Sustainable Supply Chain Manager

Here at Stonewater, we’re looking for a Sustainable Supply Chain Manager to support the delivery of Stonewater’s sustainability strategy to ensure targets are met.

You will assist in the management of Stonewater’s Environmental Management System and accreditations, ensuring continuous improvement and support Stonewater to transition to a more circular economy. As main point of contact for partners and suppliers on sustainability issues and facilitating knowledge sharing across Stonewater’s supply chain, you will engage upstream within the supply chain to obtain more consistent reporting of environmental performance including Scope 3 emissions and sustainably sourced materials.

Providing sustainability input for all relevant procurement activity across the organisation, you will undertake whole lifecycle carbon assessments of materials to inform specifications, reduce use of single use plastic in construction and maintenance of homes and review waste reporting and environmental impact of waste and set targets for reduction.

You will contribute to Stonewater’s thought leadership through research and trialling new approaches and keep up-to-date with relevant regulations, policies and trends in the industry that may impact on energy and sustainability in housing.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience within an Energy/Sustainability role, preferably within supply chain or construction.


• Have comprehensive knowledge of relevant environmental legislation and regulation.


• Have experience of undertaking lifecycle assessments.


• Have knowledge of the Green House Gas Protocol and measuring and reporting emissions.


• Have knowledge of the environmental impact of building and construction.


• Knowledge of Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)


• Have excellent communication and numerical skills with experience of engaging supply chains.


• Excellent IT skills, including experience of MS Word, Excel, Outlook, the Internet.


• Be able to chair and lead meetings.

Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check, satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.

Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date

Discover Stonewater:

Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 40,000 homes, serving 93,000 customers across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.

Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.

We’re looking for like-minded people to join our team of over 900 talented colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people’s lives.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. We are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation our Menopause Friendly accreditation.

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