Role: Product Traceability Operations Manager

Purpose of role: To oversee the deployment and ongoing management of Primark's product traceability tool across our international sourcing countries

Reports to: Product Traceability Lead

Location: Reading or Dublin

Key Responsibilities:

To provide day to day management of our traceability tool. Act as the point of contact for all supplier and internal Primark queries.

During the implementation of the project, you will be required to be a key member of the implementation team assuming a role in decision making, owning the delivering of the roll out plan and mapping all required exercises

Work closely with the platform vendor to define any enhancements / configuration required

Own the data integrity for the traceability tool including its certification, completion, alert system management

Building on the data integrity of the system, you will have responsibility for the reporting of information from the traceability and transparency tool, ensuring that the information provides Primark with useful and strategic data that can inform decision making

You will support the Product Traceability Lead for the business roll-out programme and the design of the new Traceability tool within Primark

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Deputise in the absence of the Product Traceability Lead.

Ideally you will draw upon your previous experience from a commercial function being a subject matter expert on supplier management & product traceability and transparency.

To ensure appropriate resources are allocated in a timely manner including from external partners & vendors

On an ongoing basis, ensure progress is made to plan, continuous improvements are identified, and actions and system adjustments made whenever necessary

Support the Product Traceability lead in managing and developing in-country colleagues' structure and individual capability to ensure the tool is successfully embedded in all regions and are delivering the required integrity of information in this sensitive part of the business.

Work with wider business functions to ensure understanding, acceptance & use of the traceability tool.

The ideal individual will be:

A highly experienced and effective people & process manager, with a demonstrable track record of personal performance and achievement on strategic projects, ideally in domestic and international settings

Pragmatic, practical and results driven.

Able to deliver in the face of varied and frequent challenges

Experienced in working in a commercial, sourcing or ethical trade function and have experience working across different markets.

Good end to end sourcing awareness and understanding and a solid grounding in sourcing, sustainability or ethical trade functions

The individual should be self-motivated, focussed and results orientated, with the ability to operate within a highly pressurised and fast paced environment, consistently delivering results and achieving corporate objectives on time and within the agreed parameters.

Core Skills

Approximately 3 years retail commercial, sourcing, supplier management or ethical trade management experience

Experience in project delivery & ownership

Able to manage internal and external stakeholders

Discreetly able to manage a sensitive part of our sourcing function

Excellent personal organisational, prioritisation and time management skills

Excellent problem solving, strategic thinking and planning skills

Relationship builder both internally and externally with strong influencing skills

Experience of working in a fast-paced sourcing, sustainability or ethical trade environment

Cultural awareness and sensitivity

Strong administrative skills

Effective communicator - 2nd language skills a benefit