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As Asda’s subject matter lead on modern slavery, you’ll be responsible for shaping and implementing our approach to modern slavery and the wider human rights and responsible sourcing agenda across goods not for resale (GNFR) supply chains. You’ll drive systemic change, promote transparency, and mitigate labour exploitation risks by collaborating across procurement, commercial, legal, property, and external partners. This role, focuses on rights holders who are impacted by the operation of our business and how we can mitigate, manage and where required remediate these issues.

Organisational Lead on Modern Slavery

• Act as Asda’s internal and external lead on modern slavery, advising senior leadership and representing the business in industry forums (e.g. BRC, FNET etc.).

• Lead production and submission of Asda’s statutory Modern Slavery Statement, working with Legal and ESG to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and best practice.

• Provide subject matter excellence on Modern Slavery topics including legislation, emerging risks, survivor support, stakeholder engagement and business engagement with the subject matter.

GNFR Responsible Sourcing Programme

• Own the Responsible Sourcing programme for GNFR suppliers, including engagement with facilities, labour providers, uniform suppliers, logistics, car parks, print, and tech partners. Maintaining compliance and implementing and evolving scope of works.

• Support procurement teams to embed ethical risk assessments in sourcing decisions via SAP Ariba and develop category-specific due diligence approaches.

• Develop and manage strategic relationships with neutral vendors and aggregators (e.g. Matrix, HH Global, City FM), overseeing quarterly reporting, subcontractor linkage, and incident escalation protocols.

• Monitor and improve data quality and transparency across complex supplier ownerships and indirect models via platforms such as Sedex, SafeContractor, and RRT. Data classification: Asda Internal

• Own incidents relating to rights holder impacts caused, contributed to or linked to the Asda business and it’s operations.

Policy, Risk & Due Diligence

• Maintain and evolve Asda’s Modern Slavery Policies and Transparency & Supply Chain Monitoring Policy, ensuring alignment with international frameworks (UNGPs, ILO standards, ETI Base code) and incoming legislation (e.g. EU CSDDD).

• Lead human rights risk mapping across GNFR tiers, applying practical risk mitigations (e.g. tailored onboarding, SAQs, supplier scorecards).

• Deliver third-party audit strategies and oversee remediation plans where nonconformances or live incidents are identified.

Supplier & Civil Society Engagement

• Engage civil society partners (e.g. Hope for Justice, Justice & Care etc.) for survivor support, referrals, and training opportunities.

• Drive collaboration with tenants, concession partners and service providers to extend modern slavery oversight into all people on Asda sites, regardless of direct supplier status.

• Manage key GNFR supplier relationships to promote continuous improvement in labour standards (e.g. Dimensions, Bunzl, CPV).

Training, Culture & Awareness

• Review the efficacy and relevance of and roll out targeted modern slavery training to procurement, legal, property, and retail operations teams—supporting behavioural change and frontline awareness.

• Maintain and promote responsible recruitment standards through platforms like RRT, supporting labour providers and vendors in implementation. • Provide strategic insight to support colleague learning, leadership awareness, and external stakeholder communications.

• Engage and empower colleagues and partners speaking on Modern Slavery and Asda’s operation.

Reporting & Governance

• Define, track and report KPIs (e.g. supplier engagement levels, audit outcomes, quarterly GNFR reporting metrics).

• Support governance via monthly dashboards, board-level updates and formal ESG reporting.

• Continuously review tools (e.g. OSH, TISC, ClearVue) and data flows to ensure robust risk monitoring and reporting infrastructure

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Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong knowledge of the UK Modern Slavery Act, labour rights frameworks, and supply chain due diligence methodologies.

• Experience managing complex multi-tier supply chains, ideally including GNFR or service providers.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; able to influence senior stakeholders and support procurement in embedding RS into commercial processes.

• Familiarity with platforms like Sedex, Ariba, SafeContractor, and RRT.

Desirable

• Experience with tenant/concession or facilities management supply chains.

• Working knowledge of legal developments in business and human rights (e.g. CSDDD, import bans).

• Certifications or training in ethical trade, responsible sourcing, or social auditing.

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• Company Car allowance of £5,700
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves"

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