Forest Stewardship Council™

Programme Manager, Supply Chain Integrity

Forest Stewardship Council™

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Bonn • Germany

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About the role

  • We are looking for an engaged Programme Manager Supply Chain Integrity
  • Ensure the integrity and credibility of FSC supply chains by identifying, substantiating, stopping and preventing fraud and false claims
  • Responsible for the implementation of strategic and operational interventions to detect and prevent fraud through data analysis, partnerships and collaborations, expert services and deployment of expert tools
  • Provide leadership and mentorship to a growing team of experts and professionals through FSC’s values and behaviours
  • Sets objectives for the Supply Chain Integrity (SCI) team and ensures their achievement, including the development of workplans, budgets, strategic approaches
  • Manages and decides on functional issues of the team and topics related to supply chain integrity, with Unit’s leadership involvement required for certain decisions
  • Develops operational processes, tasks and requirements to meet results/outputs of the team
  • Oversees and approving outcomes of integrity investigations, including blockage cases, ensuring compliance with FSC normative requirements, legal obligations, and standard operating procedures
  • Organizing and moderating internal FSC steering committee meetings, ensuring preparation of materials and follow-up on action points
  • Providing coordination and guidance to the SCI team members on integrity investigations and projects, ensuring quality control of deliverables, record keeping and timely management of incoming requests to the team
  • Oversees and modernizing internal systems and approaches for conducting supply chain integrity investigations, defining data requests, and managing outcomes
  • Develops and recommends measures and strategic interventions to strengthen FSC supply chain integrity
  • Serves as the primary leadership contact for supply chain integrity concerns
  • Oversees and contributes to communication processes, including crisis communications and stakeholder inquiries related to supply chain integrity
  • Initiates relevant normative changes and provides input into technical improvements on FSC tools and platforms developed to enhance supply chain integrity
  • Establishes and maintains ongoing collaboration with teams across the System Integrity Unit, other FSC units, and FSC network partners, Assurance Services International (ASI), certification bodies on supply chain integrity matters
  • Actively elicits, receives, records and utilizes intelligence from the ground on relevant subject matter related to supply chain integrity and FSC’s assurance
  • Engages with experts and presents FSC supply chain integrity work at external expert forums
  • Delivers progress reports to the Board of Directors and prepares items for decision as appropriate
  • Any other task as assigned by formal supervisor and project work as assigned according to special organizational needs

Requirements

  • University degree or equivalent training or experience in a relevant field, for example, governmental relations, international relations, management, business administration, forestry, natural resource management, or similar
  • At least 5 years professional experience in one or more of the following areas: certification, accreditation, quality management/assurance/control, forensic investigation, auditing, standard development, forest management, natural resource management, business administration
  • Familiarity with FSC certification, other certification scheme or accreditation processes
  • Experience in auditing is a plus
  • Proven management skills (project management, experience with financial administration/management)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong sense for diligence and accuracy
  • Ability to deal with crisis situations and stakeholder pressure
  • Proven leadership skills (team management, management of diverse groups)
  • Effective cross collaborator who liaises with peers, directors and others across the organization and externally to ensure consistent messaging and consolidated technical analysis of relevant matters
  • Adequate software skills for data analysis and visualization of results (e.g. with MS Office tools, Power BI)
  • Fluency in English (spoken and written)
  • Other languages, particularly Spanish and French are a plus
  • Experience of working in a multi-cultural global team
  • Demonstrated cultural awareness and sensitivity to the diversity of values, views and approaches
  • Ability to represent FSC with exemplary personal and professional authority and conduct
  • Commitment to FSC’s mission and values.
Benefits
  • Benefit from cross-cultural collaboration and networking opportunities by being part of FSC global community of 400+ forest stewards
  • Benefit from work-life balance with our hybrid working structure
  • 30 vacation days yearly
  • Regional transportation ticket
  • Breakfast bars, coffee, tea, water
  • Take part in learning lunches
  • Celebrate together festivals from different cultures
  • Once a year in-person get together with the global FSC staff

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
data analysisforensic investigationauditingquality managementproject managementfinancial administrationcertification processesaccreditation processesnatural resource managementforest management
Soft skills
leadershipanalytical skillsproblem-solvingdiligenceaccuracycrisis managementcross collaborationcultural awarenesscommunicationmentorship