# Ethical Trade Manager

**Company**: Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
**Location**: London, London
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Competitive Plus Benefits
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

As the Ethical Trade Manager at Sainsbury's, you will lead the development and execution of the Ethical Assurance Strategy within the GM, Clothing, and Grocery non-food supply chains.

You will work collaboratively with internal teams, supplier partners, and industry associations to drive compliance, continuous improvement, and ethical standards within these sectors.

With a focus on governance, risk management, and remediation, this role provides a platform for making a tangible impact in promoting ethical practices and driving positive change within a leading retail organisation committed to social responsibility and sustainability.

Key responsibilities include:

- Implementing a risk-based ethical audit programme

- Managing ethical incidents and allegations

- Ensuring timely resolution through corrective action plans

- Developing and maintaining supplier KPIs related to ethical standards

- Driving continuous improvement and supporting compliance to Sainsbury's minimum requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

- Proven experience in an ethical trade or technical role within a retailer or supply-base environment

- A degree-level qualification in a science discipline, or equivalent relevant experience

- IRCA Lead Auditor qualification/skills in social auditing, with practical audit experience

- Knowledge of ethical trade and social auditing frameworks, including ETI, Sedex, and agency labour accreditation standards

- Training or knowledge in Human Rights, Health & Safety, or environmental management systems

Benefits include:

- Colleague discount of 10% on shopping online and in-store at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU, and Habitat

- Pensions scheme and life cover

- Performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary

- Annual holiday allowance

- Private healthcare

- Season ticket loans

- Interest-free car loan of up to £10k

- Cycle to work scheme

- Health cash plans

- Salary advance

- Access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers

- Up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave

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## Skills

### Required
- IRCA Lead Auditor
- social auditing
- ETI
- Sedex
- agency labour accreditation standards
- Human Rights
- Health & Safety
- environmental management systems

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