Sr. Sustainability Manager - Fair Compensation (copy) Remote
Fanatics
Full Time
Remote
10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description
Company Overview
Fanatics is the ultimate one-stop sports fan destination that ignites and harnesses the passion of fans and maximizes the presence and reach for preeminent sports partners globally. Leveraging long-standing, often exclusive relationships with more than 900 sports properties, a database of more than 90 million consumers worldwide and a trusted brand name, Fanatics is furthering its innovation across the sports landscape by building the leading global digital sports platform, complete with offerings including e-commerce and licensed merchandise, physical and digital trading cards and collectibles, and online sports betting and iGaming.
The Fanatics family of companies currently includes Fanatics Commerce, a vertically-integrated licensed merchandise business that has changed the way fans purchase their favorite team apparel, jerseys, headwear and hardgoods through a tech-infused approach to making and quickly distributing fan gear in today’s 24/7 mobile-first economy; Fanatics Collectibles, a transformative company that is building a new model for the hobby and giving collectors an end-to-end physical and digital collectibles experience; and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, a mobile betting, gaming and retail sportsbook platform.
As a market leader with more than 10,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.
At Fanatics, we’re a diverse, passionate group of employees aiming to ignite pride and passion in the fans we outfit, celebrate and support. We recognize that diversity helps drive and foster innovation, and through our IDEA program (inclusion, diversity, equality and advocacy) at Fanatics we provide employees with tools and resources to feel connected and engaged in who they are and what they do to support the ultimate fan experience.
Responsible for formulating fair compensation strategy, providing direction on wage data collection and analysis, and discovering improvements for future programming. Provides internal updates to Fanatics leadership and intersectional Supply Chain and Sustainability team members on programmatic progress. In consultation with the Sustainability Director, Labor, ensures programmatic development contributes properly to strategic target progress and Labor Pillar goals. Works closely with strategic suppliers to identify ways Fanatics can contribute to supplier capacity to close living wage gaps. The Sustainability Sr. Manager, Fair Compensation will report to the Sustainability Director, Labor.
Responsibilities
- Connect regularly with strategic suppliers on living wage progress.
- Participate in Fair Labor Association initiatives focused on fair compensation development, including the Practitioners Working Group and the Dashboard Task Force.
- Track internal business efforts to improve processes and systems related to responsible planning and purchasing.
- Provide resources for strategic suppliers to improve their internal management systems key to their continued living wage progress.
- Understand cost and cost negotiation activities driven by Fanatics Strategic Sourcing and integrate learnings into future fair compensation programming.
- Work closely with Field Operations team members to organize messaging and develop trusting relationships with strategic suppliers.
- Analyze aggregate wage data annually and present findings to internal stakeholders.
- Discover and develop new ways to improve wage data confidence.
- Determine wage data storytelling framework and refine overall composition for publication.
- Attend events hosted by the Anker Research Institute as a corporate sponsor representative. Share regular updates with internal team members.
- Determine ways to integrate additional stakeholder perspective into fair compensation strategy.
- Stay abreast to forthcoming mandatory human rights due diligence directives and legislation to ensure programmatic readiness.
- Expand existing and establish new stakeholder relationships to evolve fair compensation programming.
- Review existing fair compensation strategy and identify areas for revision and improvement.
- Research, discover and execute new directions for fair compensation programming with special attention to apparel industry realities, brand collaboration opportunities, civil society and government engagement channels.
Qualifications
- A passion and commitment to sustainable business practices.
- Excellent people management knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Understanding of global apparel sector compensation schemes, minimum wage levels and prevailing industry wages, particularly in Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Honduras.
- 8+ years of experience in the sustainability field, ideally including experience within a brand or within a role responsible for brand consultation.
- Knowledge of apparel sector challenges.
- Understanding of living wage benchmarking organizational work, including experience working with the Anker Research Institute or its research products.
- Familiarity with local and sectoral bargaining practices, negotiation methods and contract formulation.
- Experience directly engaging with supplier leadership, worker representatives and/or country-level industry groups.
- Direct experience monitoring or remediating supplier compensation-related compliance issues.
- Experience with data refinement, analysis, and storytelling.
- Familiarity with international labor standards.
- Experience working within a global team.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills.
- Ability and willingness to undertake and oversee diverse projects.
- Capacity to deal with ambiguity within a fast-paced environment.
- Willingness to travel.
- Understanding of worker challenges within the apparel sector.
Ensure your Fanatics job offer is legitimate and don’t fall victim to fraud. Fanatics never seeks payment from job applicants. Feel free to ask your recruiter for a phone call or other type of communication for interview, and ensure your communication is coming from a Fanatics or Fanatics Brand email address. For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at www.fanaticsinc.com/careers
Tryouts are open at Fanatics! Our team is passionate, talented, unified, and charged with creating the fan experience of tomorrow. The ball is in your court now.
Fanatics is committed to responsible planning and purchasing (RPP) practices, working with its business partners across its global and multi-layered supply chain, to ensure that planning, sourcing, and purchasing decisions, along with other supporting processes, do not impede or conflict with the fulfillment of Fanatics’ fair labor practices.
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Fanatics
http://www.fanaticsinc.com
Jacksonville, United States
Doug Mack
$2 to $5 billion (USD)
5001 to 10000 Employees
Company - Private
Internet & Web Services
1996
