WHAT WE DO

We’re the biggest name you’ve never heard of. You’ve probably eaten our food - you just didn’t realise it. We make innovative fresh products, with around 18,500 colleagues working across the UK, US and China. We’re the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers (including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose). We’re ambitious. We’re full of ideas. And we’re ready for more people who share our values and passion for quality to join us.

This is an exciting new opportunity, for a Human Rights Manager, to lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of human rights initiatives within our supply chain operations.
The successful candidate, will ensure that supply chain human rights risks are assessed, prioritised and mitigated. Ensure the Bakkavor Human Rights requirements, as part of the Responsible Sourcing Plan, are communicated with the supply chain, through active engagement and risk assessment.
The role will also ensure, that effective and appropriate actions and remediation, are put in place to support due diligence, and provide continued improvement to Human Rights in the Bakkavor supply chain, whilst ensuring timely and effective stakeholder management.

Duties and responsibilities will include;

• Establish a comprehensive human rights supply chain governance process. Ensuring an effective policy and strategy, aligned with the Bakkavor responsible sourcing objectives.
• Develop a comprehensive human rights risk assessment to evaluate and identify the Bakkavor supply chain risks and help prioritise actions and engagement with suppliers where identified.
• Ensure Human Rights requirements and measures are considered and integrated into supplier selection and evaluation. Providing data to help inform Procurement/ Responsible Sourcing decision making.
• Collaborate with Bakkavor supply chain, to enhance their understanding and implementation of human rights requirements and ensure appropriate mitigations are in place to minimise risk and build capacity. Work with suppliers in a timely manner to create action plans to address any identified human rights risks or non-compliance issues.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders including customers, NGOs, industry groups (FNET/Sedex), to stay abreast of emerging trends and best practices in responsible sourcing and communicate where necessary the Bakkavor position and plan.
• Engage in industry-wide efforts, to advance human rights standards in the food supply chain through partnerships, initiatives, and joint projects.
• Represent the Bakkavor business in customer or stakeholder audits where appropriate, following up on any gaps, or non-conformances required to ensure closure.
• Manage supply chain third-party audits and outcomes for human rights due diligence, to ensure compliance with internal policies, industry standards, and international human rights frameworks, following up on any gaps, or non-conformances identified to ensure an appropriate standards in the supply chain.
• Ensure that you are operating in a safe manner and in a safe environment at all times. Working with the SHE teams in Bakkavor to identify risk mitigation where necessary.