Head of Sustainability - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Princes

Princes
Princes
Verified Company
Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Vacancy Name

  • Head of Sustainability

Employment Type

  • Permanent

Country

  • United Kingdom

Location

  • Liverpool

Business Area

  • Corporate

Workplace Type

  • Hybrid

About Princes

  • The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

  • The role
  • Executive Summary
  • The Head of Sustainability role is based within our Corporate Relations Department and reports to our Corporate Relations Director and via our Group Customer Strategy & Planning Director ultimately into our Chief Commercial Officer. The role has two current direct reports and while this is likely to extend further, our approach is to embed sustainability into multiple functions, so the role requires an individual with strong communication and influencing skills, and the ability to inspire and motivate.
  • Head of Sustainability
will have substantial internal liaison across many functions within the business - particularly Procurement, Technical, HR, Marketing, Sales, Commercial and Legal - and liaison with Board members to guide strategy development and also for ESG workstream management and performance.

  • Frequent communication with customers, trade bodies, NGOs and industry experts will also be required therefore the ability to form strong relationships, speak with authority and confidence while being ready to listen and learn is essential. The job holder will be required to represent the company publicly on sustainability matters and will support external communications and media management with the CR Director and retained Public Relations agencies.
  • The requirement for considerable customer and other stakeholder contacts means travel both in the UK and abroad will be required periodically.
  • Top Line Responsibilities
  • Leading our sustainability strategy development, overseeing implementation of the strategy using existing processes, systems and tools and identifying improvement areas to meet future needs. Reporting on progress and key milestones.
  • Working with CR Director on internal/external sustainability and related ESG communications for multiple audiences.
  • Horizon scanning and ensuring our strategy meets current and future needs and delivers against the company mission of "not costing the earth".
  • Preparation for and leading specific ESG update meetings ; ensuring all ESG workstreams are performing to plan; leading or co leading specific ESG workstreams.
  • Ensuring all investment into sustainability initiatives within budget and delivers a tangible benefit to our business.
In more detail

  • Oversee progress and effectiveness of eight distinct ESG workstreams (Governance & Reporting, Human Rights, People Excellence, Climate Change (Scopes 1&2), Sustainable Supply Chains (Raw Materials and Scope 3), Food Waste, Circular Economy and Nutrition) and actively lead the direction of some of these workstreams as Chair or support.
  • As our sustainability expert, shape our path to becoming a Net Zero business and achievement of Science Based Targets on a 1.5degree pathway and embed this with the CR team into relevant business wide teams.
  • With key department leads, review and reset our sustainability and wider ESG strategy including reviewing progress against current and identifying new short
- and long-term goals.

  • Ensure through your networks and knowledge that we have appropriate aspirations for our brands, customers and consumers, and we are responding appropriately to emerging trends, legislation, new risks and opportunities.
  • Review and improve our processes in relation to sustainability related reporting and engagement with customers, NGOs and all relevant legislative requirements.
  • With the CR Director and CR team, maintain and further develop our strong relationships with a range of customers, suppliers, trade bodies', NGOs and other relevant stakeholders.
  • Work with the Ethical Trade Manager and CR team to support our ethical trading and human rights related policies and standards and effectiveness identifying improvement areas.
  • With the CR Director, other colleagues and external advisors, maintain a strong and effective internal and external suite of sustainability related communications, building knowledge and capacity internally and effectively communicating our progress externally. This will include an expectation you will personally play an active role in public communication of sustainability on behalf of the Group.

Role Requirements

  • About you your knowledge, skills & experience
  • Ideally you will have:
  • Degree level qualification, ideally in Sustainability Management, Environmental Science or similar.
  • Demonstrable exp
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