We are currently looking to recruit a Social Compliance Specialist.

Job Description:

• Responsible for executing Meijer’s Social Compliance program in collaboration with Social Compliance team and third party service providers
• Actively participate in the vendor selection process in collaboration with the sourcing and merchant teams and other cross-functional partners
• Ensure vendors act in accordance with Meijer’s Supplier Code of Conduct including compliance with all applicable national and local legal standards and regulations and labor laws as well as adherence to the human rights, ethical behavior and environment requirements of this code
• Support planning, coordination and monitoring of social audit execution in collaboration with third parties
• Perform social compliance audits based on Meijer’s protocol on an occasional and as needed basis
• Review third party social audit reports and escalate possible noncompliance findings
• Escalate noncompliance issues to sourcing and merchant teams and work in collaboration with the team to ensure corrective action plans are developed and executed
• In collaboration with the Social Compliance team, maintain social compliance records including corrective action plans and audit schedules
• Actively participate in the execution of related programs decided by Meijer Sourcing governance committee

Experience Required:

• Degree holder highly preferred
• Internationally recognized auditor training / certification preferred
• Minimum 3 years as a Social Compliance Officer or Social Compliance Auditor in a similar organization
• Familiar with International social compliance programs and audit protocols (ICTI, BSCI, SA8000, WRAP, SEDEX)
• Experience in a sizeable sourcing/buying office, preferably for a US retailer
• In depth understanding of social compliance challenges across different Asian countries, including China, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc.
• Experience working with a variety of cross-functional partners including quality and regulatory teams
• Experience working in a matrix reporting structure preferred

Skills/Abilities Required:

• Broad understanding of manufacturing technologies and processes
• Positive, high energy individual, who thrives on building new processes and influencing others
• Ability to generate accurate work product quickly as requested by client business areas
• Ability to work across all divisions and levels of the organization
• Proven ability to independently problem solve and analyze and assess issues
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with third party organizations
• Strong project management, organizational and presentation skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Open minded
• Team player with leadership skills
• No “ego” attitude,
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to work and grow in a rapidly changing and dynamic environment is very important
• Good communication skills and able to communicate at various level of the organization
• Comfortable with organizational changes
• Fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin

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Meijer is a US based retailer operating about 260 supercenters and market format in the Midwest. Founded in 1934 by the Meijer Family, Meijer remains a privately owned multi billion dollars retail company, and ranked 19th on the Forbes 2015 list of America's largest private companies. To support our growth in our markets, Meijer has opened its first Global Sourcing Office in Hong Kong (Meijer Trading Ltd) and is now recruiting a talented team of Sourcing professionals.