Sustainability Delivery Manager

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). 

We’re looking for a Sustainability Delivery Manager to join Co-op’s Ethics, Sustainability and
Policy (ESP) team. We’ll look to you to support the management and creation of plans that
underpin the Co-op sustainability strategy for ESP team and our supplier activity. 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. 

What you’ll do

• 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 

This role would suit people who have

• 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? 

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits
package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other
discounts on Co-op products and services).

• 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.

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.