Ranjeeb Sarma
Sustainability Professional & Eight Principles Certified Coach and Fellow
Faridabad,Haryana
Summary
Innovative, self-motivated, and strategic-thinking leader skilled at connecting sustainability and social responsibility to overall corporate strategy and culture. Accomplished in designing, implementing, and inspiring organizational ESG, CSR and culture change efforts and positively impacting business direction with successful leadership decisions.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Business Engagement Manager
Ethical Trading Initiative
Delhi
06.2023 - Current
- Developed and presented business plans to scale philanthropic efforts globally, map climate risk and resiliency of ethical trading.
- Collaborated with communications department to craft organization's corporate social responsibility mission and positioning.
- Revitalized Code of Conduct and other company policies to enhance CSR commitment.
- Developed supplier diversity policy and collaborated with cross-functional team to implement supplier diversity metrics and reporting.
- Active member of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Steering Committee helping drive DEI program design, strategy, and communications.
Non Exec Director
NCSRICCChange
Delhi
01.2023 - 05.2023
- Established and oversaw all aspects of CSR implementation, objectives, and growth, including annual GRI reporting, regulatory compliance, and internal and external communications.
- Coordinated work across departments identifying operational challenges, planning corrective actions, and keeping teams on track with company CSR objectives.
Regional Team Leader
Marks and Spencer
Gurgaon
03.2015 - 12.2022
- Designed and implemented sustainability roadmaps, oversaw strategic planning and tactical actions for sustainability department, and implemented business analytics and reporting across real estate portfolio to improve visibility of sustainability performance.
- Analysed data, trends, and researched sustainability issues and best practices to determine risks and opportunities pertaining to climate change.
- Provided subject matter expertise on sustainability at conferences, drawing needed attention to sustainability in multifamily industry.
- Fostered strong relationships with third-party clients and suppliers by driving sustainability projects and maintaining strong communication.
- Oversaw all corporate sustainability communications to streamline data and information sharing initiatives.
- Collaborated cross-functionally to implement supplier sustainability protocol and sourced and vetted potential suppliers to improve sustainable purchasing.
- Built sustainability principles into short- and long-range business, capital and operations planning.
- Established and improved sustainability practices for clients, building owners and managers.
- Set metrics and empowered internal teams to drive sustainable practices from inside out.
- Established open and professional relationships with team members to achieve quick resolutions for various issues.
- Mentored and guided employees to foster proper completion of assigned duties.
- Created and managed project plans, timelines and budgets.
- Evaluated staff performance and provided coaching to address inefficiencies which resulted in efficiency rise by 95%.
- Developed effective improvement plans in alignment with goals and specifications.
Program Head South and Southeast Asia
Solidaridad Asia
Delhi
06.2012 - 02.2015
- 40% time managing Regional operations (projects included: Bangladesh and India) and 60% time managing India operations pertaining to cotton and textiles
- Participated in fund raising for SAFAL, Building Safety and IFC Water Pact (Bangladesh). Overall programme value was more than 15 million Euros. Also for Fruit Sector supply chain (India)
- Programme implementation: IFC Water Pact, Building and Fire Safety, Mango Supply Chain, Pro Cotton and Better Cotton Initiative
- Managed international team (full time staff, one from Bangladesh and other form UK); apart from team of two very senior consultants plus eight NGO partners.
- Planned and led training programs to enhance employee knowledge, engagement, satisfaction and performance.
- Designed training modules implementing strategic business practices and organizational behavior training concepts.
- Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness through the development of innovative solutions.
Responsible Sourcing Manager
Mothercare
Bangalore
06.2011 - 06.2012
- Stakeholder engagement (Industrial disputes and government engagement)
- Driving Responsible Sourcing program across South Asia Lead, trained and developed team of 4 to implement Responsible Sourcing Code of Practice of Company for South Asia
- Utilized forward-thinking and resourceful strategies to tackle issues with resource conservation, energy use and pollution controls.
- Assessed existing sustainability approaches to identify areas in need of greater engagement, improved efficacy and cost reductions.
- Developed core sustainability principles into strategic approaches to short- and long-range capital and operations areas.
Project Manager
Gap Inc
Delhi
12.2006 - 05.2011
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
- Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
- Monitoring and evaluating around 50 supplier factories against Company Code of Vendor Conduct, Federal, National, State, Provincial or Local Labor Laws in India (North and South), Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan
- Participated in International & National conferences at London and South India which were focused on issues related to workers and their rights
- Interfacing with various Trade Unions, NGOs and Government on issues focusing on various aspects including Human Trafficking, Migrant Labour, Child Labour as well as community development
Ethical Standards Assessor
Walmart
Bangalore
01.2005 - 12.2006
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others.
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Monitored close to 200 factories (garments, hard goods, Home-ware, Bakeries, sport goods, Chemicals, Leather) against ethical standards and labor and environmental laws
- Audited factories to test their compliance to Customs Trade partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) program of US Government
Education
Distance Education Course - Environment Health And Safety
CII-ITC Centre of Excellence For Sustainable Dev
New Delhi10.2009
Bachelor of Law - Legal Studies
Faculty of Law
Delhi University 07.2002
Master of Arts - Human Rights , UNGP, International Covenants
Pondicherry University
Pondicherry07.2001
Post Graduate Diploma - Sales And Marketing Management
NIS Sparta
Delhi01.2000
Diploma in Information Systems Management - Hardware And Software, HTML, RDBMS
APTECH
Delhi03.1996
Bachelor of Science - Zoology
Gauhati University
Guwahati06.1995
Skills
- Strategy planning and ESG/CSR program design
- Policy implementation
- Key performance indicators
- Budget development and oversight
- Training and development
- Proposals and presentations
- Risk management and compliance
- Public speaking
- Process optimization and improvements
- GRI and sustainability reporting
Certification
- The Eight Principles Certified Coach and Fellow
- SA8000 Basic and Advance lead Auditor Course
- BCI Certified Trainer
- Certificate of Achievement, Charismatic Leadership, Dale Carnegie
- Key drivers for Sustainable Textiles: by DyStar Academy
- Certificate of Achievement, Oracle Application and web deployment
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Assamese
Advanced (C1)
Bengali
Intermediate (B1)
Timeline
Business Engagement Manager
Ethical Trading Initiative
06.2023 - Current
Non Exec Director
NCSRICCChange
01.2023 - 05.2023
Regional Team Leader
Marks and Spencer
03.2015 - 12.2022
Program Head South and Southeast Asia
Solidaridad Asia
06.2012 - 02.2015
Responsible Sourcing Manager
Mothercare
06.2011 - 06.2012
Project Manager
Gap Inc
12.2006 - 05.2011
Ethical Standards Assessor
Walmart
01.2005 - 12.2006
Distance Education Course - Environment Health And Safety
CII-ITC Centre of Excellence For Sustainable Dev
Bachelor of Law - Legal Studies
Faculty of Law
Master of Arts - Human Rights , UNGP, International Covenants
Pondicherry University
Post Graduate Diploma - Sales And Marketing Management
NIS Sparta
Diploma in Information Systems Management - Hardware And Software, HTML, RDBMS
APTECH
Bachelor of Science - Zoology
Gauhati University
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