Anthesis Group, we are truly committed to putting people and our planet at the heart of all we do.

Summary of Role & Key Responsibilities

Anthesis’ Value Chain Transformation team is looking for a highly motivated Senior Consultant to support our growing work helping clients to deliver our ambitious strategy for the Decisive Decade. Engaging an organization’s value chain is a challenging but critical area for companies to drive environmental and social transformation and minimize their ESG-related risks. Clients are increasingly seeking our help to develop and deploy effective supplier engagement, supply chain due diligence and responsible sourcing programs that leverage technology, best practices, and collaborative networks to deliver measurable performance improvement against their public-facing goals. Our client base ranges multiple sectors, from retail to technology to food and beverage and manufacturing. 

We are looking for this role to support the following: 

• Sustainable Value Chain strategies, roadmaps and implementation for clients in the technology, pharma, retail, agriculture, and apparel and textiles space. 
• Sustainability focus areas will be varied and can include topics such as, greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs)/science-based targets (SBTs), decarbonization, waste, fair labor practices, diversity, equity and inclusion, deforestation and nature-based solutions. 
• Sustainable procurement, sustainable materials and supply chain management 
• Solution implementation and strategy development, including developing data processes 
• Human rights and environmental due diligence 
• Ethical Trading and Human Rights across a variety of sectors 
• Define and deliver business processes to collect and manage other environmental and sustainability-related supply chain data 
• Design and implement supplier engagement and capacity-building programs 
• Establishing supplier engagement and responsible procurement program policies, processes, and strategy.

Key Responsibilities:
Project Management – As a Senior Consultant, you will help manage and deliver client engagements targeted at improving sustainability, specifically in the areas of supply chain sustainability, supplier engagement, human rights and social impact. You will be responsible for these projects being on time, budget, and schedule. Your role will involve managing several projects and dedicated project teams at any one time. You will be expected to perform high level review of client work products. 

Subject Matter Expertise (SME) - You will serve as a SME in the development and implementation of responsible sourcing and supplier engagement strategies, working alongside clients to evaluate their in-house and supply chain operations, and designing policies, programs, and strategies that align with an array of ESG topics. You will advise in carrying out supply chain ESG risk analysis, integrating and developing responsible sourcing systems and processes, creating educational materials to support client procurement teams and suppliers to build capacity and enablement, recommending and supporting the deployment of supply chain data solutions and technologies, and building and carrying out supplier engagement programs for clients.

Business Development – You will be responsible for driving new business development, the development and delivery of proposals for potential clients. You will expand the scope of engagement with existing clients, helping them drive their sustainability agenda. You will support team development through competency building, training, and mentoring.

Key Account Development – helping to guide and support deeper and longer-term partnerships with valuable and impactful clients over time.

Offer Development - Support supply chain sustainability, supplier engagement, human rights and social impact offerings, under the direction of the Value Chain Transformation delivery and gr