Sustainable procurement officer

Sustainable Procurement Officer

Stevenage based with hybrid working2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Copello are working with a defence client who are looking for a Procurement Office to join the team. You would be a contributor to the success of embedding Sustainable Procurement into all aspects of how they do procurement, as well as ensuring they have the right levels of collaboration with Supply Chain Partners, including SMEs, Partnerships & Academia to collectively improve our ESG impacts.

The main purpose of the role will require you to have, or be willing to develop, skills across ESG topics, but with particular focus on Environment, in order to lead initiatives with supply chain partners to reduce Scope 3 emissions. This will include having ownership of the systems used to assess the ESG risks in the supply chain and how our suppliers are performing. Other aspects of the role include:

1. Understanding the Strategic aims of Sustainable Procurement, and the inter-dependencies between other activities happening across ISP and MEP, to contribute to identifying priorities areas which address the challenges faced.