Auditing Chapter Lead - Brussels, België - amfori

amfori

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Brussels, België

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Geplaatst door:

Sophie Dubois

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Beschrijving

06/06/2023

Location:
Brussels Office

Contract type:
Permanent Contract

About amfori:

At amfori we believe in a world where all trade delivers social, environmental and economic benefits for everyone. We call this Trade with Purpose

As the leading global business association for open and sustainable trade, we bring together over 2,400 retailers, importers, brands and national associations representing a combined turnover of more than one trillion euros.

We offer our members a practical framework and world-class tools that enable them to manage the social and environmental performance of their supply chains and anticipate trends.

We also advocate for progressive policy and collaborate with high-level stakeholders to achieve common aims.

Our work enables organisations to enhance human prosperity, use natural resources responsibly and drive open trade globally. These are major challenges across the world which require a collaborative effort to tackle.

So, while our members can't solve them on their own, together we can influence and drive positive change at scale.

About the role:

As our
Auditing Chapter Lead at amfori, you will develop and manage operational support to amfori's contracted auditing firms, scheme managers and auditors in order to provide members with the possibility to conduct the due diligence for their supply chain and generate value for amfori.

Develop and implement audit quality and integrity assurance.

Responsibilities:

Core duties

Building relationships with monitoring partners to ensure delivery of audits due to amfori quality standards and procedures, ensure that the contracted auditing partners deliver audits properly in order to offer quality services to members
Work with auditing partners to increase global coverage and build capacity in order to offer more coverage for members and generate more revenue for amfori
Oversight of auditor management, including auditor acceptance, qualification, training & CPD
Continuous improvement of Audit methodology with a crossfunctional team
Manage and supervise the Audit Quality & Integrity activities
Complete investigations into allegations of unethical behaviour and poor standards
Assure quality and conformity of the auditing processes and the auditors in order to better monitor risks
Handle grievance related to audit aspects in order to ensure compliance and maintain healthy relationships
Control the monthly invoicing cycle in order to collect the amounts due
Ensure efficient delivery processes (internally and externally)
Accompany, motivate and train employees in order to improve their performance and contribute to their development

Support duties

Ensure annual calibrations to meet requirements and define the topics to implement
Ensure the delivery of local and regional calibration meetings, and auditing project groups
Support amfori members with technical guidance on audits
Ensure amfori publications are relevant and up to date
Make sure tools are in place and work properly to ensure smooth handling of files
Support the amfori wider network
Support the development and delivery of training to auditors/scheme managers
Noncomplex data analysis

Challenges:

The Auditing Chapter Lead has a crossdepartmental expertise for operations and member support
The Auditing Chapter Lead is expected to maintain up to date knowledge of relevant issues, trends and publications

About you:

Key Qualifications

Strong stakeholder management and decision making skills
Attention to detail
Experience conducting and reviewing ethics investigations
Can demonstrate experience making, justifying and implementing difficult decisions
Master's degree in social studies, political science, international relations, labour or human rights law or related fields
At least 58 year of working experience in supply chain sustainability consultancies, sustainability schemes or certification (e.g. SMETA, SA8000, UTZ),
Working knowledge of international sustainability regulations and business initiative (amongst other UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; ILO's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work), and international organizations active in social and environmental sustainability
Understanding of audit quality and integrity processes and experience completing investigations
Great intercultural communicator, understands and respects cultural sensitivities
Near native level English, other languages a plus
Experience in interpreting legal requirements for auditing and remediation purposes
Customer and quality oriented
Strong international programme and project management skills
Able to prioritise and work under short deadlines
Able to work with a wide range of stakeholders (members, services providers, experts,)
Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint and Excel