Responsible Sourcing and Livelihoods Manager

We are seeking a Responsible Sourcing & Livelihoods Manager to join Kraft Heinz’s Global Sustainability team. Mission: drive execution of our responsible sourcing strategy and deliver our livelihoods programme in partnership with Zone teams. Scope: focus on the upstream value chain and communities, with particular emphasis on human rights, deforestation, and animal welfare, as well as the implementation of the Livelihoods programme within communities. Accountable outcomes: measurable progress in responsible sourcing performance, improved livelihoods in priority communities, and demonstrable advancement against our human rights, deforestation, and animal welfare commitments.

Key Responsibilities

• Implementation of human rights, deforestation free and animal welfare sourcing strategy aligned with global regulations e.g. CSDDD, EUDR, Modern Slavery Acts and voluntary frameworks.
• Define and evolve Kraft Heinz’s Livelihoods strategy, including a focus on impact measurement, alignment with the regenerative agriculture strategy and focus on Living Wage/Income for the upstream value chain
• Partner cross-functionally with Procurement, Supply Chain, Legal, Communications, and Corporate Affairs to embed human rights and livelihoods into business decision-making
• Partner with Zone sustainability teams to support the delivery of critical risk mitigation actions and human rights salient risk action plans.
• Collaborate with suppliers to implement traceability systems ensuring visibility of sourcing origins for high-risk commodities.
• Develop internal and external reporting processes to track progress against KPI performance and towards deforestation free commitments.
• Ability to understand and navigate the complex legislative and regulatory landscape to enable informed business decisions to delivery social and environmental impact throughout the value chain.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including NGOs, suppliers, and industry associations, to stay informed about emerging issues and best practices.
• Provide training and capacity-building programs for suppliers and internal stakeholders on responsible sourcing practices.

You will coordinate with and enable relevant teams in the delivery of Kraft Heinz’s Responsible Sourcing & Livelihoods commitments, adapting the program to fit evolving priorities within the Kraft Heinz Global Sustainability Strategy where relevant. In addition, you will support the broader Global Procurement Sustainability Program activities by contributing to continuous improvement in positive procurement, value creation, internal and external engagement, innovation, supplier collaboration, third party partnerships, and internal collaboration.