Embark on a new journey with Barclays as an Environmental, Social and Governance Procurement Manager (ESG). This opportunity involves working across different areas of sustainability within our Operational Value Chain, such as climate, human rights, nature and supplier diversity. You will have the opportunity to develop and advance your career in this role, which will require strong programme delivery skills and a need to liaise and influence senior people. If you thrive in a diverse, fast paced environment and are passionate about Sustainability, this may be the opportunity for you.
To be successful as an ESG Procurement Manager, you should have:
- A general interest and understanding of climate change and commercial building operations
- Experience delivering organizational change management programs of work
- Collaborating with cross functional teams
- Stakeholder management experience
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Using data to provide insights, track progress and inform stakeholders
Other Highly Valued Skills Include
- Experience working in Sustainability
- Experience working in Procurement and Supply Chain
- Experience delivering Supplier Diversity strategies
- Supporting public disclosure requirements
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
This role is based in Whippany, NJ
Purpose of the role
To develop and implement comprehensive sustainability strategies for the bank's internal operations, ensuring alignment with overall corporate sustainability goals, regulatory requirements, and best practices.
Accountabilities
- Development and maintenance of a long-term sustainability strategy for internal operations, aligned with the bank's overall sustainability goals and strategic priorities.
- Management of the implementation of sustainability initiatives across all internal operations departments, including facilities management, procurement, IT, travel, and employee engagement.
- Development and implementation of a robust system for measuring and reporting on the environmental, social, and economic performance of the bank's internal operations.
- Analysis of sustainability data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Identification and assessment of sustainability risks associated with the bank's internal operations and develop mitigation strategies.
Assistant Vice President Expectations
- Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
- Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
- Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
- Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
- Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
- Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
- Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.
