Permanent

Responsible Sourcing Lead

Leeds

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Role: Responsible Sourcing Lead
Contract Type: FTC (10 months)
Contract Site: Leeds Broadgate
UK Travel

Why Greencore?
Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we''re one of the UK''s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we''re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately -4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

What will you be doing?

To lead the Responsible Sourcing agenda; with input into the wider business strategy, maintaining and improving group systems, working with stakeholders to implement functional strategy and policy, to drive and embed a proactive responsible sourcing culture

Key Accountabilities:

Support the development and lead the delivery of the Responsible Sourcing Roadmap in partnership with Group Procurement and Group Technical teams, including but not limited to relevant policies and procedures, across Greencore, to enable compliance and continuous improvement Clear plans, at business and site level, to deliver the Greencore responsible sourcing strategy
Provide direction to the business on the implementation of controls to mitigate risks arising from new/changing legislation
Implement, develop and maintain performance management processes that provide business insight, governance, data and key performance indicators to drive improvements and effective risk management. These will include overseeing specific programmes such as our 2025 deforestation free soy, sustainable palm oil, sustainable seafood and caged free egg commitments
Provide direction and coaching to develop the sustainability capability within the site and grow functional capability and expertise within the purchasing team, to maximise performance and potential
Establish effective relationships between Business Leadership teams and external regulatory bodies, providing support and guidance as required
Leadership of supplier engagement plans with a specific focus on ingredient optimisation with high impact suppliers (environmental impact)
Support the relevant business activity on climate risk management and action mitigation in collaboration with the Group Risk Team and Head of Sustainability

What we''re looking for?

Undergraduate degree or higher in a relevant field (i.e Procurement, Supply Chain, Environmental Science as examples)
Experience in Corporate Sustainability environment
Experience in data management, including data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Established project management, analytical and problem-solving skills.
Intermediate Excel skills, including proficiency in data analysis
Previous experience working in or with Procurement or in food retail supply chain would be valuable
Ability to work independently and as part of a small team in a fast-paced, dynamic and challenging environment.
Ability to communicate complex information, uncertain data and technical details in simple terms to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
Effective influencer and ability to drive change cross functionally
High level of resilience and flexibility to support Sustainability team requests outside of your direct remit
Knowledge of relevant Responsible Sourcing initiatives such as UK Soy Manifesto, MSC, RSPO, FSC, Rainforest Alliance.
Ability to travel up to 25% of the week when required (nationwide sites), workload dependent

What you''ll get in return?