Sustainability Procurement Business Consultant

Banking for better, for generations to come: sustainable procurement contributes to the purpose of the bank and enables the acceleration of the transition to a sustainable economy. Together with our suppliers we can make an important contribution to alleviating pressure on the environment, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, preventing biodiversity loss, advancing respect for human rights, advancing inclusivity and stimulate the social impact of our suppliers and their supply chains.

Procurement prepares for the step up from voluntary, strategy led ambitions to implementing the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (‘CSDDD’). Part of this preparation entails analysing the bank’s current sustainability supplier due diligence efforts, perform risk assessments on our supply chain and assess what is needed to comply with the upcoming legislation. This means that Procurement needs to gain insight, disclose its current sustainability efforts and strongly deliver on what is needed to comply with these upcoming due diligence requirements. Sustainable procurement has the knowledge and the mandate to tackle this task and ensure compliance.

Are you driven to create impact and support the transition to a more sustainable economy and supply chain? Then continue reading…

Your job

This role entails working together with different disciplines, ranging from Legal to Biodiversity. You are able to learn from and listen to the experiences of fellow experts, stakeholders and colleagues as well as be creative in coming up with new concepts Your focus will be on ABN AMRO’s suppliers and the impact on our Procurement processes, sourcing decisions and delivery of our climate targets.

You will contribute to:

• Building expertise on new sustainability due diligence legislation;
• Helping determine the bank’s approach and level of ambition;
• Designing innovative and efficient ways to tackle and implement CSDDD legislation;
• Developing best practices relating to Procurement and supply chain strategies;
• Drafting advice for a wide variety of stakeholders through applying abstract legal requirements to business practices;
• Building an external network on sustainability due diligence as cooperation with other financial institutions as well as NGO’s on this topic is essential.