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CSR & Sustainability Specialist up to £40k

CSR & Sustainability Specialist up to £40k

  • Location

    Preston, Lancashire

  • Sector:

    Sustainability

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £35000 - £40000 per annum + + package

  • Contact:

    James Geens

  • Contact email:

    james.geens@1st-executive.com

  • Salary high:

    40000

  • Salary low:

    35000

  • Job ref:

    J14016_1584704063

  • Published:

    about 4 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2020-04-19

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

One of Europe's leading food companies, suppliers of choice to a range of leading local, national and international supermarkets, food-services and restaurants is looking to supplement the growth of their Sustainability function with the addition of a CSR & Sustainability specialist.

They provide consistent quality meat products from sustainable sources and are committed to a sustainable supply base, utilising continuous adoption of innovative technology to enhance and deliver sustainability. This is an exciting opportunity to join an organisation with buy-in from senior stakeholders and impressive growth plans despite the best efforts of the coronavirus!

Key responsibilities:

  • Build, manage and maintain the CSR and Sustainability aspects of UK Retail Customer engagement
  • Liaise with in-house subject matter experts such as the packaging lead, the animal welfare lead, etc, and the commercial account managers, before and after customer meetings, to ensure the correct and most up to date information is being communicated to the customer
  • Have a strong understanding and knowledge of the key challenges in CSR and Sustainability facing the UK retail customer as well as the rest of the supply chain
  • Coordinate and map out existing UK Customer Relationships from a CSR and sustainability perspective to assess performance across the customer portfolio and identify potential new business opportunities