Senior Consultant, Sustainability Consulting Apac

**Who are LRQA?**

LRQA stands for dedication to clients, market firsts, and deep expertise in risk management. We’ve grown to become a leading global assurance provider, bringing together outstanding expertise in certification, customised assurance, cybersecurity, inspection and training.

While we’re proud of our heritage, it’s who we are today that really matters, because that’s what shapes who we and our clients can become tomorrow. By staying true to our shared values and combining decades of collective experience, we support our clients in building a safer and more sustainable future.

**What do we do?**

We help our clients negotiate a rapidly changing world, by working with them to manage and mitigate the risks they face. We serve a wide variety of industries, with a core focus on Food & Beverage, Consumer Goods, Transportation & Mobility, Technology & Telco, Construction & Manufacturing, Energy and Renewables and Chemical & Processing.

Our products and services range from independent third-party auditing to certification and training; we also offer consultancy services, real
- time assurance technology and data-driven supply chain transformation programs. our innovative end-to
- end solutions help our clients shape their own future, rather than letting it shape them.

LRQA currently operates across 51 countries, has more than 2,500 colleagues, generates around £350m in revenue, and supports more than 60,000 clients across a diverse range of sectors and markets.

**The next chapter for LRQA**

As the preferred assurance partner for our clients, we are relentless in helping them respond to the era of Assurance 4.0.

Our decades of sector expertise in assuring assets and management systems, ensuring product integrity, responsible sourcing, navigating the energy transition and achieving net zero, and strengthening cybersecurity maturity will help them to anticipate, mitigate and manage risk wherever they operate, freeing them to focus on growth..

With solid expertise and heritage in our sector, coupled with well-timed accelerated investment and a leadership team that is fully committed to delivering our vision, LRQA’s next chapter is set to be an exciting, transformational period of growth. We’re well placed to build on everything we’ve done and further our ambitions for the future. At such an exciting time key talent is critical, and this role is a great opportunity to be part of our next chapter.

**Role purpose**:
We are looking for a highly motivated, passionate professional to join our team and support clients to address their most pressing sustainability challenges, from responding to human rights crises to developing responsible sourcing strategies. This role will focus especially on responsible sourcing program management, which includes supply chain risk assessment, human rights risk assessment, responsible souring supplier management, ethical and responsible recruitment and more. This role will be client-facing and require direct engagement with clients’ Sustainability/ESG, Social Compliance, or Procurement teams.

You will work with private-sector clients, many of which are major global companies, spanning a variety of sectors, including consumer goods, retail, food/agriculture, finance, real estate, and electronics. You will be part of the Asia-Pacific Advisory team and will work with, and learn from, LRQA experts from teams across the globe.

We are looking for organised, structured thinkers who can handle large scale, complex, global programs with a high level of detail and project management capabilities. We are looking for exceptional individuals who will be motivated by the opportunity to work in a rapidly growing and successful business at the cutting edge of sustainability and to partner with world-class leaders to take on some of the planet’s most pressing ESG challenges.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Independently manage and contribute to delivery of corporate supplier due diligence programs. Programs will include large scale, global responsible sourcing program implementation and operation for international clients. These require significant attention to detail, organisational, communication, and program management skills and experience.
- Manage the programs from start to finish, ensuring timely and efficient delivery as well as project team management, client engagement, project administration, quality control, and internal reporting
- Be the point of escalation for challenges and issues identified by the client or the team and resolve these issues alongside the project director and to the satisfaction of the client
- Oversee the program roadmap, budget, and resources to complete the work within the program guidelines, identify potential risks and make timely adjustments and revisions to the process, as needed.
- Manage program scheduling and oversee coordination across different business units and stakeholders
- Independently contribute to business developm