Packaging Sustainability Delivery Manager 
£45,000 to £50,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A) 
Manchester City Centre, in this role you’ll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home, the office, and you’ll have the opportunity to visit our suppliers (find out more about our hybrid working policy at jobs.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).  

We’re looking for a Packaging Sustainability Delivery Manager to join our team at Co-op. You’ll help shape and deliver our packaging sustainability strategy, working closely with teams across Sustainability, Commercial, Technical and New Product Development as well as our external suppliers.

From cutting costs in our packaging supply chain to supporting our Net Zero goals, you’ll play a key role in making it all happen. You’ll also be supporting our data reporting for mandatory and voluntary obligations such as EPR, DRS, and supporting Scope 3 carbon accounting. Your expertise will help us deliver meaningful change, making sure our Co-op is making a lasting impact for our suppliers, communities, and member-owners. 

What you’ll do

•    Be a subject matter expert on packaging materials, providing advice and guidance to colleagues and suppliers
•    Support our data reporting needs around packaging 
•    Lead and manage sustainability plans across supplier and internal teams to support our decarbonisation targets and broader sustainability commitments 
•    Collaborate cross-functionally with our Technical, Product Development, Commercial and Sustainability experts on priority projects and key initiatives 
•    Engage with suppliers and categories, driving progress, monitoring activity and reporting on sustainability performance 
•    Project manage specific sustainability activities in support of supplier activity or Sustainability plans 
•    Champion sustainability across internal and external teams, making sure it remains a priority in decision making 
•    Represent our Co-op at external meetings and conferences, for example with the UK Plastics Pact

This role would suit people who have

•    A strong interest in packaging sustainability 
•    Strong packaging industry experience and a wide range of knowledge of packaging materials 
•    Experience of managing and reporting on a portfolio of packaging initiatives to deliver against targets
•    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

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 colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-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 up to 50 minutes.