More About The Role
Are you passionate about driving real-world change in sustainability?
Join our central manufacturing function as a Sustainability Specialist and lead critical programmes across our manufacturing sites and supply chain. This is a key role where your work will directly impact our customers and colleagues.
What you will do:
Deliver programmes on supply chain impacts with our fruit, vegetable and flower suppliers, particularly around emissions, biodiversity, water, deforestation, and ethics.
Work with the team to engage suppliers and progress against net-zero targets and drive the achievement of our roadmaps.
Support our manufacturing sites in improving performance across waste, packaging, energy, and water.
Keep our strategy ahead of the curve by monitoring regulation and best practice.
Location: This role will be based from Thrapston, with occasional need to travel to other manufacturing sites across the UK. We can offer some flexibility with occasional working from home.
About You
The ideal candidate for this role will be experienced within a Sustainability role, with a preference for experience within a Supply Chain context. They will also have the following skills and experience:
Programme & Project Management: Proven ability to manage and deliver projects, drive change across diverse areas, and manage a broad mix of stakeholders across multiple sites.
Data Analysis & Reporting: Experience in analysing data, researching relevant topics, and preparing comprehensive reports.
Sustainability Knowledge: Strong knowledge of sustainability reporting, regulation, and best practices across nature, ethics, and carbon within supply chains.
Food Production & Risk: Understanding of food production chains, regulation, and risk management related to nature and ethics in supply chains and manufacturing.
Stakeholder Management: Excellent verbal and written communication, influencing, and engagement skills to build trusted relationships and hold stakeholders accountable at all management levels.
Proactive & Flexible: A flexible self-starter with a proactive approach, capable of multi-tasking across several project streams and business areas, and willing to embrace change.
Customer Focus: A strong drive and passion for providing excellent service and support, with the ability to understand and anticipate customer requirements.
Technical Skills: Strong IT skills, including proficiency in Google Suite.
Presentation Skills: Competent in delivering engaging presentations and training to small audiences.
Attention to Detail: A strong drive for excellence, quality, and attention to detail.
Previous experience working in a Manufacturing environment is advantageous, but not essential.
In return for your hard work we will offer you:
Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us
Additional 10% discount More Card for a friend or family member
Career progression and development opportunities
Subsidised staff canteen
Free parking
Market leading pension and life assurance
Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
Long Service Awards
Optional Payroll charity donations
Enhanced Family/maternity/parental leave
About The Company
You’ll find a great big welcome here at Myton Food Group - the part of our business that looks after manufacturing, whilst maintaining strong roots within Morrisons Supermarkets.
At Myton Food Group, we have a legacy to be proud of. We’re British farming’s biggest single direct customer. We buy from highly valued suppliers. And we’re passionate about the quality of our food. Today, we have 19 manufacturing sites across the UK, where we pack and process fresh meats and fish, savoury and sweet pies, fruit and veg, flower bouquets, bread and lots more.
We really do stand out in the world of food manufacturing. But what we’re especially proud of is the way we all get stuck in and work as a team, in partnership across our supply chain. Read more about what we do at our Myton Food Group website