Job TitleSustainability & Agriculture Manager LocationAsda House Employment TypeFull time Contract TypePermanent Hours Per Week37.5 SalaryCompetitive salary plus benefits
CategoryEnvironmental Health (HEA) Closing Date4 August 2024"Everything about Asda" We are a values-led organisation. As such we, encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone's input.
Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant.
We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.
"Everything you'll love." Hybrid and flexible working – everyone is looking for that work/life balance and Asda have it on point. Flexible working meaning you work where it works to meet both your needs and the business needs.Discretionary bonus – Rewarding you for your hard work and efforts.Company Pension Scheme matched to a limit – Looking forward to the future.Minimum 24 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays – Making sure you take time for yourself and switch off.4 weekly pay – which means you get an extra payday a year.Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions – Asda genuinely cares so we create a culture where our people can perform at their best, the physical health and mental wellbeing of all our people is very important to us.Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - with extra discounts running throughout the year – really makes a difference, saving the colleagues an average of £700 a year.Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes - we want our colleagues to excel and grow with our business.Free city centre parking – you can also use it outside working hours.Plus, much more!
"That's more like it." "Find your role" Do you want to be part of an exciting journey to accelerate our Own Brand, do you want to build trust with customers, work closely with our supplier partners and work in a fast-paced retail environment? Have you had experience working in agriculture and are passionate about sustainability. Then come and join us and help us shape and deliver our agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries strategies here at Asda. The role is pivotal in developing and implementing the business's corporate agricultural sustainable sourcing strategy, forward working with farmers, growers, suppliers, colleagues and NGOs. Your work will focus on meat, produce dairy, eggs, seafood and produce and help to deliver positive impacts in our field to fork supply chains, whilst supporting our colleagues across the food business to embed the sourcing strategy within the food commercial categories across our business.
The successful candidate will be able to effectively influence and shape outcomes using their expertise and creativity to drive our farming commitments across the Asda farmer and grower supply base, working hand in hand and leading our Asda dairy, beef and lamb farmer groups.
You will be accountable for developing new sustainable farming and growing policies and strategies across existing and emerging agriculture, as well as understanding the resource issues and challenges that the industry are facing and finding innovative solutions to them.
You will work alongside commercial, customer and technical and product development colleagues on NPD opportunities, market information and supply chain changes and challenges. As well as continuing to work on or relationships with our supplying partners, ensuring they clear on our priorities and measurables to enable to the delivery of our business objectives and providing our customers with range and choice.
You will take responsibility for the measuring, verifying and reporting for elements of the ASDA ESG programme. You will represent the Asda agriculture team at industry forums, enabling us to keep up to date with the latest developments, innovation and industry thinking, as well as regulatory landscape and communicate this across out business, as well as looking at how and what we should integrate into our ways of working to allow for continuous improvement.
You will act as the key point of contact in the business for farming and growing related queries – both internal and external and be the voice of Asda agricultural communication . You will do this by developing a strong network, inspire others to embrace the journey and demonstrate a compelling business case for action. You'll be very results focused, commercially astute , pragmatic, flexible and resilient as well as energised by change.
"Let's find out about you." You will need a degree or equivalent in a relevant area and have had previous experience in similar agricultural roles ( 2- 5 years post graduate experience) in complex agriculture related areas especially with a sustainability focus. You will have a real passion for the subject matter, driving change and working within a fast paced environment.
You will have excellent organisational & project management skills including the ability to identify, implement & lead change in the business through challenging, leading and influencing colleagues cross functionally.
You will have a good understanding of sourcing, sustainability and technical and experience including reporting platforms. You'll have evidence of using data effectively to identify key focus areas and to mitigate risk effectively for the business, as well as to identify areas of improvement.
You will have an appetite for driving high standards and bringing people together to challenge the status quo. With strong communication skills enabling you to distil complex subjects to stakeholders and give clarity to drive action.
You will have a commercial and customer understanding, being able to balance the needs of all, whilst being able to flex and prioritise in an ever changing environment. Along with a proven track record or delivering results and make difficult decisions."Find your everything at Asda" - bringing brighter living within everyone's reach. We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda.
#LI-JG1 #LI-Hybrid Work Where it Works
Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works. This enables you tochosewhere you'll be the most effective. It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team.
You will also get an excellent benefits package including; -
• Discretionary company bonus
• £5,700 company car or car allowance
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.
We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves
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