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Sustainability Manager

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Market Drayton

Hybrid

GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

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Job summary

A leading dairy company in Market Drayton is looking for a Sustainability Manager to enhance compliance with sustainability standards. This role involves coaching sites on best practices, managing environmental projects, and ensuring compliance with ISO14001. The ideal candidate must possess strong communication skills and a relevant qualification. The position is full-time and offers a hybrid working model with numerous benefits, ensuring a collaborative work environment focused on sustainability.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous annual bonus

Life Assurance

Private Medical Insurance

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

Pension Scheme

Exclusive access to rewards and discounts

Qualifications

Experience of coaching and mentoring with excellent influencing skills.
Extensive understanding of sustainability standards and requirements at operational level.
Understanding and awareness of the legal implications for sites.

Responsibilities

Partner with sites to drive compliance in line with sustainability standards.
Support the creation and management of tools to achieve environmental sustainability.
Conduct audits at site level to ensure compliance.

Skills

Coaching and mentoring

Excellent influencing skills

Technical understanding of sustainability standards

Analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

Qualification in a relevant subject matter

Who We Are

We're Mller UK & Ireland, a family‑run dairy business and we're experts at what we do. Dairy is a key part of a healthy and balanced diet and we're super proud to help meet the nutritional needs of millions of people, every, single, day. To do this, our business has been split into these key areas: Mller Milk & Ingredients (MMI), Mller Yogurt & Desserts (MYD), and Mller Milk & Ingredients Distribution (MMID). MMI is all about producing milk, cream, butter, milk drinks, and dairy ingredients from 1,300 British. MYD is the team behind favourites like Mller Corner, Mller Light, Mller Rice, and more – putting smiles on faces with every spoonful. And MMID? They're the logistics legends, delivering over 1 billion litres of milk every year to more than 5 500 locations across the UK, making sure everything flows smoothly from farm to fridge. Together, we're growing fast, powered by passionate people who care about quality, sustainability, and making every day delicious.

Why Mller

Milk flows through everything at Mller – from farm to factory to fridge. But the true impact comes from our people, in each and every corner of the business, working hard and as a team to put smiles on faces everywhere, making each day delicious for our shoppers.

As the UK's most popular dairy brand, we're always striving to make a real difference for our planet, our partners and our people, making sure we're helping to create a more sustainable dairy future. We're growing to keep up with the millions of people reaching for our branded and private label products on shelves everywhere. Join a culture full of pace that's bold and entrepreneurial, with opportunities that are yours for the taking – and even enjoy every benefit and bonus to sweeten the deal.

We're Hiring: Sustainability Manager

Location: Market Drayton / Hybrid – 3 days on‑site per week.

Contract: Full‑Time, Permanent.

Hours: Monday‑Friday (40 hours).

Benefits for the role

Competitive salary, generous annual bonus, Life Assurance, Private Medical Insurance, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising with service), Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Family Leave, Enhanced Bereavement Leave, Pension Employer Contribution Scheme (matched up to 8%), Exclusive access to Mller Rewards – offering a variety of online and in‑store discounts and development opportunities.

Role Overview

As Sustainability Manager, you will partner with sites within Mller UK & Ireland to coach and drive best practice in line with sustainability standards and guidelines (there will be regular travel required).

Your challenge for the Sustainability Manager

Partner with sites to drive compliance in line with sustainability standards
Act as a trusted partner to coach and enable sites to comply with audit standards
Support the creation, development, implementation and management of tools and systems to achieve best in class environmental sustainability status
Ensure and manage compliance against the ISO14001 standard
Benchmark performance against internal and external measures to ensure compliance to mandatory and voluntary standards and requirements, including internal audits and monthly KPI sheets
Provide support to all stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
Identify local training needs and design and deliver relevant training interventions to address gaps
Drive achievement of targets on site against the Sustainability Roadmap statements
Co‑ordinate Mller Excellence support cycles and support sites to achieve standards
Provide technical input into critical projects at site level, including contributing to the environmental impact assessment of projects
Coach sites on data reporting and outputs, ensuring relevant data is being collected and reported
Conduct audits at site level to ensure procedures are fit for purpose
Assist sites with communications relating to sustainability at site level, providing relevant material and input
Translate site performance and concerns into relevant forums and ensure needs are addressed
Ensure sustainability agenda is represented at critical meetings (e.g. MPR) and provide visible leadership at a site level in all sustainability‑related activity

Key skills & experience for the Sustainability Manager

Experience of coaching and mentoring with excellent influencing skills
Qualification in a relevant subject matter
Extensive understanding of sustainability standards and requirements at operational level
Understanding and awareness of the legal horizon and implications for sites
Ability to translate technical requirements to operational teams to ensure buy‑in to the sustainability agenda
Actively support development of a sustainability culture on site

Skills/Attributes