Sustainability Lead

Sainsbury’s Group; Coventry; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Pensions & life cover

Performance bonus up to 10% of salary

Annual leave + extra week

Season ticket loans

Cycle to work

Health cash plans

Employee assistance programme

Maternity/adoption leave (up to 26 wks

Paternity leave (up to 4 wks)

Job summary

Argos is seeking a Sustainability Lead to bring together carbon, operational, supplier and product data to drive decarbonisation and support governance and disclosures.

You’ll shape policies, collaborate across teams and partners to embed decarbonisation in decision-making, and turn climate data into practical actions that reduce emissions.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification or equivalent in Sustainability, Environmental Management, Geography, Environmental Science, Carbon Management or related discipline.
• Experience delivering carbon reduction or decarbonisation programmes within a complex organisation or supply chain.
• Strong knowledge of carbon accounting principles including Scope 1-3 emissions, climate disclosures and targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead carbon reduction programme across Scope 1-3 emissions and translate commitments into plans, targets and actions.
• Collaborate across functions and with suppliers to identify and deliver emissions reductions.
• Support governance, reporting and climate disclosures; embed decarbonisation in decisions and processes.

Skills

Sustainability

Decarbonisation

Carbon accounting

Project management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Policy development

Supplier engagement

Communication

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Sustainability or related field

Job description

A big part of your role will be bringing together carbon, operational, supplier and product data to understand your emissions profile, where our biggest opportunities are and where we need to focus next. You'll monitor and drive progress towards our net zero ambitions, supporting carbon reporting, climate disclosures and wider sustainability requirements. Collaboration will be key. You'll partner with teams across Argos to identify and deliver opportunities to reduce emissions and embed decarbonisation into the way we work and make decisions. You'll also work with suppliers and external partners to help address emissions across our wider value chain, particularly Scope 3. You'll help shape the policies, standards and guidance that underpin our approach to carbon, keeping an eye on emerging climate and carbon requirements and making sure risks and opportunities are understood and acted on. Most importantly, you'll make carbon clear and actionable. Whether you're sharing insights with stakeholders, supporting governance and decision-making or coordinating decarbonisation initiatives, you'll help turn complex carbon challenges into practical steps forward.

• A professional qualification or equivalent experience in Sustainability, Environmental Management, Geography, Environmental Science, Carbon Management or a related discipline.
• Experience delivering carbon reduction, carbon accounting or decarbonisation programmes within a complex organisation, supply chain or product-led business.
• Strong knowledge of carbon accounting principles, including Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, climate disclosure requirements, science-based targets and supplier emissions data.
• Strong project and programme management skills, with experience coordinating multiple priorities, workstreams and stakeholders.
• The ability to analyse, interpret and communicate carbon and emissions data, including operational, product and supplier data, to identify emissions hotspots, risks, reduction opportunities and track performance.
• Experience developing or supporting carbon or climate-related policies, standards, guidance or business processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence teams, suppliers and external partners.
• Experience identifying and managing carbon, climate or decarbonisation risks and opportunities using sound judgement and established governance processes.
• Experience working with suppliers, industry groups or external organisations on Scope 3 emissions, supplier decarbonisation or product carbon would be a real advantage.
• Exposure to carbon or sustainability training and engagement, budget management or business case development would also be useful, as would membership of, or an interest in, a relevant professional body such as ISEP.

At Argos, we're a digital-led UK retailer that keeps pushing boundaries to meet every generation with what they want, how and when they want it. As a market leader in general merchandise, serving millions of customers through our website, app, same-day delivery and Click & Collect services, we offer real opportunities to learn, grow and shape your career. With roles spanning Commercial, Buying, Merchandising, Design and Supply Chain, through to Digital, Operations, Customer Experience, Marketing, and People and Transformation, you will work with brilliant colleagues and directly shape how we serve our customers every day. From enabling inspiring choice across our owned brands, including Habitat, Chad Valley and Bush, alongside the world's biggest brands like Apple, Lego, Xbox and Samsung, to making shopping effortlessly convenient, championing trusted value and accelerating our strategy - Argos is an exciting place to build your future.

Why join us?

Sustainability is a big part of how we're shaping the future of Argos, and this is an opportunity to be right at the heart of it. As our Sustainability Lead, you'll be our carbon specialist, leading our carbon programme and helping turn our environmental ambitions into meaningful action. From understanding our carbon footprint and shaping our route to net zero, to working with teams and suppliers to identify and deliver emissions reductions, you'll help drive decarbonisation across our operations and wider value chain. It's a varied role with plenty of scope to make an impact. You'll work across Commercial, Technical, Sourcing, Property, Logistics, Finance and Sustainability, bringing people together around a shared goal and using carbon data and insight to help us make better, lower-carbon decisions.

What you’ll do

You’ll lead our carbon reduction programme across Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, translating our commitments into clear plans, targets and practical actions that can make a real difference.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new – whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business – and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working.

When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

• Starting off with colleague discount, you’ll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury’s, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year.
• We’ve also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover.
• You’ll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance‑related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.
• Your wellbeing is important to us too. You’ll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week’s holiday.
• We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
• And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.
• Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.