Title: Sustainability Manager

Müller UK & Ireland; Market Drayton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dairy company in Market Drayton seeks a dedicated professional to drive sustainability compliance across sites. This role involves coaching teams on sustainability standards, ensuring adherence to ISO14001, and creating tools for environmental management. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills and a relevant qualification, with a strong focus on developing a sustainability culture. Competitive benefits and a collaborative work environment are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous annual bonus

Private Medical Insurance

Exclusive access to Müller Rewards

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

Qualifications

• Experience of coaching and mentoring with excellent influencing skills.
• Extensive understanding of sustainability standards and requirements at operational level.
• Understanding and awareness of legal horizon and implications for sites.
• Ability to translate technical requirements to operational teams to ensure buy-in to sustainability agenda.
• Actively support development of sustainability culture on site.

Responsibilities

• 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 for environmental sustainability.
• Ensure compliance against the ISO14001 standard.
• Provide support to stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Technical understanding with knowledge of relevant standards

Collaborative

Attention to detail

Ability to analyse data and translate outputs

Education

Qualification in a relevant subject matter

Job description

Responsibilities

• 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, 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 Muller 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 project
• Coach sites on data reporting and outputs including 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 including 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

Qualifications

• 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 legal horizon and implications for sites
• Ability to translate technical requirements to operational teams to ensure buy‑in to sustainability agenda
• Actively support development of sustainability culture on site

Skills & Attributes

• Excellent communication skills
• Technical understanding with knowledge of relevant standards
• Collaborative
• Attention to detail
• Ability to analyse data and translate outputs

Application

If you have the skills and experience in the above areas and would like to be considered for this role, please apply at www.mullercareers.co.uk

About Müller UK & Ireland

We’re Müller 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. Müller Milk & Ingredients (MMI), Müller Yogurt & Desserts (MYD), and Müller 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 Müller Corner, Müller Light, Müller 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. 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.

Benefits

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 Müller Rewards, offering a variety of online and in‑store discounts and development opportunities.