Sustainability Delivery Manager

Sustainability Delivery Manager

£40,000 to £50,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A)

Manchester City Centre, in this role you'll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home, the office and you'll have the opportunity to visit our suppliers (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).

You'll be working with our sustainability, commercial teams, and suppliers to help deliver our Co-op sustainability commitments, specifically the decarbonisation of our supply chain and Net Zero ambitions. As a Sustainability Delivery Manager, it'll be up to you to make sure that our Co-op is making a positive impact for our suppliers, communities, and member owners.

• Manage sustainability plans for supplier and ESP activity, to support the delivery of our decarbonisation targets and sustainability commitments
• Work with categories and sustainability subject matter experts on priority projects
• Work cross functionally with technical, product development, commercial and other teams at Co-op and suppliers on key sustainability activity
• Support supplier and category engagement, working on priorities and monitoring, driving and reporting on progress
• Project manage specific sustainability activities in support of supplier activity or ESP plans
• Make sure that sustainability is a priority for both internal and external teams and suppliers
• Monitor risk management against sustainability plans

• A strong interest in sustainability
• Experience of managing projects and engaging internal and external partners
• The ability to communicate, influence and challenge internal and external partners successfully
• The confidence to develop relationships, working in cross functional teams to deliver wider business goals
• The ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

Why Co-op?

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app - giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

At Co-op, we're proud to do things a different way. As one of the world's largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we've had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

Building a diverse environment

We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes.