Responsible Sourcing Specialist

Location: Trade House, Mead Avenue, Houndstone Business Park, Yeovil, BA22 8RT, United Kingdom. Hybrid working with up to 2 days working from home.

Company

hirify.global is a retail business within the Kingfisher Group focused on sustainability and responsible sourcing across its supply chain.

What you will do

• Support the Responsible Sourcing Manager in delivering the Responsible Sourcing Strategy and related policies.
• Track ethical sourcing, wood and paper, animal welfare, and sustainable chemicals targets.
• Advise hirify.global teams and vendors, educate stakeholders, and embed responsible sourcing across the business.
• Support business-critical ethical audits, assess risks using the Kingfisher risk matrix, and coordinate corrective actions with vendors and third parties.
• Work with QA on compliant onboarding of new vendors and products and support factories in maintaining Ethical Sourcing Policy compliance.
• Contribute to benchmarking, strategic projects, and continuous improvement beyond compliance across the supply chain.

Requirements

• Relevant experience in an appropriate field.
• Strong knowledge of human rights and responsible sourcing, ideally in a large business or retail environment.
• Passion for sustainability; commercial and retail experience or knowledge is beneficial.
• Experience gathering, analysing, and communicating data with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work cross-functionally as part of a team and deliver complex business-wide projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including communication with all management levels.
• Confidence and competence in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, and comfort presenting to audiences.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week, with flexible start and end times around core hours.
• 33 days’ holiday including bank holidays, with the option to buy up to one additional week.
• Discretionary annual bonus of up to 20%, up to 14% employer pension contributions, life cover up to four times salary, and a health cash plan.
• EV car scheme, discounted gym membership, cycle-to-work scheme, and discounts at hirify.global and B&Q.
• Career development programmes, coaching, mentoring, wellbeing resources, and colleague support networks.
• Inclusive, collaborative culture with open communication, training, and support for application adjustments.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed individually; selected candidates are invited to an informal call or Teams video discussion.
• The process includes further stages with regular contact from the Talent Acquisition team. No agencies.