Sourcing and Ethical Admin Assistant

The role

We are looking for a Sourcing and Ethical Administration Assistant to join our Manchester office, working as part of our responsible sourcing and ethical team. You will be responsible for all the daily admin for the global supply base.

The team

We started out as one brand with only three team members in 2006, today we are now made up of 13 amazing brands and counting, we have offices all over the world and we’ve grown to a 6,000+ strong team we call our boohoo family – and we don’t plan on stopping yet. We have big ambitions, huge potential and a clear strategy to continually evolve and grow the business. It’s a seriously exciting time to join us and influence the next chapter of our success.

Responsible Sourcing and Product Operations is reimagining how the Group works globally. We cover Sustainability, Sourcing, Ethical Trade, Product Quality and Operational Efficiency. This involves on-boarding all new group suppliers and factories, meeting new suppliers, supporting the Sourcing Managers, and working closely with our overseas sourcing & compliance teams and with all of our 13 brands. We turn challenges into opportunities so we can be as commercially and operationally effective as possible while still being ethical and sustainable! In some companies, what we do gets split into many smaller teams. Not us. Together we align all areas and achieve our goals, constantly pushing for better.

What you’ll be doing

·         Collaborate with boohoo central and regional sourcing and ethical teams to ensure

successful on-boarding of new suppliers and factories as the business requires

·         Support in sourcing new suppliers, arranging supplier meetings and suppliers expos

·         Assist in mapping and monitoring of global supply chain

·         Work with suppliers and our audit partners to ensure all factories have a valid audit

·         Assist the ethical compliance team with the maintenance of our global audit programme

• Supporting Buying & Merchandising teams with suppliers new and existing queries
• Updating new supplier trackers and reports for wider team and business
• Sourcing new suppliers, arranging and chairing new supplier calls
• Taking minutes for weekly/ monthly team and wider business meetings
• General admin – answering email queries, updating information, using internal systems
• Collaborate with our brands buying teams and externally with our supply base
• Working closely with wider teams – Ethical, Sustainability, Product Compliance

Working with us

To succeed here, you have to love working at pace. It’s relentless, but we love it. Change is a certainty – you need to adapt and be agile. We want you to challenge the status quo, innovate and be open to trying new things. We’re always pushing boundaries. We empower our people, giving them freedom and autonomy to learn and grow in their roles. We’re passionate, agile, creative and one team.

More about you

• Able to work both individually and as part of a team
• Experience of working in an administrator role or similar
• Strong time-management skills and able to prioritise workload
• Confident using Outlook, Excel and Word
• You will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Perform under pressure and operate in a fast past environment

Why join us

We’ve set our sights on dominating the global e-commerce fashion market, and because we’re 13 brands (and counting), there are plenty of opportunities to grow your career. Our mission is to create a workplace where everyone is respected, their individual differences are valued, and they can be themselves at work without exception.

• You’ll get the opportunity to take part in our various share schemes
• Benefits that support your health and wellbeing
• There’s up to 40% discount off our all of our brands
• Our social calendar? Next level
• With HQs in Manchester and London and offices across the globe (some are dog friendly!), we offer a buzzing atmosphere and the boohoo family culture wherever you work

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