Responsible Sourcing & Compliance Manager

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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