Head Of Esg, Group Supply Chain

This role is instrumental to the delivery of Sky's ever growing Sustainability responsibility; ensuring our people are protected through Supplier Due Diligence/Human Rights programmes, our products are chemically safe and environmentally crafted and we deliver on Net Zero commitments.

What you'll do:

- Lead the development and execution of Sustainability Strategy with responsibility across all of Group Supply Chain and wider accountability across Group Procurement Supplier Due Diligence and Net Zero.
- Responsible for facilitating the removal of Group Supply Chain and Group Procurement 's CO2e to ensure that Sky meets its Net Zero obligations.
- Leading a centre of excellence and a trusted advisor across all parts of Sustainability: Extended Product Responsibility, Chemicals Compliance, Supplier Due Diligence, Accessibility, Resource Efficiency and Net Zero.
- Monitor and Influence Sustainability focused EU Directives, Regulations and Standards into the EU and UK governments, ensuring Sky is compliant now and in the future.
- Lead the assessment of requirements for new and existing electronic consumer products and the audit of supporting product documentation and compliance reports.
- Ensure alignment to NPI and Existing production timelines whilst also driving continuous improvement of Sky's Due Diligence process.
- Be the trusted advisor across all Sustainability & Ecodesign matters in the PRAC (Product Responsibility and Compliance Meeting).
- Responsible for developing highly engaged team and the people management & development of a diverse mix of Sustainability & Compliance Managers
- Manage multiple sophisticated partners working collaboratively across Group Supply Chain, Group Procurement, Legal, Bigger Picture & Group Products teams.

What you'll bring:

- Senior level and extensive experience in Sustainability across Europe, UK and Asia.
- Senior level and extensive experience, running test houses or leading teams that ensure compliance to UK and European applicable legislation.
- Proven track record of leading and managing teams with varied strengths of people, passionate about their management and development.
- Experience with sophisticated partner management in an international and multicultural environment.
- Ideally a degree in Sustainability or education specialising in a field like Environmental Studies.
- Strong communications skills on strategic as well as operational level, ability to adjust from high level to operational details seamlessly depending on situation/audience.
- Strong negotiation, presentation and influencing skills within the ability to effectively communicate to senior partners.
- Entrepreneurial problem solver, with the ability to articulate sophisticated scenarios so that informed decisions can be taken.
- Adept at partner management and negotiation with the ability to influence and drive Product Compliance governance and strategy implementation across Sky

COO Group

Here in the European COO Group, we help everyone across the Sky Group make things even better for customers. From leading Sky's transformation programmes and unlocking value for reinvestment to managing the product supply chain and keeping Sky safe, we make a difference to our customers and to our colleagues right across Europe, every day. You will work across the COO project remit, with a focus on the COVID Transition plan as we look to keep our people safe and get the business back to full speed.

We bring the best from the global market into Sky - we buy technology, marketing, corporate, operational services and editorial production solutions. We are an international team working with our stakeholders our partners to curate the most effective and efficient customer-led operating model. High ethical standards are embedded in our team, and we engage our supply chains in creating a sustainable future

The Rewards:
There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
- Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you'll work:
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base:
Osterley:
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our