Product Assurance Business Partner

Discovery is at the centre of everything we do. Wherever you find us around the world, if you can think of a product, you can probably find it in our stores. We are part of the TJX Family which includes TK Maxx, and Homesense in Europe and the UK and across the rest of the world you will find us as TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Sierra and Winners.With variety comes plenty of surprises-our environment is ever-changing, and that's just how we like it. Every day is an opportunity to discover something new about our business, our partnerships and even something exciting about yourself. Are you ready to Discover Different?

As Product Assurance Business Partner you will partner with our Buying teams to identify risks and proactively seek opportunities to ensure our Merchants place the right products with the right factories, ensuring legal, ethical and social compliance requirements. As a new role within our Buying Operations function, you key responsibilities will be:

Partnering with our Buying teams to identify key areas of risk related to Social Compliance priorities;
Managing the factory / 3rd party audit process and remediating any shortfalls and developing solutions for key areas of risk as well as developing compliant vendor relationships;
Building relationships across the business and externally with our sustainability consultants etc, capturing data on compliance issues to allow the wider function to perform analytics and spot trends and emerging risks.

Essential skills and experience

Experience of production and working with factories.
Knowledge and experience of 3rd party / factory audit process
Working understanding of audit reports and key areas of risk related to product compliance / product assurance
Strong interest and awareness for social compliance
Awareness of key areas of risk related to social compliance on an Audit report (e.g. working hours, forced labour, modern slavery, wages etc) and how to escalate / delegate to relevant stakeholder / third party
Comfortable working on their own / making decisions independently but influencing changes through others
Deal in the grey and be resilient in finding creative ways to ensure change.

Desirable skills and experience

Experience of remediating areas of concern related to Social Compliance (e.g. working hours, forced labour, modern slavery, wages etc)
Experience of influencing changes related to Social Compliance
Open to knowledge of countries where products have been produced (Turkey, China, India, Hong Kong)
Relevant Certifications / Qualifications

Come and Discover Different at TJX. From opportunity and teamwork to growth, we think you'll find that it's so much more than a job. When you're a part of our global TJX family, you have the full support of a diverse, close-knit group of people dedicated to finding the greatest deals and fantastic style. Best of all? They have a lot of fun doing it.

We care about our culture, but we also prioritise the important things like competitive salaries, solid benefits and plenty of room to grow in your role. It's our way of empowering you to make your career here.

We consider all applicants for employment without regard to age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and/or sexual orientation.