For a leading Cocoa trading company with its trading arm in Zug Switzerland.
Tasks
You will collaborate closely with regional teams and subject matter experts to advance the companys commitment to human rights and environmental due diligence within the cocoa supply chain. Your responsibilities will include the development and implementation of rigorous due diligence processes and procedures ensuring alignment with evolving regulatory mandates and enterprise priorities.
Due Diligence Processes:
- Develop and document due diligence processes in collaboration with the corporate sustainability team and following international best practices
- Conduct comprehensive due diligence processes to assess and address environmental and human rights impacts within the cocoa operations
- Analyze data and information to identify potential risks and opportunities related to environmental and human rights impacts recommending actions to address risks and leverage opportunities.
Assurance:
- Develop procedures that give greater assurance to the implementation of the cocoa strategy and due diligence processes (e.g. auditing of supplier implementation validation of due diligence related data etc.) with an emphasis on risk mitigation
- Leverage findings from audit reports to recommend improvements to ongoing assurance practic
- Manage thirdparty assurance providers
Collaboration and Coordination:
- Collaborate with internal teams (e.g. regional cocoa sustainability teams international procurement responsible sourcing innovation and R&D manufacturing alliances) and other internal and external subject matter experts to gather relevant information and insights for due diligence and assurance processes
- Make recommendations for the strengthening of cocoaspecific and broader enterprise due diligence and assurance processes
Compliance and Reporting:
- Participate in the development of tools for gathering compliance information from suppliers
Requirements
- 5 years of experience in environmental human rights due diligence or related compliance roles (e.g. QRC financial audits).
- Experienced in global and complex supply chains
- Framework creation procedure and process documentation development of management systems
- experience working in the cocoa sector or similar industries is preferred