About the role
At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
Two rare opportunities have arisen to join our Quality team here at Tesco as Lead Sustainability Waste Operational Managers.
This role will see the successful candidates working to manage suppliers and work with stakeholders to ensure we meet regulatory requirements and societal expectations.
This is an exceptionally unique role and requires experience of waste/recycling management (of a minimum one waste stream) along with regulation understanding / tracking.
You will be responsible for
* Waste and recycling service delivery across the Group, including plastics waste strategy (collection, processing and new market for products), post animal feed food waste and all other waste streams (cardboard, electricals, fashion, etc).
* Contributing to business cases, investment requirements and decisions.
* Supporting strategy development by clarity on business requirements, service demands and future trends. Feeding back on effectiveness and limitations of current plan and team structure and accountabilities.
* Implementing waste management plans and working with categories to define the optimal route to market and effective spend controls.
* Implementing agreed contract with supplier ensuring contractual terms, compliance, standards, spend etc. are as agreed in contract and deliver maximum performance. Driving day-to-day management of suppliers, working with them to resolve issues.
* Recommending innovations that help meet our objectives, understanding any risks to manage or mitigate.
* Ensuring operational excellence and reporting, including accurate forecasting of waste volumes, invoicing and spend, issues resolution, business continuity planning and maintaining a up-to-date waste inventory.
* Expert on non-Packaging waste regs ensuring compliance. Support PRN purchase, mgt and reporting in UK.
* Accountability for delivering other initiatives relevant to our aims.
You will need
* Waste/recycling management (of a minimum one waste stream)
* Regulation understanding / tracking
* Supplier management
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What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
* Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
* Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
* Private medical insurance
* 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
* Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
About us
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
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