Ethical Sourcing Executive

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, part of the Global Social Impact and Sustainability (SI & S) team, is responsible for understanding conditions in Twinings’ supply chain (mainly tea and herbs) in India and Indonesia and other Asian regions as and when required. This role involves assessing supply chain processes, monitoring social and environmental risks, and supporting improvement initiatives to promote sustainability and ethical sourcing.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to Twinings' ESG strategy and Sourced with Care programme (SwC), driving positive and sustainable impacts in the supply chain. The role goes beyond traditional social audits, focusing on assessing conditions in participatory and comprehensive manners, driving improvements, and supporting the implementation of remediation actions and development projects to enhance the quality of life in sourcing communities, including gender, living conditions, livelihoods, health, nutrition and good working environment.

We are only able to consider candidates who have relevant experience in agricultural supply chains (especially in tea and herbs), experienced in project cycle management, educational backgrounds in agriculture, environmental science, tea technology or botany, and proficiency in English, Bahasa Indonesia or Assamese, Hindi or Nepali.