Ethical Sourcing Executive

**Description**:

- Great People Work Here_

Are you searching for a career with bags of variety, in an environment that celebrates differences and empowers collaboration, which values individuals and will encourage you to make an impact? Do you want the freedom to explore, and the opportunities to find new ways and to innovate? If so, TwiningsOvo delivers.

We’re looking for people who don’t just come here to get the job done, but who have a real passion for the brand and a desire to do the best job they can. In return, we offer an inspiring package of employee benefits - to show just how much we value you. This role will offer you the scope for growth and the tools to aim high.

The Ethical Sourcing Executive, Tea is responsible for coordinating the independent monitoring, timely progress and robust reporting of tea gardens social and environmental performances, acting as a liaison between the various regional team and reporting to the Ethical Sourcing Manager - Raw Materials.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Develop a schedule for 3rd-party audits to cover all tea production sites on the Twinings approved garden list, based on the Assessment Cycle.
- Coordinate with relevant team members to understand current status of each site in relation to concern areas and progress with targets
- Commission 3rd-party audits and maintain relationship with auditors to ensure reports and corrective action plans for non-conformances are clear and complete.
- Monitor progress on action plans and policy targets, and support team members to stay on track with regards to remediation activities.
- Build a knowledge base of trends in the tea sector and support the team with developing programmes to address these.
- Support the roll out of capacity building and training programme to tea gardens.
- Ensure the tea database is kept up to date.
- Analyse data and provide robust statistics reports for internal reporting and communication material.
- Support Regional Teams with report writing, including those for internal and external stakeholders.
- Support with general administrative tasks, including purchase orders, new supplier set up, stationery, booking travels and organising team meetings.

**Skills, Knowledge and Expertise**:

- Previous experience in sustainability and M&E
- Experience in managing complex data and writing concise reports
- Fluent in both written and spoken English
- Ability to establish and manage effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Comprehensive IT skills, including Microsoft Office suite, Power Bi and database management
- Degree level in social or development studies, agriculture or relevant discipline
- Understanding of international labour laws and internationally recognized ethical standards
- Resourceful and solution-orientated mind-set
- Ability to work alone, work under pressure and able to organise own work schedule
- Demonstrate teamwork capabilities including in cross functional and international teams

**Benefits**:

- Monthly phone bill maximum reimbursement.
- Annual check-up for employee and spouse including Doctor consultation
- Medical Insurance 5 lakhs Flat Coverage.
- PF and Gratuity.
- Long Service Policy.
- Life Term Policy,

**About Twinings**:
Twinings has become one of the world’s most loved tea companies over its 300-year history because we never stop learning, never stop experimenting and never stop inventing. We are passionate about tea from bud to cup and have been working with some of our tea estates around the world since the early 18th Century.

More than 300 years later, the passion for tea is still here - and so are we We still sell tea from Thomas's shop, and we still work hard to bring the most exciting new blends to tea lovers around the world. Now, we have over 500 varieties and our teas are cherished all over the world. Our expert master blenders taste more than 3,000 cups of tea every week. So you can be sure the next cup you taste will be every bit as good as the one yesterday or the day before.

**How we feel about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**

TwiningsOvo is committed to bringing together humans from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We seek to create a diverse, equitable & inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do impactful work together. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, family or parental status, disability, age or any other status protected by law and are committed to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our workplace.

Applicants may be entitled to reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act. A reasonable adjustment is a change in the way things are typically