SUSTAINABILITY LEAD

Are you passionate about the environment? Are you keen to provide staff with the chance to positively impact our quality of life and our future generations? Joining an award winning business, this is a key new role within the organisation where you will be keen to further develop your professionalism and be ready to lead by example, setting environmental standards that ensure legislative requirements are met and exceeded where possible. Reporting to the HR Director and wider Executive team, key responsibilities will include:

• Build and execute a sustainability strategy roadmap including initiatives in our supply chain, on site and on farm.

• Support relevant stakeholders to embed and deliver the Group’s sustainability strategy, including colleagues and producers.

• Develop appropriate, relevant training content for colleagues and producers.

• Find the right measuring tools and co-ordinate current and ongoing carbon reduction measures on site and on farm.

• Co-ordinate the output from on-site activities across the energy reduction forum, war on waste group etc

• Maintain best practice with the evolving rules and regulations around sustainability

• Manage the environmental impacts of farms and on site (Sustainability scorecards)

• Ensure effective internal and external communications

• Budget management and effective business case development for sustainability programmes

• Respond to colleague and external queries on sustainability drafting accurate and effective responses for sign off which show a thoughtful and balanced position.

• Work with local Agricultural Colleges to educate the next generation of farmers

• Be an ambassador for the Company’s Vision and Values.

Key interfaces:

Producers, Farm Liaison, Operations, People Team, Finance, Sales & Marketing, Eatlean, Technical, Engineering

KPI’s:

• Greenhouse gas emissions reduction

• Execution of the roadmap

• Energy reduction

• Waste reduction

• Restoring biodiversity (KPI TBC)

Experience / Qualifications required:

Essential:

Experience working within a sustainability role

Good Literacy & Numeracy skills, along with PC Literacy

Desirable:

Experience working in a Food Manufacturer or agricultural

About you:

You are ultra-proactive, and comfortable multitasking.

You thrive in a fast-paced environment & ever-evolving nature of an FMCG business.

You have strong written and verbal communication skills, comfortable with challenging and developing ideas.

You will be confident training & coaching and establishing strong working relationships with key stakeholders.

You are passionate about Sustainability and making a difference in the world.

You put the customers and business strategy at the heart of decision making.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £33,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Performance bonus

Benefits:

• Casual dress

• Company events

• Company pension

• Cycle to work scheme

• Discounted or free food

• Employee discount

• Gym membership

• On-site parking

• Referral programme

• Wellness programmes