Regional Social & Human Rights Manager MENARP

Supply

About the role

Your responsibilities

• Ensure effective integration of Reckitt’s Sustainability policies and procedures into Reckitt’s purchasing practices / strategy within MENARP to support supply chain due diligence and performance enhancement.
• Plan and conduct site audits to ensure consistent compliance with applicable Health & Safety, Environment and Labour legislation and Reckitt’s Sourcing for Sustainable Growth Policy and supporting standards.
• Prepare comprehensive audit reports outlining conditions on the site, good practices and findings that need to be addressed.
• Communicate findings to the site and if required, provide technical support to implement robust corrective actions that will drive long term performance improvements.
• Create and deliver appropriate social and environmental capability building initiatives / communications, guidance material, workshops, conferences, etc., to improve awareness and understanding of relevant topics to drive sustained performance improvements.
• Establish and monitor KPIs and provide regular reports/updates to key business stakeholders on performance status.
• Regularly review programme performance, kept abreast of changing legislation and best practice, identify challenges, and propose new solutions / approaches that Reckitt can implement
• Collaborate with peers and multi-stakeholder initiatives to address systemic supply chain challenges effectively (e.g. AIM-Progress, Consumer Goods Forum.).
  

• Develop internal and external communications, together with relevant training and capability building mechanism to build awareness of and support for programme goals, progress, and impacts.

• Contribute to external Sustainability reporting requirements such as Reckitt’s annual Sustainability Report, Modern Slavery Act statement and investor disclosures (FTSE4Good, CDP and DJSI).

The experience we're looking for

• Holds the NEBOSH National (UK) / International (outside of UK) General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health, or appropriate national equivalent.
• Good knowledge of environmental issues relevant to air emissions, water, wastewater, waste, and hazardous chemicals
• Good knowledge of labour issues covering working hours, remuneration, child / forced labour, etc.
• Good understanding of manufacturing operations and key EHS and labour legislation in one or more countries
• Experience auditing against OHSAS19001, ISO14001 and SA 8000 or SMETA
• Relevant degree or postgraduate qualification in H&S, Environment or Sustainability disciplines
• Ability to travel, including a valid passport and driver’s license.

The skills for success

• Ability to influence and negotiate.
• Results-driven, collaborative and a ‘can-do’ attitude.
• Ability to identify issues and work to find agreeable solutions.
• Clear understanding of business needs and impact of role upon those needs.
• Good understanding of the FMCG / consumer healthcare industry.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders, managing the relationship and building trust.
• Strong quality and compliance orientation - has a clear understanding of regulatory compliance issues and the potential impact of compliance related issues on meeting key deliverables.
• Be a self-starter, self-motivated, proactive, and self-sufficient and comfortable working independently and remotely.
• Able to build effective working relationships and deliver results in wide range of environments and cultures.
• Have clear and concise communications skills, both written and verbal, requiring a good level of English language, with the ability to adapt communications to various audiences.
• Be highly organised, in terms of both personal approach and reporting, to ensure all actions are suitable, practical, compliant, and achievable.
• Be willing to travel up to 70%

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

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