Ethical Supply Chain

Reporting in to the Head of Product Management, this role manages the relationships with intermediary businesses which buy, process or distribute products i.e. wholesalers, importers, contract manufacturers etc.

Within this role, you will be delivering volume growth by:

• Developing strategies to strike a balance between various internal KPIs and goals;
• Managing various stakeholder relationships across the full the supply chain.

This role will also involve an element of promoting the product for various upcoming industry events and projects.

You will be:

• Identifying opportunities to promote sales of assigned products and championing them across the organisation’s business units
• Developing and executing various sourcing plans to support the achievement of various KPIs
• Managing and influencing various internal and external stakeholders and facilitating consultations with commercial partners
• Managing supply chain development projects alongside developing best practice across Product Officers using internal policies and procedures.

The successful candidate will ideally have product / supply chain management experience within a Retail / FMCG / Food organisation, including commodity purchasing and logistics, as well as an understanding around the trading, marketing, PR and product development within the supply chain. Product and brand development experience is a bonus.

The successful individual needs to have excellent communication, relationship management and influencing skills.

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, please email Lydia@acre-resources.com immediately, as this position will move through its process quickly.

Please provide your CV in Microsoft Word or Rich Text format only.

We thank all applicants who respond, but only those short listed will be contacted.

With Achilles having recently received significant investment, the company is geared for substantial growth and an extensive change management programme, representing a great opportunity for a senior driven individual.

The Head of Global Audit Delivery is accountable for the successful leadership of the global audit delivery function across the Achilles group, ensuring audits are delivered to cost and quality. The key responsibilities of this position are:

• Develop the global strategy for audit delivery Implement the global structure and lead a team of Regional Delivery Managers to ensure that every audit is delivered to the necessary quality, time, cost and integrity expectations
• Support the business development teams in every region with the necessary technical sales support processes to sell audits to their existing and new schemes
• Work with the Regional Directors to identify priority opportunities for audit development within the respective regions

The ideal candidate will have a strong desire to shape and deliver a highly significant and strategic part of the Achilles business through a team of qualified and experienced assessment / audit professionals. The candidate will bring considerable experience in audit delivery, and expertise of technical elements required in an audit environment.

Further to this they will possess:

• An international audit background, with experience of managing a global or regional audit team / audit business
• Sound experience of corporate social responsibility, health and safety, environment, sustainability and/or quality audits or assessment
• Demonstrable knowledge of supply chain management and risk management would be advantageous
• Team leadership and resource management experience, ideally with experience of managing a regionally or globally dispersed team
• Fluency in English and, ideally, fluent in another language (preferably Spanish)

This is a unique opportunity to manage a key function and deliver operational performance in a highly focused, quality led service environment.

To apply please contact Simone Awramenko at Achilles@acre-resources.com or +44 (0)207 400 5589