Assistant Manager Social Sustainability

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YOUR MISSION
Reporting directly to the Director Social Sustainability, this role drives social compliance and human rights initiatives across assigned suppliers and supports the team in advancing sustainability strategies and goals. Responsibilities include managing audit programs, supplier engagement, grievance handling, data-driven performance tracking and reporting to promote continuous improvement in line with PUMA sustainability standards and local regulatory requirements.
Task 1: Training & Capability Building
Coordinate sustainability projects by supporting project planning, defining workplans, tracking timelines, and ensuring key deliverables are completed in line with agreed priorities and milestones.
Work with internal teams, suppliers, external partners, and industry initiatives to coordinate project activities, collect inputs, follow up on actions, and support smooth implementation across relevant workstreams.
Monitor project progress, identify implementation gaps or risks, prepare status updates, and provide practical recommendations to support timely delivery and continuous improvement of sustainability initiatives.
Conduct training sessions for sourcing teams, suppliers and factory management to enhance compliance awareness, share best practices, and drive continuous improvement.
Task 2: Reporting & Team Contribution
Support the team’s sustainability reporting by consolidating data inputs, preparing planning materials, tracking milestones, and monitoring progress toward Social Sustainability goals.
Maintain reporting tools, trackers, SOPs, and templates to improve data quality, cross functional alignment, and timely visibility of sustainability performance and action plans.
Support responses to ESG benchmarking questionnaires and external sustainability information requests by coordinating inputs, collecting supporting evidence, reviewing data accuracy, and ensuring timely and consistent submissions.
Other tasks as assigned by the manager.
Task 3: Audit and Compliance Management
Conduct PUMA social audits and oversee third-party audit activities, from planning and coordination to findings review, CAP follow-up, root-cause analysis, and support for sustainable remediation with factory management.
Review and analyze audit reports (e.g: SLCP reports, or other audit reports converted from other FLA accredited brands and finalize findings according to PUMA requirements and internal standards.)
Ensure timely and accurate tracking of audit results, validity timeline in internal systems, in accordance with internal Sustainability SOPs
Provide clear insights, communicate key findings, risks and progress update to relevant stakeholders (e.g. Sourcing, internal teams) to support compliance risk management and decision making.
Task 4: Social KPI Data Collection and Management
Collect, validate and analyze Social Sustainability KPIs across assigned suppliers to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
Identify the trends, recurring issues, and key gaps to generate actionable insights and support continuous improvement initiatives and achieve PUMA Sustainability targets.
Task 5: Grievance Mechanism Handling and Management
Manage and follow up on worker or third-party grievances received through internal and external channels, ensuring timely and appropriate investigation and resolution.
Coordinate with relevant stakeholders, including suppliers, internal teams, and 3rd party grievance platforms to ensure smooth implementation, effective handling the cases while maintaining confidentiality and sensitivity.
Track grievance cases and analyze trends to identify systemic issues and support preventive actions.
YOUR TALENT
Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred (covering the area of expertise required)
Minimum 5+ years of experience in social compliance, sustainability, or related field
Hands-on experience working with supplier factories and audit processes
Familiarity with social compliance standards (e.g. SLCP, FLA or equivalent)
Experience in apparel, footwear, or manufacturing industry
Experience working with global brands and sustainability reporting
Strong background in Occupational Heath and Safety (OHS)
Exposure to data analysis or reporting tools (e.g. advanced Excel, Power BI)
Strong communication and presentation skills
Good stakeholder coordination and engagement skills
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
Analytical and problem-solving mindset
High attention to detail and data accuracy
Solid knowledge of relevant regulations and local law
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Fluent in English (required)
Travel Time: 50% (Frequent factory visits)
PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex,
gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at
PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.
At PUMA, every application is reviewed by real people who are committed to fairness, transparency, and equal
opportunity - no matter your background, identity, or experience.To ensure our process stays true to these values, no automated systems or AI tools are used to make hiring decisions. Every decision is made by real people -with real judgment and accountability. We may use functions supported by Artificial Intelligence (AI) to carry out isolated organizational steps, such as scheduling interviews. These functions have no influence on decisions in the application process. We believe in creating spaces where everyone is welcome, celebrated, and empowered to contribute authentically. Because at PUMA, whoever wants to play, can play.
PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear, apparel, and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers. The PUMA Group owns PUMA, Cobra Golf, and stichd, operates in 120+ countries, and has around 22,000
employees worldwide.