Nutrition Manager

£34,000 to £44,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A) 

Manchester city centre, in this role you’ll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy). 

12-month fixed term contract 

We’re looking for a Nutrition Manager to join our Co-op Brand team. You’ll play an important role in delivering Co-op’s strategy to deliver healthy and sustainable diets for all. We’ll look to you to be our inhouse subject matter expert, advising our internal teams and representing our Co-op externally. Within this role you’ll have the opportunity to really improve the health and wellbeing of our customers, making a difference across the communities we serve. 

What you’ll do

• Collaborate with our data and tech teams to manage the monitoring and reporting against key nutritional targets and commitments, using internal systems and external data platforms
• Work to drive sales of healthier products by collaborating with relevant teams across Co-op
• Provide nutritional leadership and direction to colleagues including product developers and technologists 
• Use your nutrition and regulatory knowledge to support the delivery of our healthy and sustainable diets strategy
• Support the Senior Nutrition Manager in building strong relationships with external organisations who can support delivery of our healthy and sustainable diets strategy, including strategic suppliers and NGOs
• Monitor and proactively research the external landscape on nutrition and healthy and sustainable diets 

This role would suit people who have

• A Nutrition, Food Science or related degree or worked experience as a nutritionist in a retailer or manufacturer
• Registration with the Association for Nutrition with good knowledge of nutrition legislation and government policy priorities 
• The ability to handle data and reporting
• Excellent communication & attention to detail 
• An understanding of healthy and sustainable diets
• The ability to network and build strong relationships with internal and external partners 

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.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-wellbeing

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.